Relaxed, refreshed and ready to rant……welcome to this week’s post and opinions……enjoy!
For months now there have been the accusations that the US created ISIS and that we are directly responsible for the problems in Syria…..
Of course there are many that scoff at the prospect…..but unfortunately there is some evidence that would support such accusations……
Over the past three decades, U.S. covert operations and wars have entered repeatedly and powerfully into the chain of causality leading to Islamic State’s present power.
Source: Why the U.S. Owns the Rise of Islamic State and the Syria Disaster – Truthdig
The truth is that the covert ops of the US has been wrong on way too many occasions….Syria is just one in a long list of screw ups….
It’s always the same with America — spend time, money, manpower and blood to try to help some backward victims of oppression and take all the losses and all the blame. My middle finger with the nail exposed prominently is the gesture I give to all anti-American a**holes who want to blame us for all the ills of the world. Just sayin!
John, the US is not an innocent by-stander….you want to give a finger to someone I say give it to all those that push war as an alternative….
I guess my views tend to be a bit different having served during the cold war era and Vietnam. Forgive me for my assumption that America is the greatest nation on earth and that we were once the most powerful as well. Old habits die hard. So I will take you at your suggestion and give the finger to all those who desire to conquer us by force of arms — whoever they may be — and there are plenty of them out there.
I served in Vietman for 2 1/2 years…..after watching war from the ground I have seen more stupidity than Americans want to admit…..we can be the greatest nation on earth without attacking anyone that disagree with us…..
Nevertheless I feel we should always be in a powerful enough position to return fire if attacked.
I do not dispute that at all…but when we go looking is where it breaks down….
John, we need to stop pissing away money on wars to make fat cats happy and blaming all the deficits on the poor.
Amen!