The end result of this conflict in Syria os two-fold….one to rid the landscape of ISIS and two to rid the country of Assad, a regime change…..
I understand the urgency of the defeat of ISIS but then there is the regime thing that takes me aback…….why?
If you will recall that was what we set out to do in Iraq….to put an end to Saddam and bring democracy to the country for a better world…..a regime change.
Let me ask….how has that worked out for Iraq?
I am dubious when politicos start talking about regime change for it is seldom thought out from all scenarios …..it is more a knee jerk reaction to a situation which has been the program for American foreign policy for 50+ years…..
I have read a good article on the problem of regime change in the American Conservative……
A few weeks ago, more than 50 State Department officials signed an internal memo calling for U.S. airstrikes against the Assad regime in Syria. They claimed this would foment regime change and was the only way to defeat ISIS.
The proposal reflected foreign-policy elite conventional wisdom, and was echoed by a Center for a New American Security (CNAS) report: “Defeating the Islamic State: A Bottom-Up Approach.” Although the report did not explicitly call for regime change, it’s hard not to interpret its recommendation to “reestablish legitimate and acceptable governance and negotiate a political end-state for the conflicts in Iraq and Syria” as anything but. And it is worth noting that the CNAS study group that produced the report is chaired by former Obama administration official Michèle Flournoy—who many consider to the frontrunner for secretary of defense if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
Source: The Problem With Regime Change | The American Conservative
America has been mistaken on so many levels over the years….I am not opposed to a regime change but that decision should be made by the people that such a change would effect.
For too long the decision has been made by people that the change will not effect to any great extent…..the people of said country are the ONLY deciders for this change,,,,not a bunch of money hungry tools of the M-IC.
Regime change in Iraq was in of itself, not the cause of the problems we see today. What created this mess was the total distruction of the civil and military infrastucture, leaving the allied troops to become the nation’s army and policeman and civil service. Those running the operation had no understanding of the local culture and therefore appointed all the wrong people to take over these roles – people who all had a variety of personal and political agendas.
Either those running the show were incredibly stupid or they too had a personal agender. I thinki it was the latter, and thus demonstrating the former. For example: the US military destroyed all the aggricultural seed reserves. Why ? Well the answer is in the newly written Iraqi constitution. There is an article that states ALL future seeds must be purchased through a local affiliate of Monsanto.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/iraq-s-new-constitution/837
IF the US had not been so enthusiastic about invasion then it would be a different story…maybe the same outcome but the intro would be different…
What I want to know is what anybody plans to do to bring democracy back to The United States? That Congress is drawing farther away from the will of We The People and the Presidency is getting more like a royal reign than ever before …. What are we going to do about regime change in America since the democratic process doesn’t seem to work anymore … except for the 1% that controls both the process and the outcomes of the process..
I’m sure this will move me a few hundred spots higher on the Drone Strike List but….
I agree. I think it’s about time for “regime change” in America…and I ain’t just talking about the puppet at the top.
Thanks, Sedate Me! Thanks for your comment. I appreciate your comment.
Exactly. The only successful REGIME change: The physical landscape of the land the US chooses to war on … sad!
There are 3Ms of regime change…Military, media and money…..we seem to forget that in our rush to dominate…
Are the ‘people’ dumb to the zionist agenda?
Or…are Neo/Cons the most dangerous of all because of their ‘American Sincerity?’
over to you chuq…
A little of both….but I am going with the neocons….