Obama and Syria Part 2- 2nd Term Blues

The Guardian: Reports " US launches reconnaissance flights over Syria..Drones and unmanned flights lay groundwork for extending US air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq "

Lets Get Real:

The politics of the Middle East is murky, just look at Iran - Contra scandal during the 2nd term of the Reagan Administration, arming US enemies in this case Iran with arms while using funds from the sale to arm the Contra freedom fighters.   As the article notes a year ago the Oval wanted to bomb Assad but didn't, now it might end up bombing the enemies of Assad and helping the evil Assad Regime.   If your British you smile at the irony!! If your the Oval you are not smiling, history will record that Obama was the Hamlet of the Oval, one minute he wants the US and the UK to attack Syria and bring down the Assad Regime,  then he saves the Assad Regime by taking out IS or limiting its power to threaten.   IS will of course strike back, mission creep anyone!   

Obama and Syria - 2nd Term Blues

Daily Mail: Reports " Barack Obama has paved the way for airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria after spy planes started operating in the country on his command, according to U.S officials.  "

Lets Get Real:

The Obama Oval is sending out mix signals, as this blog tweeted yesterday the Obama White House is trying to scale back the rhetoric on IS, but as any one with a brain cell could see that if the Oval sees IS as a major threat to the Middle East and the US it has to take out IS in Syria.   There have been conflicting reporting on this issue by the papers, the liberal New York Times in a article quoted Middle East experts who stated that IS just wants to increase its presence in Iraq and Syria and is not a threat to the US, the future is a different issue.   Thus we have this article that sets up the Oval for strikes on Syria, it seems with President Obama we have a President who can not make up his mind, if he does not strike Syria this will be the second time he has bottled the issue.   The future of the Obama legacy after 2017 might depend on what action POTUS takes on Syria. 

Libya and Obama's 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports " US officials say Egypt and the UAE were behind air strikes in Libya last week that targeted Islamist militia. "

Lets Get Real:

The most shocking thing about this attack as noted by the article is the FACT that neither Egypt or the UAE told the Oval, it shows how much a lame duck the Obama Presidency is to the rest of the World.   This might give others ideas, Israel will be looking to see how the Oval reacts to this news, does it place sanctions on these two Countries or more likely DO NOTHING, one could postulate that Oval will do nothing, the US State Department will issue a stern Statement then let it go, the Oval needs these ALL the friends it can get in the Middle East, thus more of passive policy by the Oval. 

Deep Breath - Doctor Who Review

Doctor Who News: Reports on the overnight ratings for Doctor Who, " Doctor Who: Deep Breath has an audience on BBC One of 6.8 million viewers. It had a 32.5% share of the total TV audience. ...The audience rose slowly through the episode, peaking at 7.0 million towards the end.  "

Lets Get Real: 

Deep Breath was a fantastic intro to the 12/13.1 Doctor, even while the Doctor slept he was translating the words of the SPOILER, the relationship between the Doctor and Clara had to change due to the new Doctor being older, well if your have been around for two thousand years you might get old a bit, but that did not stop his interest in everything new, he would rather get out of a house through the window than through a door, that would be boring.   Thus we have a new DOCTOR in Peter Capaldi, the Doctor is in secure hands, edgy, wiser, willing to confront his past, always the DOCTOR, brave, more talking than fighting, but also somewhat cynical, but fun.   In many respects it was really joint intro, Clara played by Jenna Coleman, reacted as any would react if someone they liked suddenly changed, it took time for her get used to the new Doctor, I look forward to their bickering, like father and daughter.   Lets hope we have many years of Capaldi and Coleman, but with the Doctor you never know. 

Will POTUS Strike Syria ? - Syria Crisis

CNN - Politics: Reports " After three years of avoiding it, President Barack Obama finds himself being pushed toward military action in Syria. "

Lets Get Real:

President Obama will get a 2nd chance to correct a mistake when he didn't bomb Syria when the Assad Regime used WMD on its people, this time it will not be Assad that gets bombed it will be IS.   The Oval can not bottle a 2nd chance to strike Syria, yes the action will have risks, but the lack of action will help IS.    The downside for the US and the poor Syria people is that by bombing IS it will help the Assad Regime, there is no way around that, all choices when it comes to Iraq and Syria are lesser evil choices.   If POTUS had armed the secular rebels at the start then it can be argued that IS might  not be the threat it is now, but that debate is for the history books, the Oval has to ACT and soon, IS is to much of a threat to the Middle East and the West. 

Iraq and Syria - Middle East Crisis

Guardian: Reports " US 'set to launch air strikes' on senior Isis terror chiefs in Syria..White House will 'take action' against threats as Turkey comes under pressure to halt flow of jihadists across its border  "

Lets Get Real:

The Oval approved hits in Iraq after a threat to the Kurdish Capital, THE US strikes have carried on, the birth place of IS is Syria, the Capital for the terrorist group is in Syria, the Oval lost its bottle to strike Syria early on, strikes that would have helped the secular rebels against Assad, the new strikes would help President Assad, he could use the US strikes to take down those rebels that are supported by the West.    The politics of the Middle East is murky, does the West really want to help Assad, the Oval has two enemies in Syria, Assad and IS.    By going after IS the West is falling in to the PR trap of the Assad Regime, their message is simple, either Assad or IS.    The West should try to take out both threats.  They are both evil and without a soul. 

UN and Iraq - Iraq Crisis

BBC News: Reports " The UN has called for action to prevent what it says may be a possible massacre in the northern Iraqi town of Amerli. "

Lets Get Real:

Thus we come to another problem for the Oval, it can hardly allow thousands of people to be killed in Amerli, the US will have to hit IS around the sieged City, this will of course make the US more of target for Al Qaeda and IS, the threat of IS like when Lenin came to power in Russia, the West didn't have the staying power to take out the Communists, think of ALL the millions that could have been saved if Lenin, Stalin had been destroyed at the start, IS is the modern version of Communism, it has to be destroyed and its ashes thrown to the sands of Iraq.   The West, in this case the US, UK and France have to send ground troops to Iraq to finish this threat before it gets its hands of WMD.   Time is of the essence.