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Kerry: Arab countries offered to pay for invasion

Correct me if I am wrong on this one.

Isn't is cited that Osama Bin Laden was essentially created because of the use of the American military to liberate Kuwait? Didn't he believe it should have been Arabs helping Arabs?
Im pretty sure that Bin Ladens upset was Afghanistan in the 80s.
 
Im pretty sure that Bin Ladens upset was Afghanistan in the 80s.

Nah, Blue State is right. Bin Laden originally offered his services to the Saudis, but they turned him down in favor of the U.S. (it seemed they preferred to depend upon "tanks and airplace" vice depending on "the avenging wind of Allah" :shrug: ). There is no hell like a woman (Islamist, whatever) scorned.
 



I'm actually surprised, that people here on DP (and in the media) are so surprised hearing that....

Oh well.


Fallen.
 
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I don't think the US should get involved in Syria either but if, I mean when they do go to war again, let someone else pay for it. I see nothing wrong with that. I think the Iraqis and Lebanese should pay for their liberation rather than the American taxpayer.

As they say, freedom isn't free.
Its not just about the money. We should not go to war for someone elses interest. If...IF...it is determined that Assad has been using chemical weapons then I see a just cause for the US to act. Not some weak assed missile strike, but a full out engagement. In order for that to be successful, we need more than just Arab money. We need an openly expressed commitment of support. We need land bases, sea ports, control of air lanes but most importantly the verbalized and expressed support of Muslim leaders. We need a commitment by the Arabs to engage once Assad is ousted and stabilize the country, police it...NOT have the US troops do it. Otherwise...we are sticking soldiers in the middle of a situation where everyone is an enemy.
 
Nah, Blue State is right. Bin Laden originally offered his services to the Saudis, but they turned him down in favor of the U.S. (it seemed they preferred to depend upon "tanks and airplace" vice depending on "the avenging wind of Allah" :shrug: ). There is no hell like a woman (Islamist, whatever) scorned.
Perhaps

Formation and structuring of al-Qaeda
Main article: Al-Qaeda
By 1988, bin Laden had split from Maktab al-Khidamat. While Azzam acted as support for Afghan fighters, bin Laden wanted a more military role. One of the main points leading to the split and the creation of al-Qaeda was Azzam's insistence that Arab fighters be integrated among the Afghan fighting groups instead of forming a separate fighting force.[75] Notes of a meeting of bin Laden and others on August 20, 1988 indicate that al-Qaeda was a formal group by that time: "Basically an organized Islamic faction, its goal is to lift the word of God, to make his religion victorious." A list of requirements for membership itemized the following: listening ability, good manners, obedience, and making a pledge (bayat) to follow one's superiors.
 
:) You may enjoy this.

This may be better. ;)


Obama's deputy national security adviser, Tony Blinken, picked up the sales pitch for the absent president Thursday, appearing on several morning news shows.

In an appearance on MSNBC, Blinken said he believes the American people will be more supportive of Obama's request once they see the Syrian situation as a separate and distinct problem as opposed to viewing it "in the prism of the last decade" of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"This is not open-ended. This is not boots on the ground. This is not Afghanistan. This is not Iraq. This is not even Libya," Blinken said.

He said that if the United States does not stand up to Assad and against the use of chemical weapons, some world figures will believe "it's OK to use them with impunity."

Secretary of State John Kerry, testifying for the second consecutive day before Congress, insisted that the U.S. military response would be restricted as Americans fatigued by more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan show little inclination to get involved in Syria.

"I don't believe we're going to war, I just don't believe that," Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, citing the ground troops and long-term commitment that he said wars entail. "That's not what we're doing here. The president is asking for permission to take a limited military action, yes, but one that does not put Americans in the middle of the battle."

Paul, a Kentucky conservative with strong tea party ties, has threatened a filibuster, although he acknowledged that proponents have the votes to prevail in the Senate, and he pinned his hopes on the House.

