Good Day….welcome to briefing 12
The situation in Syria and Iraq are not looking good for the coalition….all the efforts have been short……the forces of ISIS are not being effected by the airstrikes and we know what that will mean….now don’t we?
Item 1–The news is not good about the effectiveness pf the countless airstrikes that have been carried out so far……..especially around the Syrian town of Korbane……
The advance of the Islamic State fighters into a strategically important Syrian city is a development that U.S.-led airstrikes were supposed to preclude. But as many are suggesting, the coalition efforts to stem the Islamic State onslaught have been ineffective. This is, at least in part, because ISIS has changed its tactics.
While Kirby touted successes that included the targeting of oil refineries and other ISIS financial and communication operations, his comments come against the backdrop of a growing skepticism about the campaign. Late last month, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights drew attention to accounts of civilian casualties caused by the airstrikes. This report dovetailed with word of a popular backlash against the American efforts in Syria, where they are perceived as not only aiding Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, but also harming support for the moderate rebel groups fighting there.
That brings into the conversation the deaths of civilians…….so far NO one wants to talk about that and the admin spokespeople avoid the topic like the plague.
Item 2–There are reports that ISIS may be employing CWs in their fight against Iraqi army…….
BAGHDAD — The Islamic State (IS) has been accused of using chlorine gas against Iraqi soldiers who were besieged in Anbar province. Survivors of an Iraqi army regiment in Saqlawiya, near Fallujah, say the radical group used the gas against the besieged soldiers. There were conflicting government statements about whether the gas had been used.
This would open a whole new line of rhetoric by the US…….in case public support starts to waver……especially if the civilian deaths becomes a problem for the admin in the future.
Item 3–Apparently, the former Defense Sec, Leo Panetta, has an agenda…….few people know what his deal is…..but he is talking and the pundit class is jerking off……
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was harshly critical of President Obama’s handling of the new ISIS war, saying the US could have sustained the 2011 Iraq occupation and started arming Syrian rebels even sooner than they did.
But perhaps the most eye-opening comment in has new book tour was that he believes the conflict is a “30-year war” that will extend across the world, including campaigns in Nigeria, Somalia, and Libya, among other places.
Hawking a new book will do that….make a/holes out of normal people….he would be better off staying on his Walnut farm…..
Item 4–Those ‘moderate’ rebels that we will train……..
Two weeks after US warplanes began bombing Islamic State (Isis) positions in Syria, the Pentagon leadership has yet to make critical decisions about building the proxy rebel force central to its plan for taking territory away from the jihadist army.
US military officials consider raising a Syrian rebel force crucial for the war aim of ultimately destroying Isis without committing US soldiers and marines to another bloody Middle East ground war. But the Pentagon has yet to even assign a US officer to the task of determining which rebels are trustworthy and capable enough to comprise that force.
That should give the American public confidence in the success of this operation (sarcasm)……..
Item 5–Turkey is chomping at the bit to go to war……..
In an interview today on CNN, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his nation is willing to launch a ground war in Syria with significant “boots on the ground” so long as other nations “do their part” in the war.
Davutoglu says that his nation wants a “clear strategy” in place for the war not just against ISIS, but against the Assad government as well, saying that Turkey doesn’t want a border with either any longer.
Turkey seems to be a bit too anxious for my liking…….and next is…..who will those “others” might likely be?
Item 6–In case anyone is still in the dark about the situation in the Middle East….NATO has made it clear……..
NATO Chief Jens Stollenberg today tried to downplay concerns over the new ISIS war spilling over into neighboring Turkey, insisting that as a NATO member the nation was obliged to defend it from any potential spillover.
Stollenberg made much of the deployment of anti-aircraft missiles along the border with Syria, which of course is totally irrelevant to the war with ISIS, since ISIS does not have warplanes, and presumably the Patriot missiles in southern Turkey aren’t there to prevent US warplanes engaged in airstrikes against ISIS from straying across the border.
His words almost guarantee an expansion of this war….maybe far beyond the region.
That concludes today’s briefing….events are starting to change the complexion of this conflict and further briefings will be issued as events warrant.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Turn the page!
Unrelated, but did you ever see these two official reports on the sinking of the Liberty?
http://www.gtr5.com/evidence/moorer.htm
http://www.globalresearch.ca/uss-liberty-government-betrayal-and-cover-up-finally-exposed/25186
Yes I have…the Liberty has been a sore point for me for years……34 Americans died and few care…..it makes me pissed.
John on another note have you seen this piece in Salon?
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/01/5_reasons_to_suspect_that_jesus_never_existed/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
I did. Nothing new, but its good that the facts are starting to penetrate popular culture there in the States.
I was surprised when I read it…..something that Americans are afraid to think…….