Syria warns that US airstrikes would be aggression
The Associated Press reports that the Syrian government warned the Obama Administration that any airstrikes against ISIS in Syria would be considered aggression by the Syrian government.
Speaking in Damascus, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem appeared acutely aware of how much has changed since last August, when the U.S. was threatening to carry out punitive airstrikes against Assad’s government in the wake of the chemical attack. Since then, global disapproval has shifted away from Assad and toward the Islamic extremists who are fighting him and spreading destruction across Syria and Iraq.
Al-Moallem told reporters his government is ready “to cooperate and coordinate” with any side, including the U.S., or join any regional or international alliance against the Islamic State group. But he said any military action inside Syria should be coordinated with the government, “which represents Syrian sovereignty.”
“Any strike which is not coordinated with the government will be considered as aggression,” he said.
He said Damascus repeatedly has warned of the threat of terrorism and the need to cut off resources and funding, but “no one listened to us.” Syria’s government has long described the rebels fighting to topple Assad as “terrorists” in a foreign conspiracy.
So, what mess this is. Last year we wanted to bomb the Syrian government and now we have to ask them if we can bomb the guys who want to oust the Syrian government. And, oh yeah, there’s Hezbollah who wants to kill the ISIS folks, too, as well as the Iranians who are leveraging their aid to Iraq in regards to nuclear talks. I’m just waiting for Needle-D*ck-the Bug-F**Ker (Kim Jong Un) to volunteer.
Category: Terror War
Lurch was last seen getting out his copy of “Diplomacy For Dummies” in order to determine if this latest statement by the Assad regime applies to almost unbelievably small airstrikes.
This is beyond the capabilities of John Kerry and his boss to figure out. Lets just wait until 2016 until the adults are in charge again. Jesus H. Christ, what a mess we have created. That leading from behind is sure working out well….
Master Guns, it is not ‘leading from behind’.
It is ‘leading WITH behind’.
Talking out his ass leading from behind – I like it!
No shit. This is all starting to get confusing. Basically from what I can gather is that everyone wants to kill everyone. Only this admistration, only this administration. Zero and the “Vietnam War Hero” could fuck up a wet dream. And Jen Psaki, what an incompetent worthless dolt she is.
Remember that movie called “The Devil’s Own” with Harrison Ford? A line from that movie (about the conflict in Ulster Ireland) seems to apply here: “If you’re not confused, you don’t know what’s going on.”
It will only get worse with these nimrods running the show.
Yes – Our Nobel Peace prize winning prez wants to kill everyone!!
You’re assuming the electorate will put down their EBT cards and Obama phones long enough to vote the adults back into office.
Sadly, I do not have that much faith in people distracted by shiny objects who vote for free shit.
Bread and circuses…bread and circuses.
The press is already re-writing history from only one year ago. This morning I had NPR on as I was driving and I heard “President Obama has resisted taking any military action in Syria but is now facing increased pressure….”
Yeah, like the “red line” never existed. Like John Forbes Kerry didn’t get down on his knees and beg the rest of the world to allow US airstrikes against Asad, etc just one year ago.
So I guess actively seeking permission to bomb a country is the same as “resisting to take action”. Clearly the only people dumb enough to believe NPR are the maroons that voted Obama into office.
But…but… but the world itself did not exist before bodaprez created it.
Did you not know that? It is His World, and He Created It.
Isn’t amazing how convenient short-term memory loss can be?
And isn’t equally unfortunate for all LSOSs that everything is archived somewhere?
Just sayin’.
The liberal media has totally made itself irrelevant by covering the many mistakes this administration has made. They got Obama elected by a lack of due diligence and they are not about to let him fail.
We are a laughingstock in the world now due to the inability of our leaders to develop and implement a coherent foreign policy. We change direction at the drop of a hat and Obama is a master at ignoring past mistakes or acting like he never made them. Or just blaming George Bush.
Everything that comes out of Obama’s mouth has an expiration date. Everything.
Master Guns, that tide – the media darling – is turning slowly in the other direction.
Bumblebrain’s administration with the press is slowly but surely growing into a slime mold.
Is it possible that all of this could be a strategy for the Hildebeast to show up looking like a Godsend to the electorate (The free stuff voters) come next election? Could the democrat party be that Machiavellian?
I believe it. The Glorious Leader probably doesn’t get it, but the masters of his party have likely already written him off. Of course, Hitlery is still just about the most unlikeable woman who ever lived–worse than Moochelle. So there may be hope for the nation yet.
I say we owe Syria nothing. Nothing except, you stay out of our way and we’ll try not to kill you. But do not give them intel in strikes so they can sell them tot he highest bidder. Screw them. But at least they have the balls to call something “aggression” right out of the box. Obama and Company, can’t decide to shit or go blind.
Wait, are all the players on stage yet? ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas…I think we’re still waiting for the Judean People’s Front’s crack suicide squad, right?