The notion of a contained operation has failed to sway many Republicans and Democrats in the House, who question why the U.S. should get involved now in a Syrian civil war that has killed an estimated 100,000, displaced millions and is in its third year. While House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., have expressed support for military action, but rank-and-file Republicans remain reluctant or outright opposed.

Speaking in Sweden on Wednesday, Obama left open the possibility he would order retaliation for the deadly chemical weapons attack even if Congress withheld its approval.

"I always preserve the right and responsibility to act on behalf of America's national security," he told a news conference. In a challenge to lawmakers back home, he said Congress' credibility was on the line, not his own, despite saying a year ago that the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line."

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a proponent of aggressive U.S. military action in Syria, joined forces with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware to add a provision calling for "decisive changes to the present military balance of power on the ground in Syria.".....snip~

Divided vote foreshadows Obama challenge on Syria


Funny Guy that Johnny Quest McCain......we need some decisive changes here at home too. Like Johnny B Good here.....being told, that's it you're done. Time to meet up with that Cow Goomi. See that Pasture. That's your new home.

To Bad Obama can't fall back on National Security for this one.....interests yes. National Security.....not even close. Moreover nothing but a false excuse and one where Direct Confrontation Needs to be brought to bare. As the American people are tired of that Lame ass excuse.

See what we have here is Obama thinking he can put the Blame on Congress now. His hope and way out. At least in his mind. ;)
 
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This may be better. ;)


Obama's deputy national security adviser, Tony Blinken, picked up the sales pitch for the absent president Thursday, appearing on several morning news shows.

In an appearance on MSNBC, Blinken said he believes the American people will be more supportive of Obama's request once they see the Syrian situation as a separate and distinct problem as opposed to viewing it "in the prism of the last decade" of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"This is not open-ended. This is not boots on the ground. This is not Afghanistan. This is not Iraq. This is not even Libya," Blinken said.

He said that if the United States does not stand up to Assad and against the use of chemical weapons, some world figures will believe "it's OK to use them with impunity."

Secretary of State John Kerry, testifying for the second consecutive day before Congress, insisted that the U.S. military response would be restricted as Americans fatigued by more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan show little inclination to get involved in Syria.

"I don't believe we're going to war, I just don't believe that," Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, citing the ground troops and long-term commitment that he said wars entail. "That's not what we're doing here. The president is asking for permission to take a limited military action, yes, but one that does not put Americans in the middle of the battle."

Paul, a Kentucky conservative with strong tea party ties, has threatened a filibuster, although he acknowledged that proponents have the votes to prevail in the Senate, and he pinned his hopes on the House.

The notion of a contained operation has failed to sway many Republicans and Democrats in the House, who question why the U.S. should get involved now in a Syrian civil war that has killed an estimated 100,000, displaced millions and is in its third year. While House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., have expressed support for military action, but rank-and-file Republicans remain reluctant or outright opposed.

Speaking in Sweden on Wednesday, Obama left open the possibility he would order retaliation for the deadly chemical weapons attack even if Congress withheld its approval.

"I always preserve the right and responsibility to act on behalf of America's national security," he told a news conference. In a challenge to lawmakers back home, he said Congress' credibility was on the line, not his own, despite saying a year ago that the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line."

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a proponent of aggressive U.S. military action in Syria, joined forces with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware to add a provision calling for "decisive changes to the present military balance of power on the ground in Syria.".....snip~

Divided vote foreshadows Obama challenge on Syria


Funny Guy that Johnny Quest McCain......we need some decisive changes here at home too. Like Johnny B Good here.....being told, that's it you're done. Time to meet up with that Cow Goomi. See that Pasture. That's your new home.

To Bad Obama can't fall back on National Security for this one.....interests yes. National Security.....not even close. Moreover nothing but a false excuse and one where Direct Confrontation Needs to be brought to bare. As the American people are tired of that Lame ass excuse.

