Considering the Bush family is making family portraits with candidates for office Inhofe would lie to suit Republican cronies and priorities.
George W. Bush had clear warnings from both the FBI and CIA regarding al Qaeda. The FBI was tracking Moussaoui and the CIA in a PDB reported "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US." The facts were available and never once did the Executive Branch of the "W" administration care to put the facts together to determine and prevent the attacks of 9/11/01.
The truth of September 11, 2001 was that while the Senate Intelligence Committee was taking the announcement by the CIA seriously in realizing the attacks would happen within three months, then Vice President Cheney wasn't concerned and stated they would not be reviewing the CIA priorities for six months. In that the Executive Branch of the USA provided a path of danger to the citizens of the USA. End of discussion. The facts are clear and the outcomes more than noteworthy.
The Republicans continue to advance their priorities in face of the facts and it begins with Inhofe. Continuing the "W" administration through President Obama's presidency and into the political campaign of 2016 is a strategy. September 11, 2001 is 15 years ago, nearly a generation of time. The rest of the world has moved on, but, since the loss of the Executive Branch in 2008 by the Republicans they have done nothing but act as a place holder. The Republicans have refused to allow the USA to move beyond that day and it is time it stopped.
We have been here before.
There is no clear indication to whom is being trained and whom isnot. The Syrian rebels trained will only serve to go their own way once they are introduced to the mix in Syria.
The default setting with Iraq and Syria is to back the Bush dogma.
The war on the so-called Islamic State (IS) (click here) and other terrorist organizations should continue for 10 years, said Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on Monday.
Addressing a conference on Iraq, Prince Saud cautioned world leaders that the threat posed by IS has transcended the boundaries of Iraq and Syria. “We see that the planned structure to fight IS should continue for at least 10 years to eradicate this hateful phenomenon.”
The chief Saudi diplomat explained: “It has become a danger, threatening everybody, and as such, should be jointly confronted.”
The USA is not on the same page as the Arab League, nor would it seem their own allies, especially Turkey.
The Council of Ministers (click here) has prioritized housing, jobs and an increased standard of living for citizens in its 10th Five-Year Development Plan from 2015 to 2020.
The 24-point plan approved at its meeting on Monday, includes efforts to preserve Islamic values and teachings, promote national unity and consolidate the Kingdom’s identity, said Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja after the Cabinet meeting.
The plan aims to strengthen the Kingdom’s economy and promote its growth, stability and competitiveness. “It also aims to enhance institutional reforms, support civil institutions and raise the efficiency and productivity of state agencies and their employees,” Khoja said.
Saudi Arabia has always insured its national security to it's citizens. The Kingdom has it's own terrorist watch list and acts on it to remove these dangerous people from their society. There are arrests every year that remove dangerous people from the streets of the kingdom. It is this strategy that works the best and the Saudis have it mastered. I am sure King Abdullah will be sharing that domestic policy with the other nations participating in the regional strategy against extremists.
Saudi Arabia has five year plans for improvements within it's infrastructure and its society. It is only correct the Saudis would seek to institute protections for the kingdom over 5 year increments.
More than 30 international television channels (click here) will participate in a major awareness campaign to educate Muslims globally on the danger posed by the Islamic State terrorist organization that has taken over swaths of land in Iraq and Syria and killed hundreds of innocent people.
Islamic scholars from Saudi Arabia, Europe and other countries will take part in the weeklong campaign, which will be launched in Riyadh on Sept. 18, to caution the public against extremism and how terrorist organizations distort Islamic teachings.
Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja said criminal organizations in the Arab world posed a major threat to Islam. “They are the first enemy of Islam,” he said in a Twitter message.
The Saudi King is brilliant. King Abdullah is also the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. He has dedicated his life to his people and the faith that binds them. I am not at all surprised to have the Saudi Kingdom turn it's ability in communication with people to that of promoting the faith as it should be worshiped.
It is a fact the Islamic State (IS/IS/L) has mastered communication with people outside their own territory to garner a greater impact. They use mass media to recruit fighters as reinforcements while promising them riches they can only dream of having. The Islamic State is by far the most sophisticated group of killers assembled to date according to the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The Saudis will control that wayward influence and undo whatever damage has been done.
