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Big Al
September 24, 2014

Clear as Mud

 

Are you confused by what is going on in the Middle East?  Let me explain.

We support the Iraqi government in the fight against Islamic State. We don’t like IS, but IS is supported by Saudi Arabia, who we do like, and by Turkey who is our ally, who has been supporting IS because they don’t like Assad.

We don’t like President Assad in Syria. We support the fight against him, but not IS, which is also fighting against him.  This week we have bombed al Nusra in Syria, which is also fighting IS, but we think al Nusra is a greater threat than IS.

We don’t like Iran, but Iran supports the Iraqi government against IS. So some of our friends support our enemies and some of our enemies are our friends, and some of our enemies are fighting against our other enemies, whom we want to lose, but we don’t want our enemies who are fighting our enemies to win.

If the people we want to defeat are defeated, they might be replaced by people we like even less. And all this was started by us invading a country to drive out terrorists who weren’t even actually there until we went in to drive them out.  Do you understand now?

Discussion
9 Comments
    CFS
    Sep 24, 2014 24:20 AM

    Great summary of the quality of just one aspect of Obama’s policy.

    Determined by a non-muslim, muslim.

      Sep 24, 2014 24:28 AM

      It is certainly an interesting perspective.

      Sep 24, 2014 24:02 PM

      Don’t go making this a ‘partisan’ issue — it’s the whole apparatus; it’s the entire machine. The reds, the blues, republicrats — “conservatives” and “liberals”.

      The entire U.S. regime is chock-full of lunatics, psychopaths, power-hungry nutcases — whatever you wanna call ’em. Trying to pin the blame on O-bomber is pointless (albeit him being amongst the loonies).

      If we want to solve anything, we need to start striking at the root. Obama is certainly not that, however dumb or evil (or whatever it is with him) he may be.

    CFS
    Sep 24, 2014 24:24 AM

    The Big Zero is Well trained in doing The Hokey Pokey

    You put your right hand in,
    You put your right hand out,
    You put your right hand in,
    And you shake it all about,

    You do the hokey pokey
    and you turn yourself around
    That what it’s all about.

    2) left hand
    3) right foot
    4) left foot
    5) head
    6) butt
    Gives the impression HE is doing something.

      Sep 24, 2014 24:31 AM

      Thanks Mr. Alan!

      Sep 25, 2014 25:34 AM

      Will the real terrorist please stand up.

    Sep 24, 2014 24:07 PM

    This is Peter,

    I did not give credit to the original source when I sent it to you. I modified a post I saw on Zero Hedge. Sorry about not being clearer.

    Sep 25, 2014 25:07 AM

    The western nations are dominated by a people who simply can not and will not ever mind their own business. As long as they rule there will be no peace and no security for anyone.