Thursday, October 02, 2014

The Blame Game Part 3= IS - The War on Terror


Lets Get Real:

The Washington foreign policy elite are making sure the World knows that the reason that IS grew in Syria  and developed control of areas of Iraq is down to President Obama and his kitchen Cabinet.  Lets be very clear here, the Democrats recalled that Democrats were blamed for losing China at the end of the 1940s, they had gained a reputation for being safe with national security after the killing of OBL.   The theme of the 2012 Presidential race run by the Obama team was that OBL was dead and Al Qaeda was on the run, in fact Al Qaeda and its franchise operations, call them what you like, IS for this post have changed and grown.  There is a chance that IS could form a State in what was Syria and Iraq, this would be a threat to the Middle East and Europe.   President Obama will be out of office in 2017 the wreckage of his foreign policy will be left to his successor, thus the Democrat or Republican that follows him will have problems on his or her first day on the job, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan.  The WAR on TERROR is never ending, it will go on for years. 

The Terror Threat in Iraq and Syria - The New War on Terror


Lets Get Real:

This blog does not care if IS sees itself as different from Al Qaeda, or that there are PR split, they are both evil and a threat to THE Middle East and the West.   On 9/11 Al Qaeda killed around three thousand people, this lead to the War in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the death of Western troops.  The Obama Administration has argued that it had Al Qaeda on the run, it can be argued by its supporters that the drone strikes killed off many Al Qaeda leaders, but Al Qaeda is till out there, searching for ways to have another 9/11.   The terror brand has simply changed its PR status from Al Qaeda to ISIS, in its present form IS is a threat to the Governments of the Middle East.   Both terror groups want to cause terror attacks in the West and run their own strict Islamic State.   IS has to be taken OUT, the West for a change has got there early and is bombing IS, this will take years, what ever you call these groups, a franchise of Al Qaeda or a different sub section they are the same evil cowards.   The West should not care if they do not like each other, they just have to destroy them. 

Turkey and IS - The New War on Terror


Lets Get Real:

This should please the US and its Arab and Western Allies, the dropping of bombs by the US and its allies is not a long term solution to the problem of IS,  the terror group has to be taken out, and this means ground combat, even US voters are ahead of their President on this issue.  It has been reported that IS has changed it field tactics, IS no longer moves in large groups, it has sent its supporters out to live with local people, thus it will not be possible to bomb them without taking out innocent people. The US and its allies should have a large meeting for a reality check, the various powers should agree to place troops on the ground, the US would lead but the other allies according to their size should give troops, then everyone has a dog in this race. IS will react to these strikes, the question is When and Where?  The Allies need their eyes and ears open, and to connect the dots.