Day: November 25, 2013

How Not To Defeat AQ

Inkwell Institute

Subject:  Iraq/Terrorism

Before I began my post let me add a little info for the benefit of my new followers and readers.  I, unlike most Americans, have an interest in the going on in the Middle East…I have studied International Relations and Middle East Studies…..so I am constantly reading papers from the area learning more about the situation than I will ever read or hear in the US and the MSM…..just a little background for my readers.

Think back to 2003……(pause for the scratching of heads)……the US decided to invade Iraq to get Saddam for past deeds and to eliminate the presence of the terrorist organization, Al Qaeda…….does any of that ring a bell in the back of your ….(pause in search of proper word)…….brain?

We went, We saw and we conquered…..well sort of…..all we basically did was turn Iraq into a ghetto and empowered Iran to become a world player……if that was our intention….then job well done….but if our intention was to make AQ in Iraq a distant memory….we failed miserably!

National Counterterrorism Center chief Matthew Olsen warned today that al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) continues to grow in strength in both Iraq and Syria, and said the group is now believed to be at its strongest since 2006, the height of the US occupation of Iraq.

AQI revived itself initially through operations in neighboring Syria, joining the rebellion and quickly gaining a position of significant influence among the foreign Islamist factions that dominate the rebels.

The group’s renaissance in Iraq itself, however, has continued throughout the summer. The Iraqi government launched a crackdown on Sunni protesters in April, and al-Qaeda has used that as a recruitment tool in the nation’s west, as a summer of violence has killed nearly 10,000 people.

Olsen’s report stopped short of speculating whether or not AQI posed any direct threat to the United States, but for the time being the group seems mostly centered around Iraq and Syria, with a lot of efforts going into fighting not only Syria’s Assad government, but secular rebels and Kurdish secessionist factions as well.

Our involvement did NOTHING to improve the lives of the Iraqi citizenry!  What we did by our presence was turn Iraq into a huge landfill with daily violence that is killing people, innocent people by the hundreds…..however, oil companies did get sweet deals for Iraqi oil….and maybe that was the intention all along.

Thoughts?

Money Talks…….

Since we have a tenative deal with Iran on their nuke production…..and since I have already posted the screaming diatribe by Neta….whatever his name is……..I thought I would wait and see how our elected officials in Congress would react……it did not take long at all………

These are quotes by Congress people during the last couple of news cycles…..

“This is in essence it, and the deal has been made,” said Sen. Bob Corker, R- Tenn., the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, implying that Congress really couldn’t undo the accord at this point.

Still, Corker warned that the Iranian regime “has consolidated their gains” and was now “spiking the football in the end zone” and claiming that it has the right to keep enriching uranium.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D- N.Y., said he was “disappointed” by the interim agreement “because it does not seem proportional. Iran simply freezes its nuclear capabilities while we reduce the sanctions…. This disproportionality…makes it more likely that Democrats and Republicans will join together and pass additional sanctions when we return in December.”

Senate Relations Committee chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D- N.J. signaled in a statement Sunday that the Senate is likely to “provide for a six month window to reach a final agreement before imposing new sanctions on Iran,” even though sanctions would be “immediately available should the talks falter or Iran fail to implement or breach the interim agreement.”

Rep. Elliot Engel, D- N.Y., the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a strong supporter of Israel which has been sharply critical of the deal, said the accord “makes it very difficult to continue the sanctions” against Iran and indicated that Congress was unlikely to pass new sanctions at this point.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R- Va., said the interim deal was a mistake because it “explicitly and dangerously recognizes that Iran will be allowed to enrich uranium.”

House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement Sunday that unless Obama and his international partners press ahead to a final accord that dismantles Iran’s uranium and plutonium programs, then “we will look back on the interim deal as a remarkably clever Iranian move to dismantle the international sanctions regime” while maintaining its ability to pursue nuclear weapons.

Sen. Ben Cardin, D- Md., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that “progress must be made during the next six months to have a more permanent elimination of Iran’s capacity to produce a nuclear weapon. If not, the sanctions are re-imposed. And I think Congress will be watching this very closely…. We will not stand by and just let this be the final deal.”

House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R- Mich., said on CNN’s State of the Union, “We have just rewarded very bad and dangerous behavior. Think about what this agreement does. It says ‘you can continue to enrich.’ That’s what the Iranians believe and they have made no changes – no changes — in the development of their nuclear weapon program….”

In a statement early Sunday morning, Sen. Marco Rubio, R – Fla., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a potential contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, blasted the agreement.

Rubio argued that it “makes a nuclear Iran more likely. There is now an even more urgent need for Congress to increase sanctions until Iran completely abandons its enrichment and reprocessing capabilities.”

“The administration has gotten it backwards and it is time to reverse course before any further damage is done,” Cruz said in a statement.

