Posted on 10/03/2015 8:15:27 AM PDT by semantic
We attempted to cut through all of the Western and Russian media propaganda on the way to describing what Moscow’s involvement in Syria actually portends for the global balance of power. Here are a few excerpts that summarize what’s taking shape in the Middle East:
Putin looks to have viewed this as the ultimate geopolitical win-win. That is, Russia gets to i) expand its influence in the Middle East in defiance of Washington and its allies, a move that also helps to protect Russian energy interests and preserves the Mediterranean port at Tartus, and ii) support its allies in Tehran and Damascus thus preserving the counterbalance to the US-Saudi-Qatar alliance.
Meanwhile, Iran gets to enjoy the support of the Russian military juggernaut on the way to protecting the delicate regional nexus that is the source of Tehran’s Mid-East influence. It is absolutely critical for Iran to keep Assad in power, as the loss of Syria to the West would effectively cut the supply line between Iran and Hezbollah.
It would be difficult to overstate the significance of what appears to be going on here. This is nothing short of a Middle Eastern coup, as Iran looks to displace Saudi Arabia as the regional power broker and as Russia looks to supplant the US as the superpower puppet master.
In short, the Pentagon’s contention that Russia and Iran have formed a Mid-East “nexus” isn’t akin to the Bush administration’s hollow, largely bogus attempt to demonize America’s foreign policy critics in the eyes of the public by identifying an “axis of evil.” Rather, the Pentagon’s assessment was an attempt to come to grips with a very real effort on the part of Moscow and Tehran to tip the scales in the Mid-East away from Riyadh and Washington.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
That is funny!
The absurdity of this underscores the urgent need in the United States for regime change.
“Blunder”? NO way, try “:planned”. Obama and his handlers have been arming, training, and funding muslims for war.
This is exactly what I posted about yesterday, Obama has been checkmated...
obama = benedict arnold
You make a strong (and decidedly chilling) assessment.
LMAO!
In other words, a butterfly flapping its wings in Texas can cause later a typhoon in the Japanese Sea.
Think about it, in mid-20th Century America an 18 year old hippie freshman slut in a Honolulu college has sex with an older Kenyan politician on a student visa, who has a wife and child back in Africa. And from this "roll in the hay" comes the collapse and dissolution of America in the 21st Century.
Interesting isn't it, and it makes you a firm believer in the "butterfly effect."
"Peace in our time"
"By lifting sanctions, Iran will not be able to develop nuclear weapons"
John Kerry will be given a Nobel Peace Prize for this...but they better hurry with the awards ceremony.
Yeah. Nixon fixed Vietnam real good didn’t he?
How did a Republican president fix Vietnam? The Reds won in Vietnam
If you haven't done it in a while, read 1984 by George Orwell. The similarities with the ruling class in that book and the ruling class today are frighteningly similar. Today, we have bureaucrats who seriously do not give a damn how far America falls as long as they get to hold on to the perks of power.
I think a key point that is ostensibly missing is that Putin is attempting to juxtapose the NATO countries in such a manner that they do not agree with each other.
Well said.
Obama hasn’t been practicing “isolationism” in Syria. He’s been heavily engaged - on the wrong side. He’s arming Islamic rebels to take out Assad. Putin is opposing that.
Do you think if Nixon had been elected in 1960 we would’ve even had a war in Vietnam?
Eisenhower had kept Vietnam at arms length. JFK’s need to project a tough image (especially after the Bay of Pigs and the Vienna summit with Khrushchev), led JFK to escalate in Vietnam and then disastrously overthrow Diem.
Then when LBJ took over, he was afraid that “losing Vietnam” would impact his radical domestic policy in 1964-65 (at which time he didn’t foresee just what a mess Vietnam would be. He knew it was bad, but not that bad.)
Putin isn’t “bombing Syria”. He’s bombing Obama-backed Islamic jihadists who are creating chaos in Syria by trying to take down the Syrian government
What is the threat to our homeland if the Russians are in Syria?
I’m struggling with finding a critically-thought out, logical answer to this question.
Marxist and Mohammedan totalitarians are carving up the world. Who can stop them? The republic? Collateral damage. We submit to our subjugator’s lies, slavery (economic), and are silenced in their pursuit of their agendas.
DEPOPULATE totalitarians from the body politic. DEFUND their collectives, foreign and domestic.
I agree whole hardheartedly, I remember both 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and others who knew where this was headed Post WW2...
Bread and Circuses were provided to keep the populace compliant, all was well..
As to Checkmated yes in his mind he always wins..
And he has a point, stupid Americans looking for someone to keep the gravy train running followed the Pied Piper who told them it was all ok..
His nuts have been cut off and he does not even notice or care...
Watch and See...
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