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Our Insane Foreign Policy being Explained.

by T.E.C. - Iowa

Apr 15, 2017

If ever there was an example of the insanity of America's foreign policy - a policy we have follow through several administrations - it is found in Thomas Friedman's op-ed "Why Is Trump Fighting ISIS in Syria?" Friedman asks:

(Quote)

Why should our goal right now be to defeat the Islamic State in Syria? Of course, ISIS is detestable and needs to be eradicated. But is it really in our interest to be focusing solely on defeating ISIS in Syria right now?

(End quote)

Friedman is suggesting that we fight ISIS in Iraq and other places, but not in Syria. Actually this is what we have been doing. Friedman is just preparing America for making this strategy public policy. Now mind you, Friedman wants you to think that there are two ISIS. As he says:

(Quote)

One is “virtual ISIS.” It is satanic, cruel and amorphous; it disseminates its ideology through the internet. . (Snip)

The other incarnation is “territorial ISIS.�...See MoreIf ever there was an example of the insanity of America's foreign policy - a policy we have follow through several administrations - it is found in Thomas Friedman's op-ed "Why Is Trump Fighting ISIS in Syria?" Friedman asks:

(Quote)

Why should our goal right now be to defeat the Islamic State in Syria? Of course, ISIS is detestable and needs to be eradicated. But is it really in our interest to be focusing solely on defeating ISIS in Syria right now?

(End quote)

Friedman is suggesting that we fight ISIS in Iraq and other places, but not in Syria. Actually this is what we have been doing. Friedman is just preparing America for making this strategy public policy. Now mind you, Friedman wants you to think that there are two ISIS. As he says:

(Quote)

One is “virtual ISIS.” It is satanic, cruel and amorphous; it disseminates its ideology through the internet. . (Snip)

The other incarnation is “territorial ISIS.” (snip) Its goal is to defeat Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria — plus its Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah allies — and to defeat the pro-Iranian Shiite regime in Iraq, replacing both with a caliphate.

(End quote)

Well, at least he admits the "caliphate" part. But let me answer why! Assad has never threatened the US. On the other hand, ISIS has done more than threaten. It has conducted bombings or other attacks from Paris to California. Plus, the "other ISIS" is an illusion. If you remove Assad the power vacuum will be filled with some brand of radical ISIS, because there is no power group of so-called "moderate members of ISIS."

I am not pretending that Assad is a nice guy. However, Pres. Trump had it right in saying the Syrian people should determine Assad's fate. Yes, he is a terrible choice. Yet, in the last American election, that is what we faced - a choice between two terrible candidates. The people of Syria should be given their chance to choose!

But we cannot do that, because everything is what America wants, whether the people of Syria like it or not!

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