Posted on 10/08/2016 10:48:08 AM PDT by John Semmens
Tensions surrounding the war-torn nation of Syria ratcheted up this week with Secretary of State John Kerry charging Russia with war crimes, Russia threatening to shoot down US planes that attack its Syrian government ally, and US Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley boasting to the Russians that “we will beat you harder than you have ever been beaten before.”
On one side we have the Russians and the murderous Assad regime. On the other side we have the bumbling Obama Administration and its confusing alliance with anti-Assad jihadis. The unanswered question is whether the issue of which side wins is worthy of a war with Russia. Secretary Kerry seems to think it is.
“I’ve argued for the use of force in Syria,” Kerry said. “The war crimes being committed by Russia and Syria are reminiscent of those committed by the Nazis and Japs in World War II. We didn’t back away from the challenge then even though the cost in lives and money were substantial. Humanity demands that we not back away now.”
Kerry went on to argue that “the possibility that Donald Trump might win the upcoming election makes it more imperative that action be initiated before he gains the power to block it. From his public remarks about NATO, Putin, and the Cold War it is clear that he is outside the consensus of decades worth of thinking on these matters. The notion that the United States might live on friendly terms with Russia or even become allies with them against an imagined Islamic threat is the opposite of what the Obama Administration stands for. It mustn’t be allowed to happen.”
In related news, the US Department of Justice decided to drop its case against Marc Turi for illegally trafficking in weapons when it discovered that Turi’s sale of armaments to jihadi terrorists in Libya was part of a scheme originated by the State Department during the tenure of Secretary Hillary Clinton. Attorney General Loretta Lynch apologized for persecuting Turi and wasting everyone’s time, saying that “if we had known that Mr. Turi had documentary evidence backing up his claim to have been working on behalf of the State Department we’d have never moved against him. We are closing the books on this case and regret any embarrassment it may have caused any of those involved.”
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Planet aint gonna purge 90% of the population by itself.
Syria isn’t worth it.
Not even close.
Kerry and his BS about imagined Islamic threat. You are a joke and a coward Kerry. Your 3 PH’s are BS. You were never wounded period.
This seems like it is going to be a repeat of either 1962 (Cuba Missile crisis) or 1914.
I hope it’s only 1962; but in either case, it seems the USA is going to lose. (We ain’t what we used to be...)
Maybe, just maybe, if we can last until jan. 20, we might sail past the rocks and get out of the storm...
Any war will last only a few days. But lots of folks will die. Even if we have win—we lose. I don’t think Obama has the balls to order a strike. Europe may not support us in this adventure.
Modern H bombs that are air burst would clear the way for large green spaces in many urban centers with a radiation risk that would quickly dissipate at high altitude.
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