I think it is also about doing the dirty for the House of Saud.
So the Nation thinks obama is going help Iran destroy Israel?
That makes more sense than him helping Israel, obama loathes Israel.
The war is about the LNG pipleine from Qatar to the Med. The Saudi’s want this too. The Russians, and by proxy Assad, do not.
If the pipeline goes in, the Russains lose influence on Western Europe via energy.
The Qataris’ plan goes forward, and the Shiite’s win. Saudi plan goes forward the Sunni’s win.
Follow the money.
His Arrogance is doing exactly what he is told .... by the Saudis and the rest of the Arab oil barons.
If it was about a strike against Iran’s nuclear
and military complex, a massive strike, I would have
no problem with it. I’ts this piddling halfass bullcrap
that is going to get us in a bad place.
It has always been more about Iran and regime change than poison gas. Assad in return for aid has allowed Iran to locate their short range ballistic missiles if forward Syrian positions. As long as they are in place, Israel cannot attack Iran’s nuclear facilities with impunity. If Assad is overthrown, the new rulers of Syria will throw out the Iranians. This cannot be done with a “limited strike”. It will be a horrendous conflict with boots and American blood on the ground.
There are no lasting loyalties in the middle east. It’s tribe against tribe, family against family, minute by minute.
There is only one thing to do: do whatever is best for Israel.
No its about Saudis and Iranians.
This is way, way above the Anointed One’s pay grade. And intellect. The more convoluted the process, the more potential for the community organizer to screw it up. The only time our Constitution, economy, civil rights and national security is really safe is when this imbecile is playing golf.
Article is bs. Syria could be dragged out to the ocean and sunk and meanwhile Iran continues to build nuclear missiles to kill the Great Satan and take over all the gulf oil etc etc If O were willing to eliminate the Iranian danger I’d say yes yes. But to bomb Syria does NOTHING to eliminate the Iranian nukes. Nothing. The article is pure bunk.
Zer0 blew his gift in the lap of the Iranian Green Revolution. B0z0.
Obama has NO interest in toppling Iran. If he had, he would have put his support behind the Green Movement.
Instead, he put his support behind Morsi in Egypt and Al Qaeda in Libya and said nothing about the kids getting murdered in Iran.
Hmm. Articles critical of the proposed Syrian adventure in The Nation, In These Times and Mother Jones. Are we at the “if I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost the nation” inflection point?
Oh, how lucky we will be if you are correct!
O'Bomber's legacy will be:
Solutions in search of a problem.
If it’s really about Iran then why not just...go after Iran?
This is not a move to "cripple Iran" -- this is a move to topple the Assad government in favor of a radical Muslim one.
This article reads like propaganda.
Obama has supported Iran’s agenda every chance he could. Why would he change course now?