I really remember the words, "Nation building doesn't work." Iraq and Syria need political solutions, not war that will never end, they have that already.
France is at war and so is the USA. Why is it the media, even at the news conference today with President Obama, saying that the USA is not engaged to destroy Daesh?
The USA just ran a raid in Syria. The USA Air Force has been engaged with the Arab Coalition for months. I am sure any country of NATO that wants to join the USA is welcome.
We lost one of the country's best in that raid. The USA has been engaged in Iraq and Syria. Perhaps the media forgot Russia and the USA have recently met about flights over Syria. Right?
I am sure the USA Navy will welcome the "Charles De Gaulle" as a friend in the Mediterranean.
November 16, 2015
By Sam LaGrone
France is sending (click here) its nuclear aircraft carrier to the Middle East on Thursday for its second deployment this year against the combined forces of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, president François Hollande told the French parliament during an emergency Monday meeting.
The deployment of Charles de Gaulle (R91) was planned before the ISIS-claimed terror attack in Paris on Friday and will buttress the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve currently conducting airstrikes against targets in Syria and Iraq.
The carrier’s deployment “is going to triple our military power [as part of the operation against the Islamic State],” Hollande said.
“I am not talking about deterring the Islamic State but about eliminating it totally.”...
What the heck is wrong with everyone? There are American lives involved in that region of the world. Not enough USA lives on the line perhaps to entertain the news media enough, huh? A little more sensationalism perhaps, right? NO!
There is a real problem in the USA, both with Congress and the media. Both listen to the US Department of Defense selectively.
The Republican Congress and the media listen to the drum beat of war. The DOD clearly stated on more than one occasion there are other aspects to the defense of the USA. One is the national debt. The other is the Climate Crisis. So, given the ENTIRE picture of the USA DOD, there are far more considerations than simply putting soldiers into a forever war.
Now, I strongly suggest the USA media add to any column of equations leading to war, add, the Climate Crisis and the National Debt. It might bring better understanding with questions to President Obama.
France is at war and so is the USA. Why is it the media, even at the news conference today with President Obama, saying that the USA is not engaged to destroy Daesh?
The USA just ran a raid in Syria. The USA Air Force has been engaged with the Arab Coalition for months. I am sure any country of NATO that wants to join the USA is welcome.
We lost one of the country's best in that raid. The USA has been engaged in Iraq and Syria. Perhaps the media forgot Russia and the USA have recently met about flights over Syria. Right?
I am sure the USA Navy will welcome the "Charles De Gaulle" as a friend in the Mediterranean.
November 16, 2015
By Sam LaGrone
France is sending (click here) its nuclear aircraft carrier to the Middle East on Thursday for its second deployment this year against the combined forces of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, president François Hollande told the French parliament during an emergency Monday meeting.
The deployment of Charles de Gaulle (R91) was planned before the ISIS-claimed terror attack in Paris on Friday and will buttress the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve currently conducting airstrikes against targets in Syria and Iraq.
The carrier’s deployment “is going to triple our military power [as part of the operation against the Islamic State],” Hollande said.
“I am not talking about deterring the Islamic State but about eliminating it totally.”...
What the heck is wrong with everyone? There are American lives involved in that region of the world. Not enough USA lives on the line perhaps to entertain the news media enough, huh? A little more sensationalism perhaps, right? NO!
There is a real problem in the USA, both with Congress and the media. Both listen to the US Department of Defense selectively.
The Republican Congress and the media listen to the drum beat of war. The DOD clearly stated on more than one occasion there are other aspects to the defense of the USA. One is the national debt. The other is the Climate Crisis. So, given the ENTIRE picture of the USA DOD, there are far more considerations than simply putting soldiers into a forever war.
Now, I strongly suggest the USA media add to any column of equations leading to war, add, the Climate Crisis and the National Debt. It might bring better understanding with questions to President Obama.
There is one other column of equations to add as well. It is the fact Quantitative Easing X3; added trillions of debt to the big banks. What happens to the international theater if these behemoths turn up at the White House door ready to go belly up again. Where is the national debt of any country at that point? If that occurred we will all start to look like Syria.
The Fed added billions and billions of liquid cash supposedly to assist in any debt so the banks can loan and rebuild jobs. That isn't want QE 1 or 2 did and QE 3 did that marginally. What QE X3 did was to make everyday Christmas for Wall Street. Rather than adding liquidity to their balance sheet to solve problems and add jobs to the USA market through lending; they blew their billions on trillions of investment and now their debt is worse than ever.
Bailing out GMC was nothing compared to what the spoiled CEOs of Wall Street got. GMC was the best investment the USA ever made.
The Fed added billions and billions of liquid cash supposedly to assist in any debt so the banks can loan and rebuild jobs. That isn't want QE 1 or 2 did and QE 3 did that marginally. What QE X3 did was to make everyday Christmas for Wall Street. Rather than adding liquidity to their balance sheet to solve problems and add jobs to the USA market through lending; they blew their billions on trillions of investment and now their debt is worse than ever.
Bailing out GMC was nothing compared to what the spoiled CEOs of Wall Street got. GMC was the best investment the USA ever made.