See what we have here is Obama thinking he can put the Blame on Congress now. His hope and way out. At least in his mind. ;)

The morning shows where the brain numb get their information. The show is on, the propaganda machine facilitated by the networks which are owned in large part by defence contractors as willing accomplices will be persuading the dumb and gullible Americans, AGAIN, that this is in their best interests. If you keep on buying this **** over and over, I'm uncertain as to who is worse, the retailer or the consumer!
 
Sounds a lot like "The war will pay for itself".

Unless the money was handed over up front, I don't buy it. Even then, I'm not sure how much this should really impact the decision to go or not.

We haven't heard who's compensating the loss of blood, both to the civilians that will be killed by our assault as well as any of our soldiers!
 
The morning shows where the brain numb get their information. The show is on, the propaganda machine facilitated by the networks which are owned in large part by defence contractors as willing accomplices will be persuading the dumb and gullible Americans, AGAIN, that this is in their best interests. If you keep on buying this **** over and over, I'm uncertain as to who is worse, the retailer or the consumer!


Well the Progressives are trying to tell Obama themselves. From Salon.

The real reason not to intervene in Syria

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Demands by politicians and pundits for intervention in Syria have become so strong that they now seem to be influencing U.S. policy. But are they right? The most emotionally powerful arguments came from the State Department former policy planning head Anne-Marie Slaughter. The Obama administration is in danger of letting genocide akin to the one in Rwanda in the 1990s occur, she wrote, in the Washington Post. The case of Rwanda haunts Democrats. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called not saving Rwandans her “greatest regret” from her time in office, “something that sits very heavy on all our souls.” U.N. ambassador Susan Rice has similarly expressed agony over U.S. failure to intervene in Rwanda.

Why are humanitarian interventions so difficult? Kuperman theorizes that when rebels are assisted by outside forces, they are unintentionally encouraged to become more reckless in fighting a regime or provoking it, resist negotiations, and expand their ambitions. Intervention can thereby produce a perverse situation of prolonging a conflict that results in more deaths. He calls this the “moral hazard of humanitarian intervention.” Even the expectation or the mistaken belief of outside support can encourage rebels to continue fighting or resist settlements.

Right now, the U.S. public is overwhelmingly hostile to military intervention in Syria. Kuperman speculates that what had previously been a nonviolent uprising in Syria in early 2011 became an armed rebellion when Syrians saw that the U.S. supported Libyan rebels. “I think the Syrians were looking at this and saying, ‘Hey, we’ve been peaceful and getting nothing while the Libyans got outside help,’” he says. As a result of the Syrian opposition transforming their methods from nonviolent to an armed rebellion, the death toll has increased approximately 15 times per week, estimates Kuperman.

It should also be noted that these are purely discussions of humanitarian interventions, divorced from considerations about American interests. For the U.S. in the Middle East, there are no good options: Non-intervention spurs resentment at perceived American indifference to suffering; intervention spurs resentment at perceived American meddling. Encouraging negotiations means discouraging grand ambitions; supporting one side means alienating another. The toxic history of American and Western imperialism in the Middle East means that for a long time, the U.S. is simply going to be disliked in the Middle East. As George Washington University professor Marc Lynch puts it in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, “In the Middle East, haters gonna hate.”

The humanitarian impulse is a noble one, spurred by good intentions. But good intentions, even if they don’t pave the road to hell, can sometimes take us a good way there. Those calling for intervention in Syria should seriously consider the possibility that outside interference may be counterproductive.....snip~

The real reason not to intervene in Syria - Salon.com
 
Anne Marie SLAUGHTER! What a fitting name.

Btw MMC, do you think I blame unprovoked aggression on righties only?
 
They've got our money. They've got our weapons. What we don't have that they do is the common sense to stay out of fights like this.

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They've got our money :. They've got our weapons. What we don't have that they do is the common sense to stay out of fights like this.
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Well, they don't give us their oil for free.
 
Anne Marie SLAUGHTER! What a fitting name.

Btw MMC, do you think I blame unprovoked aggression on righties only?

