Syrian rebels angry that airstrikes hit Khorasan but not Bashar Assad

Stars and Stripes ^ | Sept 23, 2014 | Roy Gutman and Mousab Alhamadee

[Praxeologue]

leaving him in will help Iran

That's not relevant.

The action is against ISIS.

[Domangart]

The use of force agreement limits US action to here and now. The other part, limits the attack to the original AQ who we mostly killed. These are the rug merchants that were in Iran. He looks like some lawyer is doing the bombing.

[entropy12]

Iran has no intentions of sending missiles to United States.
If Pakistan can have 125 nukes, and North Korea can have dozens of nukes, and India can have 200 nukes, why Iran can’t have 1 or 2? Who appointed us as the kings of nuke control?

Besides we are $18 Trillion in official debt and $100 Trillion in unfunded liabilities to future recipients of Medicare, Obamacare, Social Security, etc. Why we need to spend Trillions in the middle-east protecting oil flow to China with borrowed money from China? We are self-sufficient in oil & coal & nat gas.

[shibumi]

Radical, Extreme Moslems = "Kill You NOW!"

Moderate Moslems = "Kill you Later."

Peaceful, Religious Moslems = Aid, Comfort, Abet and Encourage the Radicals and Moderates alike and practice "Taqyyah."

Solution?

[entropy12]

There is simply no exaggeration in your post.

[shibumi]

They made the rules.

In their world there are only Moslems or there are no Moslems.

I’m voting for the “no” option.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Obama’s arming the Syrian rebels to fight against ISIS.. Oooooooops, they took our weapons and went after Assad instead. And Obama knows this is what they’ll do, too. Fooled ya again, Amerika!!!

[caww]

...”Islamic radical terrorists, seeking a global Caliphate, massacre, rape and enslave peaceful “infidels” and are more of a threat to the West and freedom than Bashar Assad”....

I get a lot of flack because I choose to hear what nation leaders are saying to ‘their’ people. From Putin to Assad to Si-Si to any who we’re actively engaging with in a conflict or otherwise.

I listened to the interviews that Assad gave to his people, and even conducted with our own media, when the push to remove Assad first began. Then I also backtracked to hear him before any issues had begun.

Interesting was he called it right away when saying that most of the blood shed and fighting, during the protests, was coming from outside his country by foreign fighters. But what was really interesting is tried many times before to explain who they were etc.....and that if they were successful in infiltrating further the war would go on for ten years ....he has never looked at this short term at all.

Assad didn’t have a problem with the protesters...they were already talking and coming to terms with the changes he was going to make long before any violence broke out.

I have learned to listen to all sides when conflict breaks out...and we do know, despite those who who deny it, that the US and other nations do send people into other nations to stir up any protest and ignite them further if they want a regime change there.

You also learn that where McCain pops up you can be sure things will esculate.

[Pelham]

“For the US to arm “moderate” Muslims is lunacy.”

‘Moderate Muslim’, one whose suicide vest won’t work.

[PGalt]

Comments BUMP!

[John S Mosby]

No “boots on the ground” trite phrasing, to determine just whom the “civilians” in a building actually, were. Could be they were just civilians, or maybe human shields. We'll never know— and to the muzzie in chief, what? me worry?

This is the height of “arms length” asymmetric warfare. IF there are any targeters on the ground, and IF they are cia “assets”....well, put it this way— the current bozos there are not capable of running any kind of real effective campaign.

Since this is all about dem political survival and “looking like we are doing something”, annnnd supporting the military/industrial/medical complex in wasting ammo at 250K plus a Tomahawk, none of these silly details matter.

The incompetent Iraqi army- trained by the US at great expense to some inside the beltway contractors— got us this same bunch of crap. Speaks volumes about what a waste the entire Iraq presence since GHWBush has been. Did not get the job done at first and cleared out, then the Clintoonian arkansas cocaine aristocracy took over with 8 years of vacuum noses running whatever and then GWB. It is a good game sucking the lifeblood out of our military and propping up these beltway bandits with no allegiances but themselves.

Boils down to the US burning our treasure to be mercenaries for the 4 country players, against their own jihadis— the Saudis, Qatar, UAE,Jordan. What a “coalition” built under the direction of the House of Saud.
And what a pitiful a@@ is this mack daddy coke queer. Hillary, of course would be soooo much better LOL.

[Adder]

Absolutely.
The fig leaf that these “moderate” groups will fight ISIS is a bald face lie.

Its an end around to topple Assad and assure another islamofascist state is formed.

Really hacks me off that so many pubbies voted for this obvious lie.

[Exeter]

“...one building that was struck had been filled with displaced civilians...”

And of course we can rely on this for its unbiased, objective reporting.
Does anyone else remember during Desert Shield the Iraqis claimed American bombs fell on a baby food factory? They then showed to reporters a pile of rubble with a hand-printed sign that said in English “Baby Food Factory”.
You’ll have to excuse me if I take this report with a very large grain of salt...

[no-to-illegals]

This is an opinion from a Col., Gleeaikin. An opinion that I believe is fact ... Lt.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3207238/posts