Politics creates strange bedfellows, and in this one case, America’s interests seem to coincide with those of Russia, Iran, and Damascus. Going after ISIS with kid gloves means more terrorism and a continuation of the refugee crisis. Assad is a lesser evil than the barbaric Caliphate. When it comes to the conflict in Syria and Iraq (“Syraq”), I have long argued that our priority should be the wiping out of the greatest of all evils in the region – the ISIS Caliphate and the al-Nusra Front (i.e. al-Qaeda) – and ditching the “Assad must go at all costs” policy.
During the summer it appeared that Team Obama finally realized that its Syraq policy has so far been a giant train wreck. It seemed that the message might finally have gone through to the administration, resulting in a July agreement between Barack Obama and John Kerry, on the one hand, and Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov, on the other, to cooperate in Syria against ISIS and the al-Nusra Front. Now, as the deal and the ceasefire crumble, it is clear that I was naïve......To Read More....
My Take - Often times we see managers refusing to hire underlings smarter than themselves. Well, Obama was enormously successful at that in his Secretaries of State. He's had two that are even worse bumbling dummies than he.
During the summer it appeared that Team Obama finally realized that its Syraq policy has so far been a giant train wreck. It seemed that the message might finally have gone through to the administration, resulting in a July agreement between Barack Obama and John Kerry, on the one hand, and Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov, on the other, to cooperate in Syria against ISIS and the al-Nusra Front. Now, as the deal and the ceasefire crumble, it is clear that I was naïve......To Read More....
My Take - Often times we see managers refusing to hire underlings smarter than themselves. Well, Obama was enormously successful at that in his Secretaries of State. He's had two that are even worse bumbling dummies than he.
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