Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Thank You Secretary Of State John Kerry: Our True Soldier Diplomat

The most important thing he said this afternoon was that this conflict we have gotten into with
ISIL is not anything like the Gulf War of 1991, or the Iraq War post 9/11.
We  are not in any way aggressing a sovereign nation for any reason.
We may not have had a choice in Afghanistan; but we summarily turned a much larger and more
complicated square mileage in the Arabian peninsula into a wonderful staging ground for more
terrorism. The Iraqi people are not one bit grateful for either Iraq War in the main- and neither are their neighbors.
I wish I had some idea why we have to listen to our goofiest senators. We can't discuss the whole of
our strategy or the strategy of our partners.
They suggest in public that they are better legal minds than the Administration or its lawyers.
They suggest we haven't done a thing to rid the world of ISIL until yesterday.
They suggest all things which have to be done in classified meetings should be done now in public.
They suggest we can accept help from any country whether we vet them or not.
They suggest we can start killing American soldiers in foreign lands again.
Menendez and Corker just blab, blab, blah, blah, saying nothing at all except: 'We don't like President
Obama.
So what?
ISIL will strike whether or not these suited-up blowhards like their own leadership.
The Pink people are in today's session with signs: 'Don't Fund Obama's Wars'.
How peaceful are we if we let ISIL spread so the President won't let a 'war' be named for him.
Obama has a problem with terrorists, not with any specific country.
Yes, the terrorists are on earth, within some of earth's geographic boundaries.
Still...they are opposed to peace.
Is that OK with our President?
It cannot be.
Menendez brought up Iran in a mindless statement about what that country would expect from us if
they act against ISIL; but they already said they won't help even though they don't want a powerful
ISIL.
I do have to say I have seen very little from either Iran or Syria which encourages me to say I'd ever
believe one word coming from either in any context during the last twenty years with the exceptions of the nuclear arms enrichment they recently grudgingly slowed in return for America's lifting of some sanctions against them.
These Foreign Affairs Committee Senators want to limit the President's Article Two powers of war
from the Constitution.
That may have to happen. If it does- no one is stopping them from taking that vote. In the meantime,
before they write up the resolution, and take the vote, if ISIL has to be hit in Syria, the President is
going to do that. I doubt the committee members would dare hesitate to vote continuing the halt of
any terrorist group.
 Mario Rubio wants to know if we can maybe put 'boots on the ground' if something horrible happens
or if Assad does not fall.
He cannot accept "No" for an answer. Too bad for him Secretary of State's answer was: "For this
moment we have to say "No; and we will not speculate on future Syrian conflict possibilities once
ISIL is weakened."
Rubio: (whining) "But why? What if ISIL goes and Assad is still there?"
John Kerry: "We won't speculate."

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