An Update from Syria
Well, from a US/Western perspective it looks like things are going just “swimmingly” in Syria. From a recent news article:
In Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, rebels aligned with Al Qaeda control the power plant, run the bakeries and head a court that applies Islamic law. Elsewhere, they have seized government oil fields, put employees back to work and now profit from the crude they produce.
Across Syria, rebel-held areas are dotted with Islamic courts staffed by lawyers and clerics, and by fighting brigades led by extremists. Even the Supreme Military Council, the umbrella rebel organization whose formation the West had hoped would sideline radical groups, is stocked with commanders who want to infuse Islamic law into a future Syrian government.
Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of.
Yeah, you read that right. None of the significant Syrian rebel groups are secular. All of them appear to be Islamist – and many seem to have al Qaeda sympathies, if not direct links. Some make no bones about their links to al Qaeda. At least one rebel group – the al Nusra Front, which also is among the most powerful of the Syrian rebel groups, and currently dominates Aleppo – has confirmed past cooperation with al Qaeda in Iraq and has pledged loyalty to al Qaeda’s leadership. The US government has declared the al Nusra Front to be a terrorist organization. Even the rebel Supreme Military Council – an umbrella group ostensibly coordinating rebel efforts, led by a turncoat Syrian general and which professes no ties to al Qaeda linked rebel groups – has numerous Islamist commanders.
So what news source is reporting this? Perhaps some conservative “wingnut” internet publication, like WND or CNS?
Hardly. Try the New York Times.
Someone tell me again why we’re supporting either side in Syria. I’ll be damned if I can figure that out.
But not to worry, folks. The current US Administration, which is supporting those Islamist Syrian rebels, has everything under control. “No problem!”
Just look how well things have turned out in Egypt and Libya.
Category: Foreign Policy, Military issues, Terror War
Do we have an Ambassador in Syria? Should he/she be worried?
The Administration with the aid of several rich, young billionaires that own or are vested in some major software companies thought it would be really cool if they could kickstart *democracy* in those M/E countries. It began with Egypt….
Oh! Democracy in the ME simply means getting rid of one dictator to make room for another, possibly nastier dictator.
When do the beatings and beheadings begin? Is this in the ‘be careful what you wish for’ category?
Well it apparently looks like POTUS would rather have theocracy in the ME as apposed to dictators. At least with a dictator you know that they are petty and in it of personal power. Theocracy scares the crap out of me.
Theocracy is just another form of dictatorship.
Regarding changes in government in that region of the world, perhaps Pete Townsend put it best and most succinctly back in 1971:
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Democrats like Pelosi and McCallister are joining McCain and Graham in urging us to get involved. Of course if we do get involved, in true democratic fashion they will eventually go wobbly and scream for us to leave before accomplishing anything.