georgephillip
Diamond Member
Conservatives were rightly skeptical when candidate Obama praised Reagan for his "transformational presidency." It's now appearing ever more likely that Obama will follow in the Gipper's Afghan jihadi footsteps on the road to Damascus.
Here's one view from stage left:
"Washington believes its own myth that it is 'indirectly' involved in vetting and arming opposition groups in Syria. Since 2011, the weaponizing of Syrian mercenary/jihadi gangs has been sourced through the black market, stockpiles in Libya, and in Croatia.
"The CIA has been up to its neck all along. Many of these weapons are now in the hands of hardcore jihadis of the Jabhat al-Nusra kind.
"The notion that the CIA is capable of vetting and weaponizing those gangs/mercenaries/jihadis to Washingtons benefit after the Bashar al-Assad government collapses is THE joke of the early 21st century.
"Just take a trip down memory lane to Afghanistan.
"Or imagine these Syrian McJihadis, or You Tube mujahideen, equipped with some fine shoulder-held heat-seeking missiles wreaking havoc all across Southwest Asia."
Anyone who doesn't think Damascus is merely roadkill on the way to Tehran needs to take off her ideological blinders.
The Roadmap to the Destruction of Syria » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Here's one view from stage left:
"Washington believes its own myth that it is 'indirectly' involved in vetting and arming opposition groups in Syria. Since 2011, the weaponizing of Syrian mercenary/jihadi gangs has been sourced through the black market, stockpiles in Libya, and in Croatia.
"The CIA has been up to its neck all along. Many of these weapons are now in the hands of hardcore jihadis of the Jabhat al-Nusra kind.
"The notion that the CIA is capable of vetting and weaponizing those gangs/mercenaries/jihadis to Washingtons benefit after the Bashar al-Assad government collapses is THE joke of the early 21st century.
"Just take a trip down memory lane to Afghanistan.
"Or imagine these Syrian McJihadis, or You Tube mujahideen, equipped with some fine shoulder-held heat-seeking missiles wreaking havoc all across Southwest Asia."
Anyone who doesn't think Damascus is merely roadkill on the way to Tehran needs to take off her ideological blinders.
The Roadmap to the Destruction of Syria » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names