Looks like to me you have been hitting up both sides like I am. Course many don't go all into the threads on this issue. Also which then they will fall back to which News Source is telling the truth or and facts. Who is writing what etc etc.

Ive gone after those Neo Cons myself.....see if they want to be about War. Well something has to come home in return for a change. Moreover it has to be done.....where something is taken. As well as something that would be a threat to our National Security.
 
Looks like to me you have been hitting up both sides like I am. Course many don't go all into the threads on this issue. Also which then they will fall back to which News Source is telling the truth or and facts. Who is writing what etc etc.

Ive gone after those Neo Cons myself.....see if they want to be about War. Well something has to come home in return for a change. Moreover it has to be done.....where something is taken. As well as something that would be a threat to our National Security.

Indeed I have seen you critical of both sides, something not seen very often and I commend you for it. Consistency rather than partisan hypocrisy! Good job.
 
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This might change things.
Is our Army for hire?

I always wondered why USA was never paid back by Kuwait and/or Iraq for Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Neither of those actions made America safer, as it's not like Saddam has ICBM's, surface naval ships, or a fleet of subs. So clearly this was done as a favor to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
 
The Obama administration is in danger of letting genocide akin to the one in Rwanda in the 1990s occur, she wrote, in the Washington Post. The case of Rwanda haunts Democrats. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called not saving Rwandans her “greatest regret” from her time in office, “something that sits very heavy on all our souls.” U.N. ambassador Susan Rice has similarly expressed agony over U.S. failure to intervene in Rwanda.


Didn't Bubba Clinton order SoS Albright to go to the UN and guarantee to them that there was no genocide in Rwanda? I have heard and read many times that Clinton stalled the US response because Sarkis Soghanalian (billionaire illegal weapon contractor to the CIA) was making a ton of money arming that genocide, and his payback to Clinton for stalling a Rwanda response was Sarkis helping Bubba bust a counterfeiting ring in Lebanon and because Soghanalian was the prime contractor for illegal arms being shipped from the CIA to Peru to topple the Alberto Fujimori government.
 
"This will be a limited strike. Selective targets. No boots on the ground.

Buuuuuuuuuuu....

Just in case, I have been talking to Arab counties and they all think it would be a great idea for the US military to go to war against Syria."
 
Didn't Bubba Clinton order SoS Albright to go to the UN and guarantee to them that there was no genocide in Rwanda? I have heard and read many times that Clinton stalled the US response because Sarkis Soghanalian (billionaire illegal weapon contractor to the CIA) was making a ton of money arming that genocide, and his payback to Clinton for stalling a Rwanda response was Sarkis helping Bubba bust a counterfeiting ring in Lebanon and because Soghanalian was the prime contractor for illegal arms being shipped from the CIA to Peru to topple the Alberto Fujimori government.


Gotta love that corrupt CIA!
 
"This will be a limited strike. Selective targets. No boots on the ground.

Buuuuuuuuuuu....

Just in case, I have been talking to Arab counties and they all think it would be a great idea for the US military to go to war against Syria."

The Pentagon told the president in early 2012 that it would take 75,000 pair of boots on the ground (that sounds better than soldiers) to secure the chemical weapons caches. So a limited strike and this is not about regime change is this president boldly and defiantly lying to the American people and the world. Only the most insane support this lunatic.
 
The Pentagon told the president in early 2012 that it would take 75,000 pair of boots on the ground (that sounds better than soldiers) to secure the chemical weapons caches. So a limited strike and this is not about regime change is this president boldly and defiantly lying to the American people and the world. Only the most insane support this lunatic.
And only bigoted hate filled partisans oppose him. Except of course, democrats. Democrats that oppose military action against Syria are OK. Just not republicans.
 
And only bigoted hate filled partisans oppose him. Except of course, democrats. Democrats that oppose military action against Syria are OK. Just not republicans.


Well I don't think that. I commend any republicans that oppose this lunacy.
 
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