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WTF White House Statement Of The Day: Syria Airstrikes Edition
When President Obama bragged earlier that "The United States is and will remain the one indispensable nation in the world..." adding that "no other nation can do what we do," we should have guessed some more war-mongering was coming... and sure enough. As AP reports, it appears Syrian airstrikes are on their way, but there's a mind-blowing twist in US foreign policy: "In an effort to avoid unintentionally strengthening the Syrian government, the White House could seek to balance strikes against the Islamic State with attacks on Assad regime targets." In the words of the Guinness commercial, Brilliant.
The intelligence gathered by U.S. military surveillance flights over Syria could support a broad bombing campaign against the Islamic State militant group, but current and former U.S. officials differ on whether air power would significantly degrade what some have called a "terrorist army."
"Air power needs to be applied like a thunderstorm, not a drizzle," Deptula said, entailing "24-7 overwatch with force application on every move of ISIL personnel."
Further complicating the plans, any military action against Islamic State militants in Syria would also have the effect of putting the U.S. on the same side as Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose ouster the Obama administration has sought for years.
So first Iran and now Syria are best buddies with America? Well we can't have that...
The U.S. is not cooperating or sharing intelligence with the Assad government, Pentagon and State Department spokesmen said. But the U.S. flights are occurring in eastern Syria, away from most of Syria's air defenses. And experts expressed doubt that Syria would attempt to shoot down American aircraft that are paving the way for a possible bombing campaign against Assad's enemies.
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In an effort to avoid unintentionally strengthening the Syrian government, the White House could seek to balance strikes against the Islamic State with attacks on Assad regime targets. However, that option is largely unappealing to the president given that it could open the U.S. to the kind of long-term commitment to Syria's stability that Obama has sought to avoid.
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So to summarize:
...the limited airstrikes in Iraq (which the Iraqi government did not ask for) now appear to be expanding into '24/7 carpet-bombing' of ISIS targets in Syria (which the US are not asking permission or forgiveness for) and in the interests of "fairness doctrine" America will bomb al-Assad's military installations to maintain some 'balance' between the moderate terrorists, extreme terrorists (and national armies), and scary-as-shit terrorists...
Is there something we missed?
White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Monday tried to tamp down the notion that action against the Islamic State group could bolster Assad, saying, "We're not interested in trying to help the Assad regime." However, he acknowledged that "there are a lot of cross pressures here."
"Cross-pressures" indeed. And all humanitarian.
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schitzoid.
the entire f**king country is crazy.
unbelievable, totally unbelievable.
"no other nation can do what we do,"
exceptional amis. ROFLMAO
"I am a failed puppet of a captured State.
But I still have my pen, phone, and Reggie!
Sorry, US Serfs about to die, but, hey, I'm not American, so eat one!"
Obama: "The only way to be sure we get the bad guys is to bomb everybody. That is my new foreign policy."
BUFFs soon to move to airbases within easy striking distance.
Rolling Thunder Redux.
The only way to be sure we get the bad guys is to NUKE DC.
When your name is oBOMBa, everything and anyone can be an "airstrike target" - for whatever reason... or none at all.
After all: "No one can do what we do..." and - cuing Carly Simon - "Nobody Does It Better"
More sanctions on Russia? S&P up.
USA full retard mod went overdrive
Obama so sexy right now!
Please, Americans, do SOMETHING to stop the insane warmongers at you top. Fast!
Time for impeachment ... call your Congress critter.
They're mostly all cowards.
One faked head chop later and Obamao gets what he wanted so long ago - he gets to bomb Syria for Israel.
The whole IS or ISIS or ISIL or the gang formerly known as Al-CIAda in Iraq was provication for backdoor bombing of Assad's forces.
And the sheeple are good with it.
The dog is working with the man. I swear.
I'm thinking it was the CIA's motive all along in creating ISIS. Their war plans were shut down because of vocal opposition from the people and their representatives. Now they have created and hyped this new threat, the same people are scared to death, begging for us to now go into Syria. Only a blind man and, sadly, your average american citizen could miss it.
"... balance strikes against the Islamic State with attacks on Assad regime targets"
seriously, WTF? Why can somebody permit to think about such things?
In other words, using the pretext of the TWO targeted enemies on opposite sides of the spectrum, obliterate Syria/Lebanon/Iraq from the scene. Do to that whole region what has already occurred in Palestine.
"Nation building" of awesome magnitude.
Wow, shades of Nam/Laos/Cambodia all over again !
Lead on Supremo !
One day there will be accountability of magnitudes comparable to Charles V Spanish legacy's decadence or that of Rome of ancient fame.
