Arthur Carlson : " God as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly "
Posted on 11/22/2011 4:39:17 PM PST by dynachrome
Senior European sources said that Arab jet fighters, and possibly Turkish warplanes, backed by American logistic support will implement a no fly zone in Syria's skies, after the Arab League will issue a decision, under its Charter, calling for the protection of Syrian civilians. The sources told Kuwait's al Rai daily that the no fly ban will include a ban on the movement of Syrian military vehicles, including tanks, personnel carriers and artillery, adding that this move would aim at curbing the movement of Assad forces, and cripple their ability to bomb cities. The European sources said the no fly ban might lead to the paralysis of the Syrian regime forces "in less than 24 hours." Meanwhile, it is reported that the leadership of the Turkish General Staff informed all the concerned parties with the Syrian issue its rejection of the idea that the Turkish army would launch any invasion to the Syrian territory including the area adjacent to the Turkish border to establish a "buffer zone" to protect civilians fleeing the violence.
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“alwabawa” or alibaba may be on the mark. Which universe or realm is the question. :)
That’s the historical norm. Good history and background in your other post as well.
Obama’s foreign policy is going for Maximum Mess.
You’ve got three empires - Persia, Turkey, and Egypt - vying for power with a shadow empire - Saudi Arabia - working behind the scenes and in madrassa’s across the globe to install Sharia law on unsuspecting liberal governments.
It’s not going to be a smooth flight.
You two and about 1% of Americans. The rest are wondering what to buy on Black Friday and the other half are wondering what they’re going to get for Christmas.
Staying completely out of it seldom works out well. Somebody always wins, and the empire that results will be stronger because of added population and resources. This is why a classic precept of strategic thought is to support* the weak against the strong, preferably the lesser of two evils. And Alawites are considered heretics - and therefore even more subhuman than non-Muslims - by Shiites** and Sunnis alike.
* This support doesn't have to take the form of direct military intervention - US financial and military aid for the South East Asian countries during the Vietnam War era prevented those countries from being similarly overrun by Chinese- and Soviet-backed (with arms, money and training) Communist insurgencies.
** If Assad is a heretic, why are Shiite regimes supporting him? Because the alternative is a Sunni-ruled Syrian regime - a real danger to Shiite states, considering that the vast majority of Muslim states in the region are Sunni-ruled. Shiites fear Sunnis because Sunnis have this habit of slaughtering or otherwise persecuting religious minorities.
very old map, but shows the Kurds sprinkled across a bunch of countries occupying their territory.
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~recross/israel-watch/images/Kurdistan.jpg
My guess is that Al Bawaba stands for The Gatekeeper.
Thanks!
What about the border with Mexico? Canada? terrorists actvities? etc..........
No British empire in that mix?
It does look like Hussein wants a Caliphate armed with Nukes pointed at us.
All these states are going Radical Islam and have a death wish for us.
Who’s going to fly Muz-Cap?
My guess? Turkey. The Arab contribution will probably consist of cash grants to pay for fuel and ordnance. Unfortunately, our taxpayer dollars may end up going towards handing free ammo and fuel to Turkey so that they can achieve their goal of a Sunni Islamist (Ikhwan aka The Brethren aka Muslim Brotherhood) government in Syria to replace the current Alawite heretics running the place.
It is the handing over of the muslim world to religious sunni extremists. Long gone are the days of the strongarm arab rulers who destroy any semblance of religious extremism. It started in Iraq, and has spread to all of north africa and now its syrias turn. In the place of these dictators will rise islamic regimes and will lead to discrimination among minorities, specifically middle eastern Christians(case in point: Iraq, Egypt)
In the meantime, Obama and his grand project of further islamizing the arab world is a whopping success.
bttt
Imagine where we’d be if Obamao didn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize.
ping
So far as I can see, there was no UN Security Council resolution given to authorize military force against Libya. There is no UNSC Resolution authorizing the use of force against Syria. So they haven't, in either case, complied with Article 43.
And no declaration of war has been given by Congress (nor an authorization given in accordance with the War Powers Resolution)
And neither country has asked for assistance.
So, as far as I can see, these are huge war crimes. I'm not any kind of a peacenik...but there is a proper, legal way to go about this (like how GWB did with both Afghanistan and Iraq) and an illegal way (like Clinton in Kosovo, Barry in Libya, and now this).
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