Saudi Arabia is not under direct threat from the Islamic State because it has An Albar as a neighbor and to date An Albar still stands autonomously.
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and nine other Arab states (click here)Arab states agreed Thursday to join a coordinated military campaign against Islamic State militants who have seized parts of Iraq and Syria to try to create a jihadist hub at the heart of the Arab world.
“The participating states agreed to do their share in the comprehensive fight” against IS, said a statement at the conclusion of a meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Arab counterparts.
In addition to Saudi Arabia, the other Arab states are Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Although Turkey was represented in the meeting, it was not mentioned in the final communique and a Turkish government official said Ankara has refused to take part in combat against the militants....
All these nations are stable sovereign authorities to protect their people in the best way possible. They understand the territory far better than any Western authority could hope to understand. I trust them to decide their future path of protection of their countries that is obviously different than that proposed by the USA.
The BEST venue OPEN to the USA is to support these autonomous nations and offer TRAINING to their military soldiers NOT rebels in Syria.
In training soldiers/units in sovereign nations it provides them with a far stronger military with capabilities to remove extremists from the lands of the region. I would never believe a rebel group and it's words of praise to the USA as McCain chronically does and creates more problems rather than solves them.
Iraq is too fluid a circumstance to back any more training of soldiers within the borders of the former Iraq. While the Arab League welcomes the new Prime Minister of Iraq, the country cannot promise a stable situation to empower it's military to protect it's borders yet expect them to remove extremists in Syria.
The USA had to put boots on the ground in order to have any Iraqi forces to fight for a collective country. The USA demanded a new Baghdad government in order to direct the Iraqi military to act as a unit. That is not a stable sovereign country.
By bringing the sovereign nations of the region together with promises to help with training and other needs there will be limits on the extremists in Syria and otherwise. It is not the USA purview to protect these countries from further degradation as noted in the former Iraq. The USA can only seek intelligence to assist these nations. It is up to them to protect their borders and end extremism within their countries. They have a direct and quite frankly personal interest to protect and act together. Building this "authority to cooperate" is where the USA's interests should exist. Supporting humanitarian measures to Syria and ending the flow of weapons to Syria will bring about the best outcomes.
Jordan currently and proudly supports massive numbers of Syrian refugees. Jordan needs not only the military support of the USA for the region, but, also humanitarian support for the refugee camps.
August 30, 2014
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (click here)
called them weapons of mass destruction - small arms are responsible for the majority of violent deaths worldwide. The German army is now trying to limit their proliferation....
Backing rebel forces in Syria is extremely dangerous and it should be denied by the USA Congress.
The fight against extremists in the region belongs to it's leaders. Americans are not welcome in the region as they only have caused greater problems with the invasion of Iraq. Every leader in the region is aware of the foolish priorities of the USA in occupation of these lands. The reason the leaders haven't moved to protect their countries up to now is because the USA chronically dominates the lands with it's own priorities. The entire region has a wealth of leadership that understands their people and can prove guidance and potential military intervention where needed. I think the USA successfully brought alarm to the region and now it is time for their leaders to actually lead and not simply considered a figure head by the USA.
George W. Bush had clear warnings from both the FBI and CIA regarding al Qaeda. The FBI was tracking Moussaoui and the CIA in a PDB reported "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US." The facts were available and never once did the Executive Branch of the "W" administration care to put the facts together to determine and prevent the attacks of 9/11/01.
The truth of September 11, 2001 was that while the Senate Intelligence Committee was taking the announcement by the CIA seriously in realizing the attacks would happen within three months, then Vice President Cheney wasn't concerned and stated they would not be reviewing the CIA priorities for six months. In that the Executive Branch of the USA provided a path of danger to the citizens of the USA. End of discussion. The facts are clear and the outcomes more than noteworthy.
The Republicans continue to advance their priorities in face of the facts and it begins with Inhofe. Continuing the "W" administration through President Obama's presidency and into the political campaign of 2016 is a strategy. September 11, 2001 is 15 years ago, nearly a generation of time. The rest of the world has moved on, but, since the loss of the Executive Branch in 2008 by the Republicans they have done nothing but act as a place holder. The Republicans have refused to allow the USA to move beyond that day and it is time it stopped.