Hubris has only one awesome daughter, Nemesis.
Most people appear to have forgotten a defense pact between Syria & Iran.
Iran can be drawn into it.
It is this criminal Obama's admin which is trying to escalate a war on all fronts.
Soon all Americans will be held responsible by the world if the war breaks out just like the Germans were.
Americans have lost control of their Govt. It no longer represents them.
Then it is bye-bye Qatar
You mean there will be no Soccer World Cup in Qatar? Mr. Blattner will be so sad...
" we are the only folks able to fuck the rest of the world as we do it "
From Mena to Syria, our country is run through the CIA by its oilogarchy masters who have but one objective, and that is to control every last drop of dollar-denominated oil in the world. Any group or sect of Jews, Muslims, Christian, East, West - who stand in their way, are soon obliterated. These people have said Fuck Love, Fuck Spirit, Fuck Eternal Life, Fuck Hope, Fuck Faith and seek only their debased enrichment. It will be gard to take them down. We can only hope they finally kill each other and leave enough innocents behind to create a new world.
Well, they stole another one of my jokes and made policy out of it. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-11/frontrunning-august-11#comment-...
I would like to caution all that the US is so deviod of ideas they are scouring the ZH comments section for policy.
dup
One of these days, American apathy combined with a genocidal foreign policy is going to bite us in the ass.
awww does this mean he has to give his peace prize back ....
and since he doesn't like the militerized ferguson police department i guess we should drone strike them too.
come to think of it Obama doesn't like the congress either ....
Wasn't Hillary screaming for more Syrian blood recently? I guess totally destroying Libya and the Ukraine is not enough for her and the bloody progressives.
Witness murdering progressive tyranny in action, you will never see anything as blood thirsty.
Grimaldus
James Foley was once embedded with the US Army in Afghanistan.
Foley - a windfall for Rendon Media Group.
In other words, he was a spy.
In the US Military's 'Stars and Stripes' newspaper, U.S. officials stated that any reporter embedded with U.S. forces gets a full background check from The Rendon Group.
The Rendon Group has worked closely with a British partner, Hill and Knowlton.
Hill and Knowlton was responsible for the 1990 'Kuwaiti incubator' story - which claimed that Kuwaiti babies were being removed from incubators by Iraqi forces.
This totally fake story was used to get Congressional approval for the 1991 Gulf War.
http://aanirfan.blogspot.co.uk/
Well someone had to lose their head to get that Qatar gas to the EU.
ot: One ebola case purportedly left in all of Nigeria, yet start of school year for entire country pushed back to October
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28950347
Russia jumps into vaccine game
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140826/192366823/Experimental-Russian-Ebola-Va...
Will someone please start the impeachment? FFS, this is ridiculous. Bomb everybody? WTF? While we are at it, how about we bomb Vietnam again? Linebacker 3 sounds like a great idea considering this plan.
Stupidity like this is exactly why African leaders and warlords make Africa such a shithole to live in. I am sorry to say it, but this is pure African warlord style politics. It ends up making everything a hellhole. Obama isn't shit. He is the lowest common denominator. He needs to go.
It is illegal under international law for Israel to grant oil exploration rights on occupied territory,http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=78822
Jacob Rothschild and Rupert Murdoch are extremely well regarded by and connected to leaders in these sectors. Their guidance and participation will prove invaluable.” “I am grateful to Howard Jonas and IDT for the opportunity to invest in this important initiative,” Lord Rothschild said. “Rupert Murdoch’s extraordinary achievements speak for themselves and we are very pleased he has agreed to be our partner. http://counterpsyops.com/tag/genie-energy/" It is highly unethical for FOX News not to disclose this information to its viewers."
Tony, tony, tony.......that's the funniest shit I have read in a long time! Thanks, I needed a good laugh. I mean, everyone knows Faux News and ethics have not been in the same universe for a looooong time now, if ever.
Sneaky little bastard ain't he though? Both the corporate welfare recipients and the welfare voters will support his middle of the road bombing approach
All the cogent and incisive wit of a monkey on meth.
Has anyone considered that the rich, privileged North Eastern Elite who dominate the Progressive Republican and Democrat parties are actually, as a result of their excesses, certifiably bat-shit crazy?
Combined with the recent re-introduction of Eugenics and the push for population reduction I wouldn't put it past them to try and murder the majority of humanity through engineered plagues, famines, war, and government internment.
They should be rounded up and put on island. There they can pretend everyone else is dead and live in such a way that will mimick the end of civilization and the global economy. I am sure they will eventually make teh connection between the existance of other people and stuff coming out of factories and stocked stores.
