ISIS 9-25-2014

25, September 2014               ISIS

There is little doubt that President Obama decision to go to war was largely driven by domestic politics. He has been stung repeatedly by the war hawks, McCain, Graham and Feinstein who have portrayed him as weak and indecisive. Former President Bush’s playbook is being used justify  the war. The ‘shock and awe’ bombing campaign has begun with notable civilian casualties. The coalition of the unwilling have been cobbled together – made up of a few Arab countries many of whom have been funding the ISIS rebels. Billions of dollars will be spent on training and arming rebel forces whose loyalties change from passing day. Historian Alastair Cooke, described “moderate” insurgents as "rarer than a mythical unicorn."

Sponsors of radical jihadists are going to train "moderate" jihadists.  The so-called "rebels" are mercenaries who come from over 20 countries. They constantly organize and reorganize into new groups with allegiances driven by whosever is paying them or supplying them with arms at any given moment. The U.S. has supplied weapons to the Iraqi government and to Syrian rebels which have ended up in the hands of ISIS. The déjà vu bombing has begun and the associated fear campaign which worked so well in 2003 invasion of Iraq is being used again to justify the war which has been falsely promoted as a counter-terrorism exercise to bypass Congressional approval. Oh, America will we never learn from our mistakes?