The Arab nations have to take control of their own national security. The actions of the UAE only prolongs the conflict while compromising the country's security.
No one is dishonoring this man. The acceptance of violence is setting a very dangerous standard for the Middle East. (click here) It is never easy accepting the deaths within the military. But, the Middle East has to establish their own standing to end the violence. It is the only answer.
Syria is in ruins because of the acceptance of violence. There is no clear understanding of domestic peace in the Middle East. The entire region is defined by violence because of leaders willing to fund it and look the other way as innocent civilians die. It is a human rights violation to allow such level of violence within the borders of a country.
Does the UAE actually believe the violence in Syria won't visit it if the Islamic State is allowed to thrive? Those men will not stop until the entire region is under their control. Where will the UAE be then?
I find it extremely odd the Arab nations accepts domestic violence and even funding it to defend Islam, but, it mourns intensely at the idea of the death of a military jet pilot. None of that equates.
February 5, 2015
...Officials said Tuesday that the UAE suspended its airstrike efforts in December after Jordanian fighter pilot Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh was captured by Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) militants, according to The New York Times.
Jordan executed two prisoners on Wednesday hours after a video surfaced showing ISIL militants burning Kasabeh alive in a cage.
But before pilots start worrying about allied pilots leaving the fight, the U.S. needs to lay the groundwork for a more direct plan to defeat the threat, said retired Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Lysford.
"We need to have a very dedicated and coherent strategy and worry about our coalition partners after that," said Lysford, who flew F-16s for more than 10 years in the Middle East.
"Certainly our hearts go out to that Jordanian pilot as being a brother in arms, but if you think that any of our fighter pilots who watched what happened to the Jordanian pilot are concerned about ISIS doing that to us, there's a zero chance that that's an issue," he said....
No one is dishonoring this man. The acceptance of violence is setting a very dangerous standard for the Middle East. (click here) It is never easy accepting the deaths within the military. But, the Middle East has to establish their own standing to end the violence. It is the only answer.
Syria is in ruins because of the acceptance of violence. There is no clear understanding of domestic peace in the Middle East. The entire region is defined by violence because of leaders willing to fund it and look the other way as innocent civilians die. It is a human rights violation to allow such level of violence within the borders of a country.
Does the UAE actually believe the violence in Syria won't visit it if the Islamic State is allowed to thrive? Those men will not stop until the entire region is under their control. Where will the UAE be then?
I find it extremely odd the Arab nations accepts domestic violence and even funding it to defend Islam, but, it mourns intensely at the idea of the death of a military jet pilot. None of that equates.
...Officials said Tuesday that the UAE suspended its airstrike efforts in December after Jordanian fighter pilot Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh was captured by Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) militants, according to The New York Times.
Jordan executed two prisoners on Wednesday hours after a video surfaced showing ISIL militants burning Kasabeh alive in a cage.
But before pilots start worrying about allied pilots leaving the fight, the U.S. needs to lay the groundwork for a more direct plan to defeat the threat, said retired Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Lysford.
"We need to have a very dedicated and coherent strategy and worry about our coalition partners after that," said Lysford, who flew F-16s for more than 10 years in the Middle East.
"Certainly our hearts go out to that Jordanian pilot as being a brother in arms, but if you think that any of our fighter pilots who watched what happened to the Jordanian pilot are concerned about ISIS doing that to us, there's a zero chance that that's an issue," he said....