Just a few of the notable comments from the talking heads in DC…….and since the militant ass PM of Israel has thumped his chest I was thinking that AIPAC would get its lackeys to do the same……

I got to thinking….maybe it would be interesting to see how much cash was paid to these people by the AIPAC (American Israel Political Action Comm)…….I went to the website Maplight, which tracks money in politics to see if they could help me with my search………and they were extremely helpful……..and here is what I found about our Congress people in order of the above comments……

Sen. Corker–$114,770

Sen. Schumer–$248,149

Sen. Menendez..$344,670

Rep. Engel–$94,150

Rep. Cantor–$209,410

Rep. Boehner–$129,924

Sen. Cardin–$267,542

Rep. Rogers–$26,200

Sen. Rubio–?…..could not find a total but if he runs for prez he will be on their payroll soon enough

Sen. Cruz–$39,354…2016 is coming…he will get more….

As you can see their money is well spent…..and their lackeys do their job well…..

In case you have not understood the deal with Iran….a very short synopsis…..

Without going into a lot of technical detail (which can be read here), the point is this: The agreement makes it impossible for the Iranians to make any further progress toward making a nuclear weapon in the next six months—and, if the talks break down after that, and the Iranians decide at that point to start building a nuclear arsenal, it will take them much longer to do so.

In exchange for these restraints, the P5+1 nations agree to free up about $6 billion of Iran’s long-frozen foreign assets. This amounts to a very small percentage of the sanctions imposed on Iran’s energy and financial sectors. Meanwhile, all other sanctions will remain in place and continue to be vigorously enforced; the agreement doesn’t affect those sanctions at all. The U.S. Congress does have to agree not to impose additional sanctions in the next six months. If it imposes them anyway, they must know that this agreement—and the international coalition holding the sanctions in place—will collapse. Even this Congress is likely to hold off. If it does go ahead and passes a bill imposing new sanctions, Obama will certainly veto it.

And this post is………… WHY I AM HERE!

You’re welcome!

Let’s Make A Deal

Monday…..brain refreshed…..time to get busy…..

If you did not realize it….we just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the killing of JFK……and in the3 background they are still mumbling about ACA…….and finally that little prick Zimmerman made the news again…..and now for something important.

While you were asleep peacefully in your bed on Sunday morning, early Sunday morning, the announcement came over the wire….we may have a tentative agreement with the Iranians on the nuke thing……

(AP) – The French and Iranian foreign ministers say a deal between six world powers and Iran has been struck that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. “Yes, we have a deal,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said as he walked past reporters crowding the hotel lobby in Geneva where marathon negotiations had taken place over the past five days. Asked if there was a deal, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, “Yes,” and gave a thumbs up sign.

The goal had been to hammer out an agreement to freeze Iran’s nuclear program for six months, while offering the Iranians limited relief from crippling economic sanctions. If the interim deal holds, the parties will negotiate final-stage agreements to ensure Iran does not build nuclear weapons. The deal came after the personal intervention by Secretary of State John Kerry and other foreign ministers whose presence had raised hopes for a breakthrough. Diplomats refused to spell out details of the talks.

This would be good news if it is true……but we must approach any deal with the Iranians with caution….to quote little Ronnie Reagan….”trust but verify”………..

With this seemingly good news comes the inevitable crap from…..you guessed it!…..the Israelis……..

(AP) – Israel’s prime minister harshly condemned the international community’s nuclear deal with Iran today, calling it a “historic mistake” and saying he was not bound by the agreement. Speaking to his Cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the world had become a “more dangerous place” as a result of the deal and reiterated a long-standing threat to use military action against Iran if needed, declaring that Israel “has the right and the duty to defend itself by itself.” Netanyahu told his Cabinet that the deal gave Iran much-needed relief from the sanctions, but left most of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure intact. In particular, he cited Iran’s continued ability to enrich uranium, a key step in making a nuclear bomb.

Earlier, Netanyahu’s Cabinet minister for intelligence issues, Yuval Steinitz, said the deal was based on “Iranian deception and (international) self-delusion.” Yet he and other officials said Israel would have to turn its focus to the outcome of the final negotiations. Iran’s allies, meanwhile, lined up behind the deal. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Moussawi called it a “step forward in order to solve other regional problems.” The Syrian government, which relies on Iran’s support in its battle against rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, also said it was proof that negotiations were the best way to resolve a conflict.

Who among us did not see that coming?  If you did not…where have you been for the last 50 years?

And now for a little analysis from Prof. Chuq…….it is time for Israel to stop acting like the thugs that their ancestors were when they destroyed Jericho and everything breathing….time for them to start acting like a civilized country….I say if they want to go it alone….let them!  See just how quick the world will side withe the Palestinians…if they want to shit in their chili….then by God tell them to have at it!.

Netan…whatshisname to stop talkjng like the midget that Iran just got rid of and start thinking like a country with ties to the rest of the world…

STOP thumping your chest like a sex crazed primate….you look silly and stupid!