12-20-2016, 12:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2016, 12:41 AM by Eric the Green.)
(12-20-2016, 12:27 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:(05-23-2016, 08:38 AM)Anthony Wrote: The cops have a decidedly politically incorrect term that covers the Middle East from an American(ist) perspective all to well: NHI - stands for "No Humans Involved."
If we move against ISIS, we help Iran. If we move against Iran and its interests, especially in Syria, we help ISIS.
So I say let the Russians handle this; and I strongly suspect that Donald Trump feels the same way - all the more reason to support Trump.
ISIS does genocide. Any American acquiescence in genocide is an abomination.
Iran is not the pure evil that it ihas been said to be in the past. The Iranian Navy and the US Navy have co-operated in patrols in the Indian Ocean against pirates. I would have no problem if ISIS leaders made wrong turns in escapes from Mosul, wandered into Iranian territory, and ended up dying while dangling after having been convicted of crimes against (Shia) Islam.
I see Donald Trump as a likely bumbler -- or even worse, a useful idiot.
Anthony was off base there. Yes, acquiescence in genocide is an abomination. We did not acquiesce in the case of the IS; we did acquiesce in the case of Assad/Syria.
Trump counsels even more acquiescence regarding Syria. The result is that the worst tyrant of our time gets away with mass murder of his own people and massive war crimes.
That is not a good precedent; how much more will he feel empowered to do? How much will Israel feel the green light to do to Palestine under Trump?
The IS and Iran are enemies, but almost everyone is an enemy of the IS.
Trump is a bumbler and has no concept of global alliances. He is for Russia and against Iran; that doesn't mix too well.