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Originally Posted by dyna mo
And the co-architect of this, Hillary Clinton, is embracing this record while asking for a promotion to commander in chief.
Being weak leaves us friendless - The Washington Post
that's what the USA gets in return for Obama forging the way for iran to get nuke capability.
thanks Obama |
Think about what toppling the Assad regime would mean, specially right now. The country is already in ruins and torn apart in war. The rebels alone can not stand up to ISIL or what ever they are called this week.
Lets say Assad is taken down.. then what? A race to fill the power vacuum by the Rebels & ISIL? Even at best case if the Rebels managed to get control of most of what is left of the Assad regime how long do you think they could continue on against ISIL while taking full brunt of their attacks?
Look how hard it was for the US to deal with the insurgency in Iraq and Afghan with all our military weight to throw around. Even Iraq has not been able to hold their own since we left and they had many years to get prepared.
As screwed up as it is for the people there, I think military strategist have likely decided it's best to let groups like ISIL get tied up in a drawn out fighting so they are at least distracted until they start wearing down.
either way the mess will still be there in 5 years or 10. That area of the world never seems to stop fighting and doesn't seem to ever progress. As long as they are ruled by Religious law all of those countries will be doomed to failure..
Anyway you can thank Obama all you want but Bush did no better there.. He left Afghan back in the hands of the Taliban and was paying off what is now ISIL to not attack. So why blame Obama for shit he didn't start and had to try to clean up?