RobDownSouth
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Salon has a fascinating article on President Obama's clusterfuck in Syria over on Salon. It's worth a read
Some old news about Navy SEALS being pissed that some of the stuff they did to get to Bin Laden was technically "war crimes" (as if they'd ever be prosecuted!
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The big reveal, though, is the fact that the country of Turkey has played the United States of America like a fiddle for the last ten years. Solemnly promising to fight ISIS publicly, allowing one region (the size of Texas) to serve as an R&R area and weapons re-supply point for ISIS.
Hersh also says Obama's Syrian policy is way too simplistic: "Just Remove Assad". The Joint Chiefs of Staff actively worked AGAINST this policy, because the military and the CIA know that once Assad is gone, the jihadis will take over.
It's a very sobering look at US policy failures in Syria and Turkey.
Some old news about Navy SEALS being pissed that some of the stuff they did to get to Bin Laden was technically "war crimes" (as if they'd ever be prosecuted!
)The big reveal, though, is the fact that the country of Turkey has played the United States of America like a fiddle for the last ten years. Solemnly promising to fight ISIS publicly, allowing one region (the size of Texas) to serve as an R&R area and weapons re-supply point for ISIS.
Hersh also says Obama's Syrian policy is way too simplistic: "Just Remove Assad". The Joint Chiefs of Staff actively worked AGAINST this policy, because the military and the CIA know that once Assad is gone, the jihadis will take over.
It's a very sobering look at US policy failures in Syria and Turkey.
