Don't worry; we will deal with your rebel friends soon enough.
Things are getting interesting and not in a good way. A Syria three-fer.
First - from
CBS News:
U.S.: Syria used chemical weapons, crossing "red line"
The Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against the rebels seeking to overthrow him and, in a major policy shift, President Obama has decided to supply military support to the rebels, the White House announced Thursday.
And they seem to be planning some 'humanitarian' effort.
Second - from
Breitbart:
Obama Admin Considers Resettling Thousands of Syrian Refugees in U.S.
The Obama administration is considering resettling thousands of refugees who left Syria during the country's ongoing civil war to multiple towns and cities across the United States, the L.A. Times reports.A resettlement plan under discussion in Washington and other capitals is aimed at relieving pressure on Middle Eastern countries straining to support 1.6 million refugees, as well as assisting hard-hit Syrian families.
The State Department is "ready to consider the idea," an official from the department said, if the administration receives a formal request from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, which is the usual procedure.
The United States usually accepts about half the refugees that the U.N. agency proposes for resettlement. California has historically taken the largest share, but Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia are also popular destinations.
Now what could possibly go wrong?
Third - from
USA Today:
Syrian rebels pledge loyalty to al-Qaeda
A Syrian rebel group's pledge of allegiance to al-Qaeda's replacement for Osama bin Laden suggests that the terrorist group's influence is not waning and that it may take a greater role in the Western-backed fight to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The pledge of allegiance by Syrian Jabhat al Nusra Front chief Abou Mohamad al-Joulani to al-Qaeda leader Sheik Ayman al-Zawahri was coupled with an announcement by the al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq, that it would work with al Nusra as well.
Lebanese Sheik Omar Bakri, a Salafist who says states must be governed by Muslim religious law, says al-Qaeda has assisted al Nusra for some time.
"They provided them early on with technical, military and financial support , especially when it came to setting up networks of foreign jihadis who were brought into Syria," Bakri says. "There will certainly be greater coordination between the two groups."
These people are laughing at us behind our backs -- we are playing into their hands and the overall damage will take years to reverse.
We are at war and our enemy understands us much better than we understand them.
This transcends stupidity and is encroaching on Willful Idiocy territory. Treason!
I feel sorry for the poor communities that will have to deal with these murderous pigs. Can't prosecute -- not politically correct -- must be tolerant. I really hate the word tolerant...
Title? Governor Tarkin, Episode IV - A New Hope
Posted by DaveH at June 13, 2013 10:04 PM