Sit on it!!!
The WASHINGTON POST is providing political cover for the Administration.
The war on ISIS is just an excuse to go after Assad in Syria. You know what McCain and Obama have been trying to do for the last 3 years.
Think Libya 2.0
Moreover, if you think it’s worth going to World War III for Saudi Arabia over a gas pipeline, then I think that’s insane.
Furthermore,
Russia will not give up Syria. Did you know the following.
1. Russia has a naval installation in Syria, which is strategically important and Russia’s last foreign military base outside the former Soviet Union.
2. Russia still has a bit of a Cold War mentality, as well as a touch of national insecurity, which makes it care very much about maintaining one of its last military alliances.
3. Russia also hates the idea of “international intervention” against countries like Syria because it sees this as Cold War-style Western imperialism and ultimately a threat to Russia.
4. Syria buys a lot of Russian military exports, and Russia needs the money.
What ANY U.S. President should tell Putin:
“The U.S. will not consider foreign policy or anti-terror advice from a country with Russia’s recent track record.”
Putin and the Russian Federation are DEFINITELY on the high moral ground here.
You make geopolitical moves when there is no organized resistance to your progress.
Syria will turn out to be even more a US ground war than Viet Nam or Iraq ever were.
And all because we would not enlist our natural allies on the ground there, in this instance, the Kurds.
Kurdistan is, and should be recognized as, the most powerful mediatory faction in the region. Not because they are just, or merciful, or striving for peace. Because they are the people the most brutal of Sunni or Shi’ite Muslims are afraid of.
There is likely a lot more going on behind the scenes than we know about, folks.
The Syrians announced that we informed them the airstrikes were coming, via their UN ambassador. There are no reports yet of any Assad Regime positions that have been hit.
We are likely tip-toeing the line within Syria to keep Assad and Russia out of it.
Let’s talk about Ukraine, Mr. Poopin.