The Middle East Problem

[Walter]

a.k.a. "Airlift of Evil"

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3340165/ns.../airlift-evil/

[kinyo]

walang katapusan ang giyera sa middle east ... patay na tayo lahat, hindi pa rin tapos yan

[safeorigin]

Why doesn't Obama go after the leader ship of IS like they did with "Geronimo"...

because it's in their best interest to prolong the war. Keynesian economics is the bread and butter of the US government.

not only that, wagging the dog is necessary to smokescreen major domestic issues: massive illegal immigration, increasingly insidious NSA surveillance, growing police state and other grounds for impeachment.

[uls]

safeorigin = Fox News

hehe

[safeorigin]

that's not really accurate since my stance is against Neo-conservative and institutional foreign policy.

Drudge news would be more accurate :P

[safeorigin]

because it's in their best interest to prolong the war. Keynesian economics is the bread and butter of the US government.

and behold, it is confirmed

WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to prepare Americans for an extended presence in the skies over Iraq, telling reporters on Saturday that the airstrikes he ordered this week could go on for months as Iraqis try to build a new government.

“I don’t think we’re going to solve this problem in weeks,” Mr. Obama said before leaving for a two-week vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. “This is going to be a long-term project.”

The president repeated his insistence that the United States would not send ground combat troops back to Iraq. But he pledged that it and other countries would stand with the Iraqi leaders against militants if they built an inclusive government in the months ahead.

Mr. Obama said that the “initial goal” of the military intervention was to protect Americans in the country and to help the Iraqi minorities stranded on Sinjar Mountain. “We’re not moving our embassy anytime soon,” he said. “We are going to maintain vigilance and ensure that our people are safe.”

But he said the broader effort was intended to help Iraqis meet the threat from the militants over the long term. “The most important time table that I’m focused on right now is the Iraqi government getting formed and finalized,” the president said before boarding Marine One.

Mr. Obama described for the first time a more complicated effort to rescue Iraqis stranded on Sinjar Mountain, saying that the American military and others might have to create a safe corridor down the mountain. “The next step, which is going to be complicated logistically, is how can we give people safe passage,” Mr. Obama said.

He suggested that helping those people make it to safety would take time. He also said that getting an inclusive Iraqi government formed, and giving all Iraqis a reason to believe that they are represented by that government, would help give Iraqi military forces a reason to fight back against the militants.

“There has to be a rebuilding and an understanding of who it is the Iraqi security forces are reporting to, what they are fighting for,” he added.

Once that happens, Mr. Obama suggested, the American military, working with the Iraqi and Kurdish fighters, can “engage in some offense.”

The president said the military did not immediately required additional funding from Congress to conduct the airstrikes and humanitarian assistance that he had ordered. But he said that could change.

“If and when we need additional dollars,” he said, “then we will certainly make that request.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/wo...iraq.html?_r=0

[Monseratto]

Here’s A Picture Of John McCain Hanging Out With ISIS Freedom Fighters In 2013
by Doktor Zoom
Jun 26 4:04 pm 2014

Oops.So here’s a heck of a thing: Back in May 2013, Forever Warmonger John McCain was really excited about the prospects of arming the Syrian moderates who were fighting to free that country from the iron grip of Bashar al-Assad. He even sneaked into the country to meet with the head of the Free Syrian Army, Gen. Salim Idris, the fellow in the striped shirt there (Idris was ousted in February of this year).

Only one small problem with the little photo-op: In addition to Idris, some of the other guys in the pic are apparently members of a slightly less “moderate” group: ISIS, the guys who are currently bringing down Iraq, and the photo is reportedly being circulated by ISIS as proof of their legitimacy. Oops.

And this is where you may want to get your skeptic hat on: The initial source for that claim appears to be righty blog WeaselZippers (they don’t cite a source), and so far, most of the reposts have been wingnut blogs trumpeting it as “proof” that there’s no such thing as a “moderate Muslim.” Even so, we’re happy to pass it along, if for no other reason that it’s yet more evidence that John McCain loves him some military intervening, regardless of who it is that we’re intervening for, just as long as we’re bombing somebody.

And if you’d like a more nuanced look at McCain’s love for whover he thinks is the enemy of our enemy, go take a look at this piece at the Atlantic, which frankly just left us thinking what a wonderful can of worms America opened when it “liberated” Iraq.”

Read more at Wonkette: Here?s A Picture Of John McCain Hanging Out With ISIS Freedom Fighters In 2013 | Wonkette

[CVT]

Wrong move *war hero* John McCain....

[safeorigin]

What's ironic was McCain used to be an Anti-War activist. Now that he's in power, he wants war.

[donbuggy]

KL Radicals target Singapore as part of Caliphate - TODAYonline

Published: 4:03 AM, August 20, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR — A group of radicals planning to attack several targets in Malaysia had their sights set on a wider campaign — the creation of an Islamic Caliphate that includes Singapore, said a top Malaysian counter-terrorism official yesterday.

The 19 suspected militants arrested from April to June had planned to travel to Syria to learn from the radical Islamic State (IS) group, Mr Ayob Khan Mydin, deputy chief of the Malaysian police counter-terrorism division, told AFP.

Mr Ayob said the group members — all of whom are Malaysians aged between 20 and 50 — had started to raise money for their travel, including through Facebook. Some had been arrested at airports on their way to Turkey and Syria.

The group had planned “a campaign of violence and armed struggle, and to die as martyrs”, said Mr Ayob. Seven members have been charged with offences such as promoting terrorism and possessing home-made rifles.

They were formulating plans to bomb pubs, discos and a Malaysian brewery of Danish beer producer Carlsberg. These were targeted reportedly because Islam forbids the consumption of alcohol.

The group, which includes professionals and two housewives, also planned to create networks with regional and global cells.

Their vision was the setting up of an Islamic Caliphate in the region comprising Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore, said Mr Ayob.