We have been here before.
There is no clear indication to whom is being trained and whom isnot. The Syrian rebels trained will only serve to go their own way once they are introduced to the mix in Syria.
The default setting with Iraq and Syria is to back the Bush dogma.
Paris: President Fuad Masum of Iraq (click here) urged world powers on Monday to take the fight against Islamist militants who have occupied much of his country to neighbouring Syria.
“We must not allow them to have sanctuaries,” Masum said at the opening of an international conference on helping Iraq respond to the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). “We must pursue them wherever they are.”
The more than a dozen nations that participated in the conference later issued a statement pledging their support for the new Iraqi government in its fight against Isil, including military assistance.
But no fresh pledges of military aid were announced, and the statement did not commit any of the nations to take military action inside Syria.
We never worried when the former Soviet Union imploded, why Iraq?
Why?
Because Iraq is the next best strategy for elections in the USA by the Republicans.
ISTANBUL: Turkey (click here) would welcome exiled leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood who have come under pressure to leave Qatar, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
A Brotherhood official said on Saturday that several members of the group were relocating after Qatar came under enormous pressure from other Gulf Arab states to cut support for the Islamist group.
“If they make any request to come to Turkey, we will review their request,” Erdogan was told reporters on his plane back from an official trip to Qatar late on Monday.
“If there are any reasons that would prevent them from coming to Turkey, they would be assessed. And if there aren’t any obstacles, they would be granted the ease that is granted to everyone,” he said.
The Arab League takes a stand to eliminate danger to their countries and Turkey provides a safe haven for the Brotherhood. Well, that is a new wrinkle in any plans. If Turkey welcomes the Brotherhood, why not PKK?
We never worried when the former Soviet Union imploded, why Iraq?
Why?
Because Iraq is the next best strategy for elections in the USA by the Republicans.
ISTANBUL: Turkey (click here) would welcome exiled leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood who have come under pressure to leave Qatar, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
A Brotherhood official said on Saturday that several members of the group were relocating after Qatar came under enormous pressure from other Gulf Arab states to cut support for the Islamist group.
“If they make any request to come to Turkey, we will review their request,” Erdogan was told reporters on his plane back from an official trip to Qatar late on Monday.
“If there are any reasons that would prevent them from coming to Turkey, they would be assessed. And if there aren’t any obstacles, they would be granted the ease that is granted to everyone,” he said.
The Arab League takes a stand to eliminate danger to their countries and Turkey provides a safe haven for the Brotherhood. Well, that is a new wrinkle in any plans. If Turkey welcomes the Brotherhood, why not PKK?
Addressing a conference on Iraq, Prince Saud cautioned world leaders that the threat posed by IS has transcended the boundaries of Iraq and Syria. “We see that the planned structure to fight IS should continue for at least 10 years to eradicate this hateful phenomenon.”
The chief Saudi diplomat explained: “It has become a danger, threatening everybody, and as such, should be jointly confronted.”
The USA is not on the same page as the Arab League, nor would it seem their own allies, especially Turkey.
The Council of Ministers (click here) has prioritized housing, jobs and an increased standard of living for citizens in its 10th Five-Year Development Plan from 2015 to 2020.
The 24-point plan approved at its meeting on Monday, includes efforts to preserve Islamic values and teachings, promote national unity and consolidate the Kingdom’s identity, said Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja after the Cabinet meeting.
The plan aims to strengthen the Kingdom’s economy and promote its growth, stability and competitiveness. “It also aims to enhance institutional reforms, support civil institutions and raise the efficiency and productivity of state agencies and their employees,” Khoja said.
Saudi Arabia has always insured its national security to it's citizens. The Kingdom has it's own terrorist watch list and acts on it to remove these dangerous people from their society. There are arrests every year that remove dangerous people from the streets of the kingdom. It is this strategy that works the best and the Saudis have it mastered. I am sure King Abdullah will be sharing that domestic policy with the other nations participating in the regional strategy against extremists.
Saudi Arabia has five year plans for improvements within it's infrastructure and its society. It is only correct the Saudis would seek to institute protections for the kingdom over 5 year increments.
