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John Kerry Explains What America Is (And Is Not) Doing To Defeat "Odious" ISIS
Confused as to the USA's strategy to defeat ISIS? Have no fear, Secretary of State John Kerry has penned an Op-Ed primer for the man in the street to comprehend why it is necessary for America to confront this "profound and unique threat to the entire world." As Kerry begins, "let's be clear about we're doing — and what we’re not doing..."
Authored by John Kerry, originally posted at The Boston Globe,
THE UNITED STATES has long faced threats from a lethal brand of terrorism that perverts one of world’s great religions. We have been relentless in targeting Al Qaeda and its affiliates, but the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, now poses a profound and unique threat to the entire world.
What we are confronting is nothing less than a violent extremist enterprise. It has employed violence, intimidation, and genocidal brutality to impose its will across large swaths of Syria and Iraq. The Islamic State controls more territory than Al Qaeda ever has, which means it has access to money on an unprecedented scale to finance its mayhem.
With American leadership, the world is responding with a unity that shows these criminals that we will not allow them to divide us or force their nihilistic vision on helpless people, regardless of ethnicity, religion, or nationality. On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution condemning the gross abuses carried out by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
There is a vigorous international debate under way about what it means to destroy the Islamic State, about how effective and resilient the growing coalition will be, and about how the strategy will unfold in the coming months.
Here at home, I understand why Americans are weary about US involvement in the volatile Middle East. People are right to ask tough questions, and we have a responsibility to answer them.
I am proud to work for a president who asks questions before using military force because, after all, I remember the words of the conservative Edmund Burke: “a conscientious man would be careful how he deals in blood.”
So let’s be clear about we’re doing — and what we’re not doing.
Let’s start by explaining what this fight is not. It is not a clash of civilizations. Muslim scholars are outraged about the Islamic State’s brutality and perversion of Islam, calling its savagery deviant and heretical. Sunni and Shiite alike have joined forces against this outrage. The coalition represents a unified response, as evidenced by the remarkable and unprecedented participation of five Arab countries in the air strikes in Syria. And that’s just the beginning. There is a role for every nation, from helping to dry up outside funding and stopping the flow of foreign fighters to taking direct military action and providing humanitarian assistance.
This is not the prelude to another US ground war in the Middle East. President Obama has said repeatedly that US ground troops will not engage in combat roles. He means it. I volunteered to serve and fought in a war I came to believe was a mistake. I take that lesson seriously. This will not be another one of those interventions.
Finally, this campaign is not about helping President Bashar Assad of Syria. We are not on the same side as Assad — in fact, he is a magnet that has drawn foreign fighters from dozens of countries to Syria. As the president has said, Assad lost legitimacy a long time ago. We are embarking on an important effort to train and equip vetted members of Syria’s opposition who are fighting the Islamic State and the regime at the same time. By degrading the Islamic State and providing training and arms to the moderates, we will promote conditions that can lead to a negotiated settlement that ends this conflict.
So how do the United States and the more than 60 countries that have joined the effort so far succeed? Military action is a key component of the campaign. The Islamic State rules at the barrel of a gun and the blade of a knife, and that’s the only language its adherents seem to understand. But as the president said, America is not in this fight alone. Iraqi and Kurdish troops are fighting on the ground now, and over the months the moderates in Syria will become a more effective force as we provide training, equipment, and military advice.
But our strategy is broader. One important step is reducing the number of foreign fighters flocking to the black flag of the Islamic State. These foreigners, including many from the United States, pose an immediate danger on the battlefield and a longer-term threat if they are allowed to return to their home countries. So every country must detect and disrupt the recruitment by the Islamic State, because keeping fighters from making it to the war is more effective than taking them out after they arrive. And every country must increase its vigilance in monitoring those who return from the battlefield.
We must work to strangle the Islamic State’s funding. The Islamic State has reaped millions of dollars from its sales of pirated oil, extortion rackets, and illegal taxes on businesses in the territory it controls. Ending its taxes and extortion will require winning back territory, but the world can act now to dry up the black market for the oil the Islamic State is smuggling across parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. The illicit oil provides a large share of the Islamic State’s financing for its terror and there are forceful steps we can take to disrupt it.
