Obama’s empty words

Obama is going to arm the Syrian rebels to aid in the war against ISIL inside Syria.  There is a problem with that, perhaps several problems.  One issue is that arming Syrian rebels is why we have ISIL now.  They are Syrian rebels, armed by the US, a nation that has shown now ability to differentiate between which “Al Qaeda” franchise is which, who cuts off heads, who supports supposed democracy and who gets to the front of the line when the CIA and Mossad are handing out weapons and cash.
 
Those Syrian rebels who are willing to fight ISIL, that recognize the threat, have been negotiating, for some weeks now, with the Syrian government to put aside differences and face a common foe.  With ISIL groups in Southern Syria, adjacent to Israeli positions on Golan, in fact seemingly under the protection of Israeli artillery, there has been a clear delineation that has caused rebel groups to side with Damascus.
 
The United States sees this but chooses not to take this into account, instead working to undermine Damascus and, in doing so, strengthen ISIL and increase the threat against Iraq.  Why would the US do that?  Why indeed!
 
Turkey
 
Turkey has chosen to inform the United States that they will not allow military operations against ISIL from Turkish soil.  To some, perhaps the too casual an observer, Turkey may seem to support the sovereignty of both Syria and Iraq.  However, their history of military operations clearly shows that they had never done so in the past and are hardly willing to begin now.
 
Truth be told, Turkey is the real home of ISIL, the operations center and origin of the “ratlines” that supply ISIL fighters that are warring on the Damascus and Baghdad governments.  It has long been recognized that Turkey is where ISIL recruits land, boarded onto planes from the Philippines, Indonesia, Morocco, Somalia, from around the world, flown through closely guarded and controlled airports despite the fact that most are on “no fly” lists.
 
    All enter Turkey just as easily, without health certificates or visas, landing in Turkey with full government complicity, with full NATO complicity, for the dedicated purpose of tearing the Islamic world apart and putting on a brutal theatre for the world’ social media.
 
America
 
If President Obama is to go after the people offering direct support to ISIL, if he is, as he says, willing to hunt them down wherever they are, he should start in Washington, as Jim W. Dean, managing editor of Veterans Today has pointed out:
 
“The real godfather of ISIL is US Senator John McCain, their mentor and father figure, the man who has met with them, encouraged them and interceded in getting them money, weapons and military training.  Assisting McCain are American generals, retired, who have met with ISIL leaders, worked out strategies, and aided in seeing to it that mercenary troops which include US Army Rangers, Special Forces, Marines and Navy SEALS are prominent among ISIL’s hooded anonymous murderers.
 
Moreover, American think tanks, led by AIPAC, the Israel lobby in Washington, are primary backers and financiers of ISIL.  If Obama is to bomb their material supporters, he must start with Washington DC, move on to Saudi Arabia, Israel and eventually carpet bomb large areas of Turkey.
 
However, in his speech today, none of this is mentioned, there is no American history of training and arming ISIL, there is no long history of Turkish and Israeli complicity.  His strategy makes no allowances for ISIL withdrawing into Turkey, Jordan or even Israel, strategies the US is familiar with from their disastrous was in Vietnam.
Unilateralism
 
Russia has suggested placing any military action against ISIL before the UN Security Council.  There is no demonstrable “clear and present danger” to American security posed by ISIL, a group formed, trained and armed by the United States.
 
Moreover, US led military actions inside Syria can have no legal standing without approval of the Syrian government, something the US has never asked for or considered.  Based on statements made by President Obama today, his two pronged strategy, bombing ISIL and arming militants who may well be ISIL or who will fight against government troops who are fighting ISIL, borders on insanity.
 
    Actually, it defines insanity.  Obama’s plan of cutting off ISIL money and supplies by bombing Syria where none of these things, neither money nor supplies originate, is equally unbalanced and irrational.  Weapons for ISIL are tracked through Turkey, tracked up to Black Sea ports, tracked to transit routes through Georgia and backtracked to arms dealers tied to Israel, the CIA, MI6 and France.
 
Backtracking the money should lead to more bombing targets, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Washington DC itself, where ISIL supporters, money, training and armaments, are headquartered.  America’s pro-Israeli opposition party has sent a virtual stream of “helpers” into Syria to meet with ISIL. 
 
When generals like Paul Valleley, years working in psychological warfare and with the NSA, are seen in videos advising ISIL operations, while only days before seen on Fox News talking about America’s ineffective response to the ISIL threat, the duplicitous nature of America’s complex relationship with ISIL comes into focus.
 
President Obama said he will take his decision to move against ISIL by using American military force inside Syria to the United Nations Security Council on September 24, 2014.  He is not asking for support, for a resolution or for any type of cooperation, aid or approval.
 
He believes he is spending “good will” and “political capital,” based on being a Nobel Prize winner and that the world will forget the past three years when the world saw America refocus its “war on terror “from  hunting “Al Qaeda” to “arming Al Qaeda affiliates” against established governments.
 
Obama, at no time, mentions anything that would stem the flow of cash and jihadists into ISIL.  At no time does he name those responsible.  When he threatens to bomb and tell the world this will be a long and drawn out war, one thing is clear. 
 
Nothing he is saying is true, nothing of substance.