Generals gather in their masses, just like witches at black masses!
Sabbath with Ozzy.
Both possibilities may occur at the same time. Considering the rebels are backed by Turkey, and have been fighting against a Russia/Iran-backed regime, and the U.S. has mostly stayed out of it, they may see some benefits to diplomacy with the West. Their leader is making noises in that direction. Of course, that won’t mean it’s not going to be a Muslim theocracy, but perhaps with some modicum of western ideology to secure funding. Turkey has been pretty good at playing this game with the U.S., so they have a mentor in that.
You must mean LEAVING with a trunk load of cash.
I disagree.
What does sovereignty have to do with this?
Syria was a sovereign country...not playing by the rules the US wanted them to play by. So, our government helped to fund and arm those opposed to Assad. In effect, funding the very terrorism that the middle east countries harbor. Many of the groups listed in the news, pledged their allegiance to ISIS while taking our money and weapons. We are starting yet another war in which Americans will die, officially or un-officially. Still, not one word mentioned about the soldiers stationed there, and the threat levels that may have been raised for them.
I get that, but generally when people make mention of sovereignty it typically is making reference to one country invading and or imposing its own government or rule over another
Kind of semantics I guess. I'd assume all the big players fund or help third party groups to screw with opponents. It can keep them looking as "civilized", by having others do the dirty work.
I just feel that if the United States had no presence or went after terror organizations in those regions, we’d see terror attacks multiplying by 10 times and 10 fold around the world including here at home
We used to be good at nation building but now days we lack the will to stick it out. Remember that the countries that you mentioned were occupied by the US for 30+ years. Now it seems that we can’t wait to pull our troops out and abandon the countries that we were involved in the conflict with.
Sad to say, but I think it's because war is more profitable than help. Our soldiers were in Afghanistan for 20 years. I don't know if being there another 10 would have helped.
Nation building involves more than just having boots on the ground (like we had in Afghanistan).
Israel needs more land.
They also ran the largest bombing campaign in their history...something like 700 targets in 2 days. They took out any semblance of remaining Syrian air assets and support. Made sure the "rebels" are strictly on foot. Smart move really. Unfortunately, videos are out on the web, and the "rebels" are executing anyone tied to the Syrian military.
Also funny, within hours Wikipedia had the new Syrian flag posted...and the "rebels" already had them made!
What is it we have gained from fighting wars with those religious zealots in the middle east? We didn't spread democracy or halt communism...I don't think either will prevail there.
