I haven’t posted on here in a long time, but I had to post agreement with those who are saying Fiorina is insane.
All the media reports on Syria is about either ISIS, Assad, or ‘rebels’. And the media usually reports on these ‘rebels’ in some positive light. Which is absurdity bordering on madness.
The vast majority of the so-called ‘rebels’ in Syria are either al Qaeda outright(al-Nusra) or al Qaeda allied groups.
Even the ‘rebels’ backed by the US(as pushed by McCain and his ilk), have proven to be either al Qaeda allies at worst, or so infiltrated by al Qaeda(al Nusra) as to be rendered completely ineffective and irrelevant as a potential spoil to ISIS or al Qaeda ambitions in the region.
The way I see it, we(the United States, led by our incompetent Secretary of State and President along with foreign policy idiots McCain and Grahmnesty) are currently trying to turn Syria into a failed state in the mold of Libya by funding and supplying jihadists.
And the Russians are now killing those jihadists, and will likely extract major concessions from Assad in any post-conflict Syria(should he survive).
And frankly what troubles me, is when comparing the actions our govt is taking in this conflict with what the Russians are doing, I find myself thinking the Russians are doing the sane thing.
And while we might not be DIRECTLY funding/supplying al Qaeda(al Nusra) in Syria, I have no real doubt that the Saudis and the other Gulf states ARE doing just that. And yet we turn a blind eye and are allying ourselves to them to help those Gulf states achieve THEIR goals.
Also judging by the actual timeline of events over the last couple years, it wouldn’t be surprising to me to find out that the largest suppliers of ISIS turned out to be the Saudis and the other Sunni Gulf states as a foil to the Iranians in Iraq and Syria after the early US pullout left a power vacuum.
Bottomline is, IMO, why the hell are we getting involved over there? Particularly on the side of the Sunni islamists?
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