The Republican Party Establishment are like the French Bourbon,s they learn nothing nor forget nothing. After turning the Iraq War into some Democracy project, recognizing the Islamic terror state of Kosovo, supporting the Arab Spring and giving Obama cover in his illegal war against Qaddafi, Establishment figures now want us to meddle in Syria. The conflict in Syria pits the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda against Bashar Assad. The Islamic rebels are winning with assistance from Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Libya. Condi Rice, who is an establishment figure urges the US to support the Islamists.
The civil war in Syria may well be the last act in the story of the disintegration of the Middle East as we know it. The opportunity to hold the region together and to rebuild it on a firmer foundation of tolerance, freedom and, eventually, democratic stability is slipping from our grasp.
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But where is the United States? America has spent months trying to get the Russians and the Chinese to agree to toothless U.N. resolutions to “end the bloodshed,” as though Moscow will abandon Assad and Beijing really cares about chaos in the Middle East. Vladimir Putin is not a sentimental man. But if he believes that Assad can survive, he will do nothing to undermine him.
In recent days, France, Britain and Turkey have stepped into the diplomatic vacuum to recognize a newly formed opposition that is broadly representative of all Syrians. The United States should follow their lead and then vet and arm the unified group with defensive weapons on the condition that it pursues an inclusive post-Assad framework. The United States and its allies should also consider establishing a no-fly zone to protect the innocent. America’s weight and influence are needed. Leaving this to regional powers, whose interests are not identical to ours, will only exacerbate the deepening sectarianism.
Clearly Condi Rice has learned nothing from US support of Islamists the last 20 years. For someone who is bright, she’s really naive about this. The GOP Establishment like the Democratic Party has a soft spot for Islamic causes. It’s time for Republicans to demand a new foreign policy based on American Nationalism, not Wilsonian Democracy spreading Islamic butt kissing.
Tags: Condi Rice, Syrian War
We have no dog in this fight. But, if we did, I sure as hell wouldn’t turn another country over to Al-Qaeda to help build their Caliphate.
On the subject of Caliphate, did anyone else here ever read Tom Kratman’s novel of the same name? Talked to him a few things back in the other place before it went to hell. Nice guy with a real understanding of how bad Islam is.
@ Mars:
Yes I did. I love the book’s answer to the Caliphate; The American Empire!
This is like Aliens vs. Predator, no matter who wins, we all lose.
One things for sure, if the rebels win in Syria, that is the end of Hezbollah.This is why the Hezzies sat on their hands during the latest conflagration in Gaza & did nothing, they’re gonna need thoise stockpile of Iranian weaponry they’ve been saving up for the next Lebanese civil war back by the Islamists from Syria. The land-line between Lebanon & Iran will be cut & there will be a settling of scores afterwards between the Sunnis in Syria & the Shia in Lebanon.
Iran will become effectively isolated by the rest of muslim ME & their first nukes will probably be targeting other Islamic countries.
We could see the next world war start right over these turn of events.
@ Mars:
Yes, excellent book, read it when it came out a few years ago.
Wait, if we criticize Condi Rice who used to work for Bush like Susan Rice who works for Obama does that also make us racists & misogynists?
Want to go to war with Iran here? Anybody in favor, Please stand up.
theoutsider wrote:
Nuke the islamic bastards ’till they glow, then nuke them some more.
theoutsider wrote:
I don’t want to go to war with Iran, I just want to annihilate them in say…24 hours or so.
@ John Difool:
Give ‘em 30 minutes advance warning….
Macker wrote:
Yes, I agree, make it sporting.
@ Macker:
@ John Difool:
Right.
Give ‘em the same warning Japan gave us before Pearl Harbor.
John Difool wrote:
To quote a famous passage from the blog who must not be named:
Why wait?
We won WWII by basically committing genocide on the populations of Germany and Japan (after, of course, committing genocide on their armed forces). And then we civilized them.
Now we must do the same in the Islamic/Arab world because they have no fear and their are frankly too many of them to send a message to. So, we reduce the number of people to a number that understands might makes right. And yes, we have used nukes before and we should use them again.
Otherwise, say hello to President _____ (who ever is left in the order of succession after the Iranians nuke Washington). And that person is just going to be the lucky bastard/bitch that was at their home office instead of in Washington.
We can only hope that person is a Tea Party republican and not someone like Barbara Lee, Bernie Sanders, etc.
Boy, we really could be fucked come summer when Iran has the bomb.
I need to go to bed and hide under the covers now.
@ common_sense:
GAZE
common_sense wrote:
No. Not even close. The Allies won WWII by waging total war against the Axis Powers and demanding nothing less than unconditional surrender to end the conflict. Confusing total war with genocide is a common mistake made by ignorant people. Go learn some real Military History and forget the anti-American talking points that are fucking-up your thinking.
Condi Clueless Rice -- another member of he Bush Mafia. I cannot believe there were people seriously pushing her for Vice President.
@ Speranza:
Condoleeza Rice had a lot of promise, but she was an appalling Sec State. And her post-Administration performance has been extremely disappointing.
Who says Condi is bright? Have they ever given her an IQ test? I have CATS smarter than Condoleezza.
Typical affirmative action entitled moron. Nobody is allowed to point out the obvious -- that she wouldn’t be qualified for any job that requires either brain power or honesty. If she had to make a living running a cash register, dollars to donuts she’d come up with some dumbass scam and get fired.
Matter of fact, there’s a TREE outside our motorhome that manifestly has more sense than Condi. I don’t see its branches underground or its roots pointed at the sky, so at least the tree can figure out which end is up, and act accordingly. Condi? Not so much!
Speranza wrote:
Affirmative Action.
John Difool wrote:
Outsider’s sockpuppet.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
If we had a real president instead of Carter, we could have done that in the 1970s. The world would be a very different, and far better, place today.
Better late than never.
Whatever Condoleezza Rice may know, that knowledge does not include the Middle East. When still Secretary of State, she compared the “Palestinian” children sacrificed by Fatah and Hamas as human shields to the four black children killed in the Birmingham church bombing during the Civil Rights Movement.
This shows that whatever else her merits may be, Rice’s view of the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict are the attitudes of the black-power separatists, Islamists, and Marxists who took over the movement from King, and who made common cause from the beginning with the Palestine Liberation Organization.
This “sister movement” nonsense—part of the Franz Fanon-influenced anti-colonialism that also animates Barack Obama—has been running rampant in the black community since the PLO was formed in 1964.
With that comment, Rice proved herself to be brainwashed by far-left racist ideology where the Middle East is concerned, and therefore unfit for any general diplomatic post of any importance whatsoever.