The evil that the Islamic State represents is not something that Iraq or the region can take on alone. We face a common threat and it requires a common response. Acting together, with clear objectives and strong will, we can protect the innocent, contain the danger, and demonstrate that our ideals are more powerful than those who seek to impose their warped beliefs at the point of a gun. The Islamic State is odious, but it is far from omnipotent — it will be defeated.
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Whenever I see this guy's mugg, I actually throw up a bit in my mouth. Every single time!
These guys are going to be roughed up good in the history books ... because of them the US won't be writing them!
Regards,
Cooter
What a d-bag.
(edit - I mean Kerry)
A crazed bunch going from country to country butchering people and stealing oil, all the while promoting their ideology through violence?
Who the fuck are we talking about?
I guess some people don't like others trying to muscle in on their shit.
The CIA/DC/ Kerry, etc. must be so annoyed that after going to all the time and trouble of setting up ISIS, giving them cover stories, and allowing them murder sprees at will, they went off the reservation and took bigger cuts. Such ingrates! Now DC has to put on a good guy show and blast them all to bits.
Islamic State is written without quotation marks and is not called self-declared, because the Empire (those who are arming, financing and coordinating I.S.) recognizes it as their legitimate tool. Conversely, the Empire writes "Donetsk People's Republic" in quotation marks and calls it self-declared (declared by the people who live there), because they disapprove of it (hence they seek to conquer it). Further, Kerry's article-writer calls Bashar al-Assad illegitimate, but does not question the legitimacy of I.S. So, now you know who's who.
Translation of the article:
“Finally, this campaign is not about helping President Bashar Assad of Syria. We are not on the same side as Assad — in fact, he is a magnet that has drawn foreign fighters from dozens of countries to Syria (because Kerry's puppet-masters are trying to conquer the country). As the president has said, Assad lost legitimacy a long time ago (when the Empire decide to conquer the country). We are embarking on an important effort to train and equip vetted members of Syria’s opposition (they will work for us) who are fighting the Islamic State and the regime (the one elected by the people of Syria) at the same time. By degrading the Islamic State and providing training and arms to the moderates (the bearded organ-eaters), we will promote conditions that can lead to a negotiated settlement (namely: the elected government of Syria has to choose between surrender and death) that ends this conflict.”
Originally published in the Boston Globe.
Nobody else heavier cared, eh?
Not even the Globe's sister NYT?
Favor for the home town boy of Heinz influence?
If Pinocchio penned these words, his nose would reach all the way to the Andromeda Galaxy.
I decided to count the lies when I started reading it but I lost track half way through. Way too many to keep track of.
666 and TuPhat, you're both wrong: that creepy bloke Kerry means every word he says. That's what so disquieting about him.
Oh dear, there could be a problem DC, how could this get out on air from CNN Middle East correspondent
The US fanfare surrounding Washington’s bombing raid over Syria was immense. WIth all the hype, you’d have thought that it was a new Pearl Harbor.
With a risk of popping President Obama and the US State Department’s bubble, we need to ask: did the US bomb a load of empty buildings in Syria on Tuesday?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-bombed-empty-buildings-in-airstrikes-on-...
I don't think their game plan included ISIS setting up a government. Unleashing the dogs of war can sometimes end up with an unexpected result.
What do you mean annoyed? Like so many other enemies, they were created in order to create a political mandate for their destruction.
Sorry if I missed the /sarc tag.
In this case, they were created not only to be destroyed but to provide the end-around of opposition to attacking Syria. They're not even bombing Iraq now. Very smooth how we are now fully into Syria. Assad is really stupid to think by the US bombing ISIS it's going to help his position. Perhaps the Russians told him to acquiesce.
TURKISH ARMY TO BE AUTHORIZED IN IRAQ AND SYRIA, DAVUTO?LU SAYShttp://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/09/23/turkish-army-to-be-authorize...
Turkey's Planned Occupation of Syria is a Documented Conspiracy
Brookings continues by describing how Turkey's aligning of vast amounts of weapons and troops along its border in coordination with Israeli efforts in the south of Syria, could help effect violent regime change in Syria (emphasis added):
http://www.landdestroyer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/turkey-preparing-for-syr...
That's probably exactly right. Maybe Damascus will end up with Hezbollah and be part of Lebanon. The rest goes to the other side.
