And so it begins...Obama wants $500M to arm and train Syrian rebels

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by aquietpath

I'm getting pretty sick of the US constantly involving itself in the mess we call the Middle East.

Are you prepared to live in a card-board box and eat mud?

Why don't you acquaint yourself with the Petro-Dollar, so you least look smarter.

Originally Posted by aquietpath

Haven't we learned our lesson from Iraq and Afghanistan?

Who would be foolish enough to think that the US actually wants peace in those countries?

Originally Posted by aquietpath

Obama Seeking $500 Million To Train, Arm Syrian Rebels

Originally Posted by burdell

If the buffoons in the middle east can't learn to live together let's just stand back and let them kill each other until there's no one left, screw 'em. I say not one more drop of American blood and not one more US taxpayer $.

Originally Posted by 73-79 ford fan

Syria is not worth spending one penny over or worth spilling one drop of US blood over.

So long as you are ready to devolve your Standard of Living down to that of the late 1960s/early 1970s, I believe you.

Somehow, I don't believe you or anyone else who makes such silly comments can Walk-the-Walk.

Petro-Economically....

Mircea

[HappyTexan]

Iraq, Libya, Syria and Iran

What did they have in common ?
They didn't trade oil in petrodollars.

We invaded Iraq and Libya. Gee wiz..they are now back trading oil in petrodollars.

But we still have Syria and iran "to fix" don't we ?

It's not about freeing oppressed people. It's not about democracy.
It's all about saving the petrodollar.

[california-jewel]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Iraq, Libya, Syria and Iran

What did they have in common ?
They didn't trade oil in petrodollars.

We invaded Iraq and Libya. Gee wiz..they are now back trading oil in petrodollars.

But we still have Syria and iran "to fix" don't we ?

It's not about freeing oppressed people. It's not about democracy.
It's all about saving the petrodollar.

As usual so right you are, all about the petrodollar!

[GnomadAK]

So, there is a strongman dictator in charge of a middle eastern country who is a certifiable SOB, but he does keep the various factions in line. We don't like his methods, so we start arming his opponents, and then when that all fails we'll go remove the guy by force....opening the country to a takeover by islamic extremists who form factions faster than you can keep up with. We did that in Iraq and see how that turned out. But now we are ready to go do this again, lather, rinse, repeat.

The difference between Iraq and any other country we decide to liberate is that we know for a fact who it will turn out. So really, we don't need to do this ever again.

[PoppySead]

Gosh darnet! Is keeping to ourselves that fricken hard!!!

Let's just send Obama over there, alone.

[PoppySead]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Iraq, Libya, Syria and Iran

What did they have in common ?
They didn't trade oil in petrodollars.

We invaded Iraq and Libya. Gee wiz..they are now back trading oil in petrodollars.

But we still have Syria and iran "to fix" don't we ?

It's not about freeing oppressed people. It's not about democracy.
It's all about saving the petrodollar.

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[Virtual Insanity]

Arm the Syrian opposition? WTF... haven't we spent two weeks crying over ISIS in Iraq? They're good guys in Syria but bad guys in Iraq?

Hope Assad destroys those rebels.