Bill Maher On Syria: "We're Basically Arming Al Qaeda"

Real Clear Politics ^ | June 15, 2013

[NotYourAverageDhimmi]

ALTER: The Bill Clinton part is like a talk radio talking point. It's not what actually happened. What actually happened is that the government, Assad's government, made military advances. They're about to take Aleppo, a key strategic city, and that would be the end of the rebels.

MAHER: You mean al Qaeda? Because we're basically arming al Qaeda. I don't understand this --

ALTER: There's a peace conference. If they don't go into that peace conference with at least some victories on the rebel side, the rebels won't show up. So the president is trying to bolster them enough so they can get to the peace conference.

MAHER: It's like picking sides in Game of Thrones.

ALTER: His policy is to get rid of Assad, that's American policy.

MAHER: But haven't we learned -- isn't the lesson we learn in the Middle East wars, the easy part is getting rid of the bad guy, it's what happens next? (HBO's Real Time, June 14, 2013)

[VeniVidiVici]

Isn’t it illegal to send money or support to al-queerda?

[When do we get liberated?]

I agree with Bill Maher. The world is upside down!

[Gaffer]

There's a peace conference. If they don't go into that peace conference with at least some victories on the rebel side, the rebels won't show up. So the president is trying to bolster them enough so they can get to the peace conference.

I'm sorry, but this is some of the most infantile shit I've ever heard. Really sorry pathetic excuses that are a lie against what our Muslim President is trying to do - install a Muslim Brotherhood dominated government in Syria, just like Eqypt, just like Libya, and just like his next targets, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, et al completely surrounding Israel for what he thinks is the final blow.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NotYourAverageDhimmi.

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[TwelveOfTwenty]

Hammer, meet head of nail.

[bgill]

Has hell frozen over? This blow hard is making sense.

[LibsRJerks]

Letttsssszeee, Maher ...the savages have infiltrated western Europe and are chopping people up in broad daylight, the Middle East, and parts now of the US. Purty soon, we’ll be surrounded ... and you’re just now getting this?

Idiot.

[GOPJ]

WOW..even Bill Maher is understanding what is really going on here

Every now and then Maher accidentally 'gets it'... this is one of those times.

[tumblindice]

Acts 9:18

[duffee]

“the easy part is getting rid of the bad guy”

The problem is they get replaced by more “bad guys”. Can we even find any leader in that part of the world, outside of Israel, that is not a “bad guy”.

[The Toll]

I guarantee this is a result of Maher being the executive producer for the VICE Magazine shows on HBO. VICE has a long history of going into nasty places to get the story. I would bet my bank account that Maher has been informed by the guys at VICE that the FSA would cut their heads off if they tried to film. You have to see everything through a Hollywood prism to understand this prick.

[stickywillie]

“You don’t know how uncomfortable this makes me when I find Bill Maher making sense”....I couldn’t agree more

[Veggie Todd]

He better hope his tax returns are in order. He’s about to get an IRS rectal exam.

[GOPJ]

The US government gives moral support for the Egyptian rebels against Mubarak, Egypt becomes run by Islamists. The US government gives military support for the Libyan rebels against Qadafi, Islamists now run amuck in Libya. The US government will now give military support for the Syrian rebels against Assad, and... The US needs to just stay out of these internal affairs in other nations.

It appears our track record is 100% wrong... Guess more of the same will produce different results this time, right?

[GOPJ]

What’s FSA?

Family Support Administration, now part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Farm Security Administration (now the Farmers Home Administration), an American rural poverty agency known for its 1935–44 photography program
Farm Service Agency, part of the United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Security Agency, a United States government entity from 1935 to 1953
Federal Student Aid, an office of the United States Department of Education
Financial Services Agency, Japanese financial regulator
Financial Services Authority, a former United Kingdom financial regulator
Food Standards Agency, a United Kingdom regulato...

[EEGator]

KGB

[GOPJ]

Thanks - now the comment makes sense...

[EEGator]

Anytime.