Russia and Syria - Syrian Crisis 2

Telegraph: Reports on the reaction of Russia to the move by US to give non lethal support to the Syrian Rebels, the article notes the following, " Russia has denounced a US pledge to provide direct aid, but no arms, to rebel fighters, saying it will fuel more violence in the nearly two-year war that has killed at least 70,000 people. ". 

Lets Get Real:

The Russian alliance with Syria goes back to the days of the Cold War folks, the Syrians have allowed Russia to have its only warm water Port, thus thus Moscow will support the Assad Regime in till the bitter end.    There are thousands of Russians in Syria, the Putin Regime has a plan to remove these Russian Citizens should the Assad Regime fall,  the Assad Regime is only kept going due to the support of Russia and Iran, both these powers need Assad to stay in power, thus folks the US and the West will have to arm the Syrian Rebels or hundred of thousands of more Syrians will die, Moscow and Tehran have a lot to lose folks, they will support Assad as long as they can, the Rebels will have to be at the door of the Presidential Palace before Moscow and Iran give up on Assad. 

Arming the Syrian Rebels and the EU

Guardian: Reports the following on the Syrian Crisis, " Some European countries are expected to break with Washington and start supplying the Syrian rebels with weapons in the next few months.. ". 

Lets Get Real: 

Folks the CIA is already sending Libyan arms to the Syrian Rebels, the EU is just catching up, the CIA operation is quite under the radar, it only came up at a Congressional hearing, no one seems to have followed it up on the whole.   The US, EU known that they need to finish the Civil War in Syria, they do not need for the Assad Regime to give weapons of mass destruction to its terrorists allies in Gaza and Lebanon, any further leak of these weapons could lead to Israel creating a buffer zone in Syria, this could lead to a major regional war.    The Civil War in Syria is still going on because Russia and Iran are keeping the Assad Regime going, the Tehran Regime is creating its won force in Syria should the Assad Regime fall.   One can say that the Assad Regime will not be around in 2014, it just depends how many Syrians have to die before Assad leaves Syria or follows the path of Gaddafi. 

Iraq War 10 Years on - Tony Blair Era

BBC News: Reports that John Prescott, now Lord Prescott, the then DPM to PM Tony Blair has stated that the Iraq War can not be justified.

Lets Get Real:

They say the past is a Foreign Country folks, dim memories merged, edges merged and connected and distorted, it seems hard to think of the adoring crowds that welcomed the election of Tony Blair and New Labour in 1997.   If you say Tony Blair now the direct connection is Iraq, not his part in the Northern Ireland Peace deal, very much like if you say Richard Nixon to older Americans they say Watergate, not the opening up of China in the early 1970s.   And lets recall non one died in Watergate, the left wing press always say that Blair lied the UK in to the War, this is not true, how every much you want it to be true, the intelligence from MI6  and other intelligence networks stated that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, also it should be noted that Blair won the 2005 election, thus the people gave their verdict.  One can that Tony Blair should have support from those that supported the War at the time, otherwise it looks like you covering your own backside, harsh but true folks. 

Budget Cuts - 2nd Obama Term

Lets Get Real:

The Oval is still using the same scare tactics that it has used over the past few weeks, the Oval has stated that the sequester will lead to " ..At a time when our businesses have finally begun to get some traction -- hiring new workers, bringing jobs back to America -- we shouldn’t be making a series of dumb, arbitrary cuts to things that businesses depend on and workers depend on, like education, and research, and infrastructure and defense.  It’s unnecessary.  And at a time when too many Americans are still looking for work, it’s inexcusable.  Now, what’s important to understand is that not everyone will feel the pain of these cuts right away.  The pain, though, will be real.  Beginning this week, many middle-class families will have their lives disrupted in significant ways.  Businesses that work with the military, like the Virginia shipbuilder that I visited on Tuesday, may have to lay folks off.  Communities near military bases will take a serious blow.  Hundreds of thousands of Americans who serve their country -- Border Patrol agents, FBI agents, civilians who work at the Pentagon -- all will suffer significant pay cuts and furloughs. .....

And let’s be clear.  None of this is necessary.  It’s happening because of a choice that Republicans in Congress have made.  They’ve allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit.  As recently as yesterday, they decided to protect special interest tax breaks for the well-off and well-connected, and they think that that’s apparently more important than protecting our military or middle-class families from the pain of these cuts. 

I do believe that we can and must replace these cuts with a more balanced approach that asks something from everybody:  Smart spending cuts; entitlement reform; tax reform that makes the tax code more fair for families and businesses without raising tax rates --  all so that we can responsibly lower the deficit without laying off workers, or forcing parents to scramble for childcare, or slashing financial aid for college students.

I don’t think that’s too much to ask.  I don’t think that is partisan.  It’s the kind of approach that I’ve proposed for two years.  It’s what I ran on last year.  And the majority of the American people agree with me in this approach, including, by the way, a majority of Republicans.  We just need Republicans in Congress to catch up with their own party and their country on this.  And if they did so, we could make a lot of progress. "  Thus folks if your in the Republican House would you deal with a President who uses such scare tactics, also the type of voters that this appeals too are not Republican Voters in the 2014 Mid Terms.   The Republicans should stick to their Agenda, smaller government and lower taxes and NO TAX HIKES. Time to be Reagan Republicans.