@NotApplicable--DC is annoyed because they hooked up ISIS with all sorts of criminal goodies in exchange for taking down Assad. Then ISIS busted out, seized weapons, went overboard with the killings, robbed banks, took the gold, then to top it all off openly told DC where to go. All this when DC was right in the middle of destroying Ukraine. So ISIS has proven to be unreliable and will be eliminated.
"Muslim scholars are outraged about the Islamic State’s brutality and perversion of Islam."
And have never done a thing about it. ALL BULLSHIT.
Stick your flawed religion up your ass, and make sure Roho tells the runt to make sure he stacks the pussy to the ceiling, cause the martyr's will be coming by the trainload..............
Yeah, I just re-tasted some coffee.
That one is great, William.
I stopped reading after "lets be clear about what we're doing"
fuckin TOOL!
THE UNITED STATES has long faced...
Really John? You should hire an editor/proofreader.
The Islamic State threat has been in effect dating back to the olden days of Norse warriors who journeyed across the Atlantic, before the concept of an America even existed. That's how old this feud goes, undastan?
Priceless.
Having a hard time imagining anyone in that position with the balls to point it out.
"Ummm... sir?"
"Neigh?"
"Ummm... never mind."
As Kerry begins, "let's be clear about we're doing — and what we’re not doing..."
Big Brother is telling me what and how to think again. Propaganda machine is in high gear.
Of course, a movement or operation worthy in its own right always needs to pen an OpEd in a newspaper to explain "why".
lmao.
This little thing called the internet makes it much harder to govern people.
- John Ketchup, Aug 2013
Govern = control, and the Internet = free speech, so no wonder the internet is causing problems for the fascists.
What an admission by an incredible moron.
Yes but it's amazing how many people don't open their eyes still. Just read some comments following articles on HuffPost and you'll get an idea of the mainstream thinking. It's sad and discouraging.
John, is that ketchup running down your nose or a nose bleed?
You sold too and equipped this terrorist group. STFU Kerry! Wait for the emails to hit the Internet. Hillary will also be implicated.
Good luck douchebags. Remember, when the emails hit the Internet. You may be joining Eric Holder.
John Kerry: Ooop! I do believe I may have farted!
I forget, did John Kerry volunteer? Oh, there it is - " I volunteered to serve". He said it, so I know he's still alive. How many deferments did you not get before you volunteered, JFK? Insert obligatory long face reference here.
Whenever a politician says, "Let's be clear about what we're doing and not doing," he's really saying, "Let's not talk about what we've already done."
Is there a single politician on the national stage in the United States saying anything remotely similar to what Nigel Farage did this morning? And he's leading an upstart national party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVzAVRC1Os
I admire Nigel, nice link. Thanks.
I'm also a big fan of Nigel's
But, it really disappointed me to learn he was very against Scottish independence..
Maybe just his Pro-UK stance?
Anyone care to add to this?
I agree with his view that going from the UK and into the EU was NOT independence. Get the whole UK out of EU and come up with a fair devolved power structure in a federal sense. He's also called for a constitutional convention to hammer out how the four "states" will relate to one another going forward. I think the Scottish nationalist movement wasn't really all that well thought out and Salmond was a pure opportunist. The Scots will be freer out of the EU and in a confederation with England, Wales and N. Ireland. They just need to hammer it out. Much of the anti-UK vote was due to the corrupt ruling elite in London.
I didn't hear Nigel say he was against the Scottish independence. Might be MSM spinning regurgitation.
Time will tell.
Nigel said that the UK’s “foreign policy has been a total and utter shambles.”
I also liked the line about Iraq being created by the Foreign Office with a ruler and pencil. Who the hell points that out these days?
The Islamic State controls more territory than Al Qaeda ever has...
So #WINNING! then?
I don't believe Al-Qaeda ever controlled any territory in a technical sense. They didn't operate infrastructure, oil wells, or administer citiy governments. The Islamic State is, for all practical purposes, a state.
imo the maggots have been going around purposely making enemies for decades. the moar people hate us, the better they like it.
If they've been trying to make friends, it's been an epic fail.
The US game plan looks to pop this balloon:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/radicalised-muslims-in-uk-...
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0105918
ISI, ISISL, ISIS all want to play the social media game. The US actions in the Middle East are about to "tax" the ISI, ISIL, ISIL social media infrastructure. It will be interesting to see the ISI, ISIL, ISIS rally their social media efforts to stem the tide of bombing in Syria and Iraq.
I think it is a good game plan. It used to be called "Whack-A-Mole".
