Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Damn, usually when the press gets scared the Congress and White House bends to their will. What has gone "W"rong this time?

The Neocon Press has another two years before there is a Bush in office, you want to move on from your vocabulary problem of "ISIS?"

It is the same damn people, too. Amazing. I have to wonder how they celebrate President's Day.

February 18, 2015
By Associated Press

ROME (AP) — Italy pressed (click here) for swifter action Wednesday by the United Nations to find a political solution to Libya's rapidly deteriorating security situation.
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, speaking in Parliament, urged the world to "quicken its pace before it is too late."
Egypt this week launched airstrikes in neighboring Libya after the Islamic State group posted a video of the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians there.
Hours before a U.N. Security Council emergency meeting, Gentiloni said the United Nations must "double its efforts" to promote political dialogue among Libyans, who are divided among competing militias, Islamist factions and tribal rivalries....

The UN can begin by pointing out the average longevity of men is far shorter than women in Libya. But, who cares about that, let's just kill them all.

According to the latest WHO data published in April 2011 life expectancy in Libya is: Male 58.1, female 74.1 and total life expectancy is 65.1 which gives Libya a World Life Expectancy ranking of 136. You can see the top 20 causes of death data and rankings for Libya by clicking on the links below or select the full country health profile at the bottom of the page. 

The fact is obvious. Women don't carry guns. NATO doesn't have to beat ISIS because that is a cultural problem and killing them will only increase the problem. NATO has to defend Europe and I think they have that figured out.

February 18, 2015
By David Wroe
The military head of NATO (click here) has confirmed the alliance hopes Australia will remain in Afghanistan - including militarily - beyond the current withdrawal date of the end of 2016.
NATO military committee chairman General Knud Bartels has also told Fairfax Media in a wide-ranging interview that it will take "decades" to defeat Islamic extremism in the Middle East.
"Engaging ISIL and defeating ISIL and putting in place sustainable government institutions across the whole range of the [Middle East] area will take a long time," he said, using the acronym for the Islamic State terror group.
Asked to quantify it, he said "decades"....

The boots on the ground in Syria are being provided an opportunity to call in military air strikes. The tone of the self-righteous Neocon is always, "OMG, the President is an idiot and doesn't even know there is a war that has to be fought." They don't even read their own propaganda in the Wall Street Journal.

February 17, 2015
by Rob Crilly
  The US and Turkey (click here) have reached a tentative deal to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels, according to officials from both countries, amid reports that commanders will be given authority to call in air strikes.
The Pentagon has previously said it was planning to send more than 400 troops, including special forces, to work with opposition forces at sites outside Syria.
At the same time The Wall Street Journal reported that some rebels will be equipped with pick-up trucks modified with mounted machine guns as well as radios for calling in US airstrikes - an approach modelled on that used to successful effect by Kurdish forces in Kobane last month.
American and Turkish officials said an agreement on training fighters on Turkish soil would be signed within days....

There is no Halls of Congress they are on vacation.