More than 30 international television channels (click here) will participate in a major awareness campaign to educate Muslims globally on the danger posed by the Islamic State terrorist organization that has taken over swaths of land in Iraq and Syria and killed hundreds of innocent people.
Islamic scholars from Saudi Arabia, Europe and other countries will take part in the weeklong campaign, which will be launched in Riyadh on Sept. 18, to caution the public against extremism and how terrorist organizations distort Islamic teachings.
Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja said criminal organizations in the Arab world posed a major threat to Islam. “They are the first enemy of Islam,” he said in a Twitter message.
The Saudi King is brilliant. King Abdullah is also the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. He has dedicated his life to his people and the faith that binds them. I am not at all surprised to have the Saudi Kingdom turn it's ability in communication with people to that of promoting the faith as it should be worshiped.
It is a fact the Islamic State (IS/IS/L) has mastered communication with people outside their own territory to garner a greater impact. They use mass media to recruit fighters as reinforcements while promising them riches they can only dream of having. The Islamic State is by far the most sophisticated group of killers assembled to date according to the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The Saudis will control that wayward influence and undo whatever damage has been done.
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and nine other Arab states (click here)Arab states agreed Thursday to join a coordinated military campaign against Islamic State militants who have seized parts of Iraq and Syria to try to create a jihadist hub at the heart of the Arab world.
“The participating states agreed to do their share in the comprehensive fight” against IS, said a statement at the conclusion of a meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Arab counterparts.
In addition to Saudi Arabia, the other Arab states are Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Although Turkey was represented in the meeting, it was not mentioned in the final communique and a Turkish government official said Ankara has refused to take part in combat against the militants....
All these nations are stable sovereign authorities to protect their people in the best way possible. They understand the territory far better than any Western authority could hope to understand. I trust them to decide their future path of protection of their countries that is obviously different than that proposed by the USA.
The BEST venue OPEN to the USA is to support these autonomous nations and offer TRAINING to their military soldiers NOT rebels in Syria.
In training soldiers/units in sovereign nations it provides them with a far stronger military with capabilities to remove extremists from the lands of the region. I would never believe a rebel group and it's words of praise to the USA as McCain chronically does and creates more problems rather than solves them.
Iraq is too fluid a circumstance to back any more training of soldiers within the borders of the former Iraq. While the Arab League welcomes the new Prime Minister of Iraq, the country cannot promise a stable situation to empower it's military to protect it's borders yet expect them to remove extremists in Syria.
The USA had to put boots on the ground in order to have any Iraqi forces to fight for a collective country. The USA demanded a new Baghdad government in order to direct the Iraqi military to act as a unit. That is not a stable sovereign country.
By bringing the sovereign nations of the region together with promises to help with training and other needs there will be limits on the extremists in Syria and otherwise. It is not the USA purview to protect these countries from further degradation as noted in the former Iraq. The USA can only seek intelligence to assist these nations. It is up to them to protect their borders and end extremism within their countries. They have a direct and quite frankly personal interest to protect and act together. Building this "authority to cooperate" is where the USA's interests should exist. Supporting humanitarian measures to Syria and ending the flow of weapons to Syria will bring about the best outcomes.
Jordan currently and proudly supports massive numbers of Syrian refugees. Jordan needs not only the military support of the USA for the region, but, also humanitarian support for the refugee camps.
August 30, 2014
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (click here)
called them weapons of mass destruction - small arms are responsible for the majority of violent deaths worldwide. The German army is now trying to limit their proliferation....
Backing rebel forces in Syria is extremely dangerous and it should be denied by the USA Congress.
The fight against extremists in the region belongs to it's leaders. Americans are not welcome in the region as they only have caused greater problems with the invasion of Iraq. Every leader in the region is aware of the foolish priorities of the USA in occupation of these lands. The reason the leaders haven't moved to protect their countries up to now is because the USA chronically dominates the lands with it's own priorities. The entire region has a wealth of leadership that understands their people and can prove guidance and potential military intervention where needed. I think the USA successfully brought alarm to the region and now it is time for their leaders to actually lead and not simply considered a figure head by the USA.