This guy is a pathological liar. Who can believe anything that comes out of his mouth?
Fighting ISIS in Syria is nothing but the propaganda cover story to overthrow President Assad. He did not attract the foreign mercenaries to fight his government as the liar Kerry states. US proxies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey paid the mercenaries to fight in Syria to foment regime change. These proxies morphed into ISIS.
Only morons would believe the shit these people tell us!!
Unfortunately, we have about 44 million of these dolts on EBT welfare.
BS...That freakshow can't write.
Wonder if he can write French better than English?
@soccerbread
The language of Lafayette ?
Emperor Theodosius explains what Constantinople is (and is not) doing to defeat "Odious" Attila the Hun
It's game over America you're being eaten piecemeal by your own creations.
Funny whenever I hear the word "odious" all I can think of is "sovereign" debt.
Double tap head shot and burn what's left so he can't come back to life.
"Muslim scholars are outraged about the Islamic State’s brutality and perversion of Islam, calling its savagery deviant and heretical. Sunni and Shiite alike have joined forces against this outrage."
I read 10-12 hours a day. I haven't heard one goddamned muslim say one fucking word about ISIS being a criminal, offshoot, non-muslim orgainziation. Wake up people !!!
As Clinton said, it depends on what the defiinition of "ISIS" ISIS.
Iran's PM was on charlie rose 2 nights ago condemning ISIS.
How about that, fucktits?
bardot63 are you serious? Absolute Fail! -1
It never ceases to amaze me how people see what they want to see. You are a perfect example of not seeing what is directly in front of you, no matter how big, solid, loud, or active it might be.
Reading MSM bullshit propaganda 10-12 hours a day does not count as being informed. Have you even considered that it might be a matter of quantity vs quality?
Islamophobia is very useful to gather support for immoral and barbaric acts. One of the many sub-themes the propaganda tries to establish is that Islam = Violence. Since " I haven't heard one goddamned muslim say one fucking word about ISIS being a criminal, offshoot, Muslim organization", that must mean that "violence is the only language they understand", right?
Once "THEY" have been dehumanized and pigeonholed enough, it is easy to justify violently dismembering "THEM" with peace bombs, freedom rockets, and justice bullets, all selflessly provided by the good and humanitarian Christians of the USA.
You are deep in the matrix and do not even know that you are being intravenously fed the electric kool-aid.
Let me prove it to you.
Here is the scary, wretched, evil, terrorist, killer President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, speaking to a worldwide audience just yesterday, from arguably the largest possible stage, right here in the good ol' USA.
"To fight the underlying causes of terrorism, one must know its roots and dry its source fountains. Terrorism germinates in poverty, unemployment, discrimination, humiliation and injustice. And it grows in the culture of violence. To uproot extremism, we must spread justice and development and disallow the distortion of divine teachings to justify brutality and cruelty. The pain is made greater when these terrorists spill blood in the name of religion and behead in the name of Islam. They seek to keep hidden this incontrovertible truth of history that on the basis of the teachings of all divine prophets, from Abraham and Moses and Jesus to Mohammed, taking the life of a single innocent life is akin to killing the whole humanity. I am astonished that these murderous groups call themselves Islamic. What is more astonishing is that the Western media, in line with them, repeats this false claim, which provokes the hatred of all Muslims. Muslim people who everyday recall their God as merciful and compassionate and have learned lessons of kindness and empathy from their Prophet, see this defamation as part of a Islamophobic project."
I just disproved your asinine statement by giving you one clear, incontrovertible example, by a very prominent "goddamned Muslim". There are hundreds of other examples out there. If you dedicate just a few minutes from your "12 hours of reading a day", you will find them.
BTW, in case you did not get the memo, ISIS is our creation and proxy force. You might want to dedicate another 10 minutes out of your 12 hours of daily reading to get to the bottom of that one...
Bardot said- "Wake up people !!!"
I completely agree... you first.
I have read more than one muslim cleric saying that ISIL, or whatever the name they use these days, had nothing to do with islam. One even added that their fatwas were haram. If you are familiar with their lingo, it means that what they decree in the name of islam is taboo to islam. The clerics spoke out when ISIL first appeared, and that's when I started suspecting they were not real jihadists, but a merc army with a flimsy knowledge of islam.