They've had 4 centuries of in-breeding, so yes, like the old Spanish monarch family members, they are certifiably crazy. And by result, dangerous. Like any crazy person, they recognize no boundaries - personal, community, national or global.
Enter Russia???
Bombing both sides, ISIS and Assad, without congressional or UN approval, brilliant the story says. But let Russia send aid convoys carrying water, food and medicine to people being murdered by their own country and the US calls this an "invasion"....what am I missing here?
Noble peace prize
It's unbelievable. It's like "what me worry" from Mad Comic Magazine is in charge.
Isis is like cancer: to get rid of cancer you destroy it.
24/7 carpet bombing sounds like the right "medicine", let the Kurds and Iraqi's be the boots on the ground-they're already fighting isis.
Forget about Assad-funny how 0baMao has been such a fan of deposing ME leaders. That has worked out well, hasn't it?
lowest common denominator politics, gotta love it. And they said reverse evolution wasn't possible! Absolute proof right in front of our eyes every day.
"In an effort to avoid unintentionally strengthening the Syrian government, the White House could seek to balance strikes against the Islamic State with attacks on Assad regime targets."
Does someone still think ISIS is a real threat ?
In short, we're fucked, this guy is a world class moron. He does not have the mental capacity to run a pop stand, he belongs on the street corner with the rest of his ilk with a sign around his neck "stupid idiot, please give me money to eat,"
Two more year on the golf course then he can sell all the state secrets he knows! It would be rea nice if the next president was an American by birth and by culture and dedicated ONLY to the welfare of the US, first, foremost, and always.
Ah, Arab Spring! http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/how-the-arab-spring-unleashed-al-qaeda/
Then: "President Barack Obama described the uprisings as "a historic opportunity" for the United States "to pursue the world as it should be." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed these comments, expressing confidence that the transformations would allow Washington to advance "security, stability, peace, and democracy" in the Middle East."
Now: "In an effort to avoid unintentionally strengthening the Syrian government, the White House could seek to balance strikes against the Islamic State with attacks on Assad regime targets."
Up is down; black is white: war is peace, "US help" is death, shite doesn't float to the top....
Now we see how the pieces fit into the puzzle. We were going to bomb Assad one fucking way or the other. If the front door is locked, just sneak in through the back door. It seems ISIS does indeed have an important role to play for Israel and the US and their plans in the ME.
The question of the day is "What is the difference between us bombing both parties, and us staying the fuck out and let them sort it out. All the propaganda news channels and talking heads new shows are nothing but ISIS is in your back yard bullshit for a week now. Our leaders are officially bombing people just for shits and grins and to answer to their globalist donors, perhaps to run a distraction from how totally incompetent and corrupt our political leaders are. Shame shame
" The question of the day is "What is the difference between us bombing both parties, and us staying the fuck out and let them sort it out. "
The difference is :
In the first case Assad wil fall, Syria won't be a Russian ally anymore, which in the long term view of some people is really positive, and pipelines will end up going from Qatar to Europe through Syria.
In the second case, Nothing of this happens. Europe will have to keep on buying russian gas. Syria stays a russian ally, and for some people it's "good-bye that furry/comfortable bearskin".
Easy.
All part of the plan to re-draw the lines in the ME and get that Qatar and SA gas to the EU.
I dont think Vlad is on board yet.
What would these guys do without war?
Then when these fascist assholes are murdering their own people Obama says nothing. But of course, he used our tax dollars to put these swine in power!
http://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/13/ignoring-ukraines-neo-nazi-storm-tr...
obama is one of them.....
he waited 1 month before authorizing the raid to rescue foley
the mission leaked and foley was moved 2 days before...
he should have bombed the isis troop convoys as easy targets like the bush hwy of death.... but waited...
he waits to allow isis free reign and only half heartedly acts to restrain and eliminate them...
he is waiting for 9/11 redux
remember clintooon had 3 opportunities prior to 9/11 to take out bin laden and didn't....
open border...welcome mat....ms13 excorting isis across border....reports of 100 ussa cits joining and fighting iwth isis (passports not revoked...welcome home...just like the boston bombers)...
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
The stupidity of this administration is simply jaw-dropping.
Israel can continue to do what it wants though, right?
http://goo.gl/BVKlhN
All Right Everybody! Last year Assad was Obama's Public Enemy #1 now Obama says Assad is my boy!
Worst President Ever
And Jeb Bush will be more of the same...
there is stupid,
and then, there is the "I gotz my Nobel Peace Prize" stupid.
Obama is bombing for his legacy. He wants to be remembered as being "tougher than Bush".
When Bibi says "jump", the US state dept and Obama say, "How high?"