U.S. yanks support for Syrian opposition group, warns of extremist takeover of uprising (Obama armed them)

Thanks for the pin!

Uh-oh.

Let me see if I understand this...we recruit them, we organize them, we arm them, we train them, we send them to Turkey for more training, we send them into Syria for anarchy...

...then we disavow them?

Brilliant.

I'd really really really like to know how Israel feels about this.

I hope they tell us rather than show us.

After getting caught funding al Qaeda in Benghazi, Obama now realizes his foreign policy in the entire region has been totally WRONG in every regard.

Now he has to run the clock out until the election to try to avoid all this blowing up in his face.

Now we attack them like we did in Afganistan to install a leadership that will be so-called Western friendly...because these were not alliances we could keep, or rather who wouldn't keep us.

Attack them with what? The Assad regime is attacking them for its own survival and winning.

I fail to see any clear strategy or tactic by the US here.

That's because their isn't one. Our foreign policy belongs to foreign interests.

Our foreign policy has been trumped by other nations. Ask why we have sidestepped the Iran issue? Why are we backing off of Syria?

New developements in oue ME/Asian policies...that is why.
Our plan for the economic developement cooridor of the New Silk road just exploded into nothing. Now Iran, China, Russia are allying together on their own plan and we cannot take out Assad or Iran.

[link to www.youtube.com]

It's been trumped because our so called leadership has decided to bow to the UN and globalization.

Not 'trumped', treason.

Last Edited by Jonny Blaze on 11/01/2012 09:57 AM

Not to the UN. We have lost in the global power dynamic game. The US has LET other nations reach our level of power sharing. It has everything to do with power and the US has not had the stomache for keeping the position on the top for a long time.

How did we know for months they were arming Al Qaeda and they just now figured it out?

About fucking time.

Now every single person that gave them aid needs to go to fucking prison for arming and funding known terrorist organizations in violation of the Patriot Act.

The irony is

If we simply pulled out our military and intelligence assets on all fronts, these nations would begin killing each other in an all out bid for power and control.

But our leadership is more interested in destroying the middle class and turning us into a poverty stricken police/surveillance state out of fear they will lose what power they have left.

Why would they do this less than a week before the election... why leave a big opening for the republicans to attack through.

Either, Hillary is taking a shot at Obama... or they expect something to happen before the election and they need cover.

IMO, this is part of a back door deal with Iran...an effort to make a last minute 'deal' over nuclear enrichment.

I agree, but the worlds nations are all vaying for power over resources and consumers.
People who think it is about religion are being manipulated.

The resource war is on. That is why we will not pull out our assets.

...and Israel aint gonna be happy about it.

If it happens than you can say Netanyahu is a clever man for calling an early election.

^^^^^^^^^

The resources are of little consequence if there is no global demand for their use.

We are currently experiencing a worldwide global recession/depression that is far worse than we are being led to believe.

Now is the perfect time to pull out, IMO.

yep! thats ALL this is about. Grasping for straws. Should have thought of all of this when he was kissing the muslim world's ass for 4 years.

The operation took too long, they have lost too many genuinely bought operatives and the rest are uncontrollable. So they are cutting the funding. Assad probably has this.

It has never been about serious nuclear enrichment. It is about the Plans for the ME/ Asia connection. Iran has always bluffed about nuclear, it is their carrot and stick technique towards the west.

This is an article that is the missing piece of the puzzle we in the states do not hear about, ya'll please take the time to read it!
[link to www.aljazeera.com]
An excerpt:

In the complex chessboard where the New Great Game in Eurasia is being played, both Kings are easy to identify: Pipelineistan, and the possible, multiple intersections of a 21st century Silk Road.

Few have noticed a crucial meeting that took place during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, between senior Foreign Ministry diplomats from Afghanistan, India and Iran. Their ultimate goal; a new Southern Silk Road connecting Iran to Central and South Asia through roads, railways and last but not least, major ports.

The crucial Silk Road port in this case is Chabahar, in Sistan-Balochistan province in southeast Iran. Tehran has already invested $340 million to complete 70 per cent of the port construction - a decade-long project.
But with US and EU sanctions biting harder and harder, Tehran expects Delhi to come up with a closing $100 million. India has already invested $136 million to link Chabahar to Afghanistan's ring road system.

One does not have to be Alexander the Great to notice the fastest connection between Kabul and India would be through the fabled Khyber Pass. But that does not take into account the accumulated historical venom between Islamabad and Delhi - their constant promises to increase cross-border trade notwithstanding.

With Chabahar linking Iran directly to Afghanistan and India, in theory Pakistan is sidelined. But it's much more complicated than that.

All eyes on Eurasian synergy

In theory, Washington won't tolerate its allies Kabul and Delhi not pushing further into isolating Iran (which is not isolated at all, as NAM graphically attested). In "facts on the ground" terms, there's not much the Obama administration can do."


Have ya'll heard of the NEW SILK ROAD PLAN? Why not? Our government doesn't want us to get the big picture but it is on the State Department's website.

Read the link I gave to Aljazerra. This is about creating consumers in those nations linking Asia to the ME. The population from Iran to India is ripe for consumerism.
How do you keep global economics from collapsing...create more consumers...hence the cooridor plans for the New Silk Road.

That's very interesting. Public perception is focused on Iran and nuclear enrichment. That's the public narrative.

But putting that aside, IF we were to pull back our military resources and let things happen, you would no doubt see Pakistan take great offense to this Silk Road plan...right?

You would see major players who were thought to be allies suddenly turn against each other for control over the conduit of trade/resources.

Our military presence is what is holding that back. If we pulled back and created a military vacuum, we would be much better off 10 years from now, IMO.

Last Edited by Jonny Blaze on 11/01/2012 10:33 AM

In other words, our adversaries are only united because we are in their sights.

If we pull back, then pressure builds on all sides to take advantage of the weaknesses of their 'friends'.

Last Edited by Jonny Blaze on 11/01/2012 10:36 AM

I definitely agree that creating a power vacumm by pulling our interest back would net us a better future...but then the trade wars would start between us and China, among other allies we depend on.
Our comfortable consumers here in the states would be hit hard, but I think it is what we need to do, let someone else dominate the New Silk Road, get our factories, resources in the states back online, and pull back.

we are at a crossroads-we are either dominate in the resource and consumer war or we pull back and become economic protectionist of sorts which will hinder large corporation growth abroad.

Yes. And how bad would the trade war be with China? They could engage in economic warfare against us, or make a play with their military for physical possession/control of resources that don't require naval power.

I think they would opt for that road...they have too large an infantry to pass that up. And we could make it beneficial for them, short term.

After they exhaust themselves for a few years, then we could send the Calvary in and take what we need.

Meanwhile we could eliminate much of the taxation and let truly free enterprise build back our infrastructure without government corruption and cronyism picking political windfall winners.

Bring back the American Entrepreneurial spirit...use our own resources (both energetic and agriculture) to keep ourselves afloat and independent.

I wish our 'leaders' felt the same way. But they chose to enslave us and poison us instead.