So, maybe you should read even more or better, look for the right information instead of fuelling your hate. Also, if the muslims don't raise more their voices against ISIL, maybe it's because they cannot be on the USA's side. In the Middle East, Americans are seen as neocolonialists, killers and arrogant meddlers, and if you had been bombed as often as they have, if you had seen your governments toppled one by one to be replaced by puppets, you certainly would agree.
Here.
I think these explain it rather well.
Protecting our "Fatherland" and it's strategic interests through treachery and obfuscation which in turn will lead to this.
I'm with Mr. Rogers It ain't a beautiful day in the neighborhood "Head for the fucking hills"!
I see now that the coalition of the willing has gone from two to sixty countries. There's some 1984 newspeak right there.
I'm with you, Doc. Could we have a list of those 60 countries please?
I'm with you, Doc. Could we have a list of those 60 countries please?
Hey come on now.... This country lends it's full support to Israel and the U.S. in the fight against Islamic terrorism so much so that this leader may sustain a broken arm or a leg in the process or perhaps much worse!
You might say, he's risking possibly everything in the fight against "terrorism"!!!
Good one. So there are 60 countries on the list...they just don't know they are on the list. Got it.
The coalition is so big it includes ISIS itself. ISIS is lobbying Washington for funds, heavy military weaponry and tactical nukes to fight against itself.
Lurch is as painful to read as he is to hear speak. He is a useless idiot tool that thinks he is the smartest guy in any room, at any time. The sad part is, this horse faced buffoon is in a office of power. We are in a fucked up position and have been. Socilist a-holes like this dickhead will only make matters much, much worse.
Kerry is a long faced threat.
Off topic but speaking of Holder and his resignation.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/federal-court-den...
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that on September 23, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that by October 22, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must submit a “Vaughn index” listing Fast and Furious materials Judicial Watch sought in its June 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and subsequent September 2012 FOIA lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. Department of Justice (No. 1:12-cv-01510)). A Vaughn index must: (1) identify each document withheld; (2) state the statutory exemption claimed; and (3) explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.
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Operation Fast and Furious was a Justice Department/Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “gun-running” operation in which the Obama administration allowed guns to go to Mexican drug cartels in hopes that they would end up at crime scenes, thereby advancing gun-control policies. Fast and Furious weapons have been implicated in the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and hundreds of other innocents in Mexico. Guns from the Fast and Furious scandal are expected to be used in criminal activity for years to come.
Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt by the House of Representatives over his refusal to turn over documents about why the Obama administration may have lied to Congress and refused for months to disclose the truth about the gun-running operation. It marked the first time in U.S. history a sitting Attorney General was held in contempt of Congress.
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Midterm elections are on November 4th the documents need to be turned over by October 22nd. I'm sure it won't color the voter's voting decisions and might influence the election outcome considering how polarized this place has become. It is always about the swing voters....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2014
...general elections scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2014. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested; along with 38 state and territorial governorships, 46 state legislatures (except Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia),[1] four territorial legislatures and numerous state and local races.
The D.C. cronies are desperate to deflect the serfs away from domestic issues. They're just slinging shit on the fan and trying to find a topic it's sticks to, that they can run with.
What about immigration, joblessness, student debt, Ebola, Zerocare, debt ceiling, the deficite, (which is going to balloon with loses in energy profits from the stronger $).
Moar "shadow puppet theatre'"please...
Let's parse the bullshit:
"the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, now poses a profound and unique threat to the entire world."
Do people really believe this? Can those toyota technicals fly? How the fuck are these guys going to project power any futher than the completely destroyed areas they already control? If anything, ISIS' recruitment efforts rid other countries of their most retrograde citizens--sounds like a win to me. Just don't let them come back.
The only countries ISIS threatens are Iran and her proxies (which seems to be the whole point of our involvement in Syria in the first place), Turkey, and the Gulf states. Israel would obliterate whatever hardware they have, and there wouldn't be much of a sympathetic population to hide amongst. Turkey and the Gulf are terrified of the threat ISIS poses to their leadership through social unrest more than militarily. These are definitely governments that fear their own populations more than outside threats. This is why only the Gulf states are helping Kerry at this point, it's in their interest.
"Muslim scholars are outraged about the Islamic State’s brutality and perversion of Islam, calling its savagery deviant and heretical. Sunni and Shiite alike have joined forces against this outrage."
