September 12, 2014
By Leslie Larson
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus (click here) voiced his confidence in President Obama's strategy to attack ISIS, hopeful for success in Iraq but cautious that the fight in Syria "is going to be years, not months."
At a 9/11 event in Denver, the general who oversaw the 2007 surge in Iraq lauded Obama for presenting a "compelling argument" and setting forth a "good departure point" with airstrikes.
Obama told the nation Wednesday night he was authorizing U.S. airstrikes inside Syria and expanded strikes in Iraq. He also again asked Congress to authorize a program to train and arm Syrian rebels who are fighting both Islamic State militants and forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Describing the fighting as serious but "not that desperate," Petraeus drew a distinction between the "Iraq on fire, complete desperation we had during the surge" and the current state -- echoing Obama's early assessment of ISIS as the al-Qaeda junior varsity team....
First Petraeus states the threat to the USA isn't coming from Iraq because the bombing was successful in destroying the AMERICAN war machines HE left there; then he states the really big threat is from Syria.
Why Syria?
Because he doesn't know shit about what goes on in Syria. I can't wait for the expert testimony before the UN where Petraeus says the Syrians have tubes for centrifuges and mobile anthrax labs.
Why Petraeus?
I think Powell figured out the puppet he actually was to Bush's presidency and Cheney's deluded realities.
Petraeus has a new "Curveball" named John McCain.
Any rational person would think the leaders of the USA, even Obama, would come to the conclusion when rebels want to the heroes of the USA political right wing there is not a thread of truth to what they say.
Syria is actually safer with a Republican in office because it is only ranked 32nd in the world in oil. 400,400 barrels per day as opposed to Iraq's 3,400,00 barrels per day. That is more or less the ambitions of the independent oil operators in the USA. It won't pay Halliburton enough to bother. Democrats might actually think they can save the people from themselves.
