30, September 2014 Who
are the Khorasan Group?
Who are the new fighters who have suddenly emerged in Syria called the
Khorasan group? The administration claims they were closely linked to Bin Laden
but this appears to be a pretext for launching the heavy bombing campaign which
had the predictable results of killing a significant number of innocent victims
a number who were fighting ISIS. The reason given for the attacks in Iraq and
Syria keep changing – first it was humanitarian, now it’s to thwart an imminent
attack on our homeland. This bombing may have given Obama a new ‘get tough John
Wayne’ persona but it will surely backfire much like our disastrous
intervention in Libya which has resulted into a brutal civil war. There is
absolutely no overall strategy, only a military mindset which is counterproductive
and will surely generate more extremism. This war, euphemistically, called
a counter-terrorism campaign, is illegal under international law and has no
Congressional or UN approval. A far better approach would be to impose a
complete embargo on all weapons in the region and elicit the help of Iran and
yes, Syria to counter the ISIS and Khorasan threat. We must swallow our
national pride and accept Iran’s offer of assistance by first accelerating the
unresolved nuclear issues. This will enable our two countries to develop a
common strategy to thwart the ISIS/Khorasan threat to regional instability.
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