Posted on 09/30/2015 2:59:37 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Now, Syria. Let me see if I can make sense of this for you. 'Cause what's happening in Syria, based on what we learned yesterday about Putin -- and what he said to the UN about us abandoning our role, our moral leadership there -- as best I have been able to assemble this, here is what's happening. Over the past few weeks we have learned that Russia is sending military planes and soldiers to Syria. We didn't like it. When asked about it by the United States, Russia said, "Mind your own business; it's none of your business. What are you gonna do about it?"
They, of course, knew we were gonna do nothing about it. Then at the UN Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was gonna take the lead in fighting ISIS because we had given up, essentially. The Western world had decided it wasn't worth it, it wasn't worth the risk, that we had abandoned our moral leadership. Putin at the UN says, "Do you realize what you've done?" So he decided to swoop in and single-handedly take the lead in fighting ISIS, which Obama still will not refer to as a terrorist or Islamic extremist group.
Now, that was supposed to explain Russia's military presence in Syria, that Putin was taking three-day in fighting ISIS. That is a key point in understanding what's going on here. Our secretary of state (who once served in Vietnam) John Kerry -- Jean-Francois Kerry -- and Obama said they were open to the idea of Russia -- and, by proxy, Iran -- joining the fight against ISIS. Now, in Putin's mind, we haven't joined anything; we are abandoning it. This is also key to understand. In Putin's mind, what he said yesterday at the UN, we have essentially checked out of the hotel.
And they've checked in, and they are single-handedly fighting ISIS. So Kerry, in a face-saving move, goes out and says, "We are open, of course," as though we're still the world's lone superpower, which we aren't because Kerry and Obama don't even want to be. Kerry goes out and says with his "superpower secretary of state" attitude that we're perfectly fine. We're open to the idea of Russia and Iran joining the fight against ISIS, when in truth we have abandoned it. Last night there were reports that Russia had warned us to get all of our planes out of Syrian airspace because they were going to mount an attack.
Now, I don't know how it is in this administration, but any previous administration, if a Soviet leader had called and warned us to get out of Syrian airspace, we would have had some choice words for the Soviet leader, and we would have told him, "You don't dare launch your aircraft or else." But we're not dealing with administrations like we've had in the past. Putin (essentially Russia) warns us to get all of our planes out of Syrian airspace. We scoffed at the warning. This morning there were reports that Russia had indeed conducted its first bombing mission.
I believe I am correct in saying the ones the Russian attacked in Syria, although US allies, are also the ones who have been attacking Syrian Christians. If so - may Russia keep it up!!
With all due respect, I believe Mary was no more righteous than we are and that the elevation of her by Catholics is very sinful. God may or may not answer the Bishop’s prayers, but it won’t be because of his idolizing and praying to Mary. If he honors it, it will be in spite of his sinful adoration of Mary.
“Our” allies? More like Obama/Kerry/McCain’s Islamist allies.
Go Putin!
No such thing as a muslim ally!
The Obamunist Media wants you to know Russia is bombing Syria.
Meanwhile Saudi/US strikes in Yemen don’t exist for them, and most certainly for the low-infos.
I agree with you.
LEAD_FROM_BEHIND_PING!
Allies Allies We don’t have no stinkin’ allies
`Allies’ like McCain’s heart-eating cannibal butt buddy?
This has blown up in Obama’s face, like everything else.
The fruit of Obama and Hillary’s policy of “democratic” (i.e., Islamic) revolution in Syria, has been civil war, anarchy, and chaos. That chaos and anarchy allowed ISIS (or as John Kerry insists as if it matters, ISIL) to grow, commit horrible crimes, overwhelm Europe and soon the US with a refugee/Islamist migration crisis,destroy any hope of recovery in Iraq, and generally destabilize the Middle East region. Beneficiaries: Iran, Turkey, Islamists.
The current situation threatens Russia and CIS countries through returning Chechen and other Islamists training and fighting in Syria. Putin recognizes this and smells an opportunity to gain major influence on the cheap.
I assume Putin has concluded that propping up Assad is the most advantageous route to stabilizing Syria, so it is no longer a haven for ISIS and rival Islamist groups. Any fool can see that Obama either does not want to stop ISIS, or lacks the will and competence to do so. Taking out the US’s “moderate anti-Assad allies” is thus a necessary element of the solution.
When Russia crushes ISIS quickly, the US will be exposed as at best a feckless paper tiger, and alternatively, a cynical, dangerous, deliberate abettor of Islamism at its worst. Get’er done, Vlad.
The fruit of Obama and Hillary’s policy of “democratic” (i.e., Islamic) revolution in Syria, has been civil war, anarchy, and chaos. That chaos and anarchy allowed ISIS (or as John Kerry insists as if it matters, ISIL) to grow, commit horrible crimes, overwhelm Europe and soon the US with a refugee/Islamist migration crisis,destroy any hope of recovery in Iraq, and generally destabilize the Middle East region. Beneficiaries: Iran, Turkey, Islamists.
The current situation threatens Russia and CIS countries through returning Chechen and other Islamists training and fighting in Syria. Putin recognizes this and smells an opportunity to gain major influence on the cheap.
I assume Putin has concluded that propping up Assad is the most advantageous route to stabilizing Syria, so it is no longer a haven for ISIS and rival Islamist groups. Any fool can see that Obama either does not want to stop ISIS, or lacks the will and competence to do so. Taking out the US’s “moderate anti-Assad allies” is thus a necessary element of the solution.
When Russia crushes ISIS quickly, the US will be exposed as at best a feckless paper tiger, and alternatively, a cynical, dangerous, deliberate abettor of Islamism at its worst. Get’er done, Vlad.
Russia is not attacking OUR allies. He is attacking obama ayatollah’s allies, i.e., isis.
They are made up allies by the administration
Israel is our only ally in the region
Why are you using the future tense? obama has been on the ISIS side from the getgo.
I don’t get your Barry/Rush duo. Please explain
It didn’t make no sense to me either and I hope the freeper will explain, or rather has explained
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