23,914 deadly terror attacks across the globe since 9/11
www.thereligionofpeace.com
Weekly Jihad Report
Jihad Attacks:Sep 13 - Sep 19
58
Allah Akbars*:6
Dead Bodies:419
Critically Injured:437
*Suicide Attacks'As the president has said, Assad lost legitimacy a long time ago'
I can't recall if I've ever heard from all the potus serfs just what 'lost legitimacy' that they are talking about. Is it the WMD's, the non-use of bios? They certainly cant use the gas pipeline Syria refuses to allow, so have they specifically stated this point.
'As the president has said, Assad lost legitimacy a long time ago'
The phrase; The pot calling the kettle black.
Comes readily to mind.
Not calling for a Nuclear-Free M.E.
Saudi Arabia just arrested 28 christians for praying in a basement; a religion of peace?
To my knowledge, he is the only man who signed his own application for a purple heart, THREE TIMES.
When he tortures whistleblowers he calls it Swift Boarding.
Word around the campfire says Kerry is about to organize a music festival. 30 bands playing on 3 stages, food, beer, camping.
The 3 day event shall be known as "Laughing Stock".
And was never wounded.
The absolute only thing I would ever ask John Kerry [who served in Vietnam by the way] about are 2 things; 1) how to marry into wealth so I wouldn't have to work, and 2) which flavor of "Grey Poupon" French mustard to use. Other than that Lurch is useless.
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LAWLOCAUST @ "Muslim Scholars"
talk about an oxymoron. Members of a religion that is fundamentally based on violence, whose text decrees that the penalty for apostosism is death, are pissed that some of their members are actually reading the Quran and enacting it? Give me a fucking break. And even if they are actually offended by IS, that doesn't mean a damn thing. Barring murderous sociopaths, everyone is offended by IS. Let the muslim scholars write open letters to every country that follows Shariah and tell them to stop executing gays and selling young girls into sexual slavery (they call it marriage) and then maybe the rest of the world will consider them to be worth their weight in dog shit. Religion is cancer.
Oh, and something about a Quatari pipeline through the new U.S. territory of Syria to stick it to the ruskos. The shitstorm never ends.
What would you say Judaism and therefore Zionism is based on?
Deuteronomy 7:1-8King James Version (KJV)7 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
But it's not a xenophobic, supremacist, bizarre and inherently racist worldview - is that right??
Religion is cancer, all religion is cancer. All religions are perverse, outdated and based outself the realm of logic and reason. Any one who actually believes that there is an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent being that created this world, cares about you, judges your every move to ensure that it is to his liking and who will, if necessary, send you to some sort of damnation should you forsake his decree of right and wrong, is both an idiot and coward.
You're pretty quick on the draw with those old testament quotes, Duffy. I'm not going to ask why, mostly because I don't care. However, I do care that you consider all religions, not just Judaism, to be your enemy though. Shit, you seem like an intelligent guy, I'm sure you already do and I'm preaching to the choir (see what I did there?).
Still no antiwar protests or anything though, right? Muted response to Obama's claim of authority to attack yet another foreign country or people asking why Saudi Arabia/Jordan/Turkey don't clean up the mess they made [and funded and armed]?
You have to admit - when the cabal of neocons selected Obama to be the Un-Bush - it was a stroke of brilliance. Emmanuel, Axelrod, Sunstein and the rest of that crowd may be evil, warmongering fucks loyal to a foreign state, but you do have to tip your cap to them.
Of course, if I had effective control of the MSM and Hollywood and Congress - I think I could get Americans to hate chocolate ice cream in under a month.
The way it looks to me is that there are some bad guys in that part of the world. We don't know exactly who they are, where they live or even exactly where they hang out. So the plan is to remove the buildings so they will have to hang out in the desert. And Arabs don't know how to hang out in a desert?
Lets just admit it: End goal is for the US to maintain proxy control of OIL because even with Oil Shales, we dont have enough to fuel our energy needs, thus the plan is this:
Bomb Them, and then like an abused child, they will come back into our Arms for a hug, only to be kicked again.
Any questions?
Its US or THEM that ends up having Oil Energy and a good life...if we loose that oil to ANY other party, its "lights out" for us...like ti or not its the reason we are typing on this site today.
Or we could build Thorium reactors are Karl Denninger says we can...and then we wont need that oil...Wait, we still drive cars, scracth that...Bomb Them anyway.
What horseface said, and what he didn't say
we will promote conditions that can lead to a negotiated settlement that ends this conflict
vs
until we get control of, oil, gas , land, and the Muslin Brotherhood installed in Syriraq only this can lead to a settlement that ends the conflict
Hey Vlad
You got the UN's attention yet?
More bullshit parse:
"It is not a clash of civilizations."
"But let me be clear, all of us here at State really fucking love Sam Huntington's book, and it's pretty much inspired our last 20 years of foreign policy. But not a clash, definitely not."
Strangely, it seems Kerry and Huntington, who's now dead, were neighbors in the early 2000's. Small world when a few hundred (dozen?) people are running the show. Huntington endorsed Kerry for Pres., much to the chagrin of conservatives. For his part, Huntington called himself an "Old Democrat," which to me means Tammany Hall.
"This is not the prelude to another US ground war in the Middle East."
Even though everyone knows you can't conquer shit through the air. You just make a bunch of martyrs. But air wars are cool, right?
"Muslim scholars are outraged about the Islamic State’s brutality and perversion of Islam,"
Okay...and then what? I'm really glad that unnamed "Muslim Scholars" (there are so many of these btw, it's not like Islam is terribly centralized at this point, you just go to school and get a degree ffs) dislike the Islamic State. I'd like to think that most people with brains think that ISIS is brutal and irreligious. But really, since when does the average American give two shits about what "Muslim Scholars" think? Keep in mind he is writing an op-ed in the Boston fucking Globe. This must be a message to groups outside the country (Abd. bin-Saud, anyone), because it's essentially it would be like Eisenhower appealing to the Politburo as an authority.
When Mr. Kerry ultimately has to eat his words, perhaps his wife will be good enough to give him a little ketchup.
At least there is one thing that can be said in John Kerry's favor, he's not just another pretty face.
The CIA and Saudi Intelligence have been training these extremists since Russia invaded Afghanistan.The only reason Americans should be concerned is that their own government taught them all.Everything on how to launder drug money to weapons training and religious indoctrination from the time they were young.
Bill Banzai: Your artwork looks like something from the Denver Airport.
I mean that in a good way.
Never thought Kerry & MIC-Cain would unite over a "common" enemy, but then ISIS is a joint creation of Skull & Bonesmen with some Mossad chefs mixing the mess.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aOL1mJjKngw
John Kerry is a pinko spinning parlor tricks. His employment days are outnumbered.
Cohen/Kohn - or whatever the f*ck his real name is - is a fake, phoney, 2-bit fraud.
Reality The funding and family of ISIL is working with Obama!
COMPARISONS:
ISIL
Big territory takeover
Big arms acquisition from Mosul (Thanks Mr.Obama)
Lots of killing thousands of Kurds Christians, Shiites and some Americans! (Christian children are beheaded to kill next generation)
Lots of money from oil in two countries
Lots of recruits Spreading cells internationally.
PRESIDENT OBAMA
Bombed several business buildings
Bombed several mobile refining rigs
Use Qatar that won't drop bombs!
No numbers of enemy casualties
No ammunition dumps Bombed
No encampments of ISIL bombed
No hidden weapons caches discovered & bombed
No territory retaken
Obama from his speech in the UN claims his victory! The question is who's he fighting for?
i worked with a true racist 40 yrs, ago, he told me there nothing better than to watch two black men beating the shit out of each other in a boxing ring.
it seems there's nothing better for the nwo americans, and the rich muslum oil countries, than two sit back, pay the price of admission, and watch muslums buy the 10's of thousands to do their killing, and dying for thier nat. gas pipe-line.
ask any involved in this satinic colusion if it's not about civilazation change.
two things i believe, a lot of innocent americans, and citizens of the eu are going to be killed in their own countries before this is over, and it will take ww111 to get that nat. gas line to be built and usable 25 yrs. from now.
How does this Frankenberry SOB sleep at night?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bw14psJCUAAzwLX.jpg:large
'THE UNITED STATES has long faced threats from a lethal brand of terrorism...'
Does the name written in capital letters refer to the THE UNITED STATES Inc. - a corporation that has been imposed on US citizens by some politicians already in 1871? Or to the United States as intended in 1776 ?
the difference is an important one.
see http://www.serendipity.li/jsmill/us_corporation.htm for more details