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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| WAPO logic: The Iran nuclear deal is Champ's Iraq troop surge |
| 2015-08-28 |
| [WAPO] The drama is breathtaking. A decisive president makes a crucial decision on the Middle East issue that defines his tenure, a decision that could transform not just the specific situation but regional security. Yet he has just lost both houses of Congress, opinion polls on the decision are heading south, lawmakers are up in arms, and even some in his administration have doubts. But rather than hesitate, he drives ahead. Barack Obama, 2015, with Iran? No, George W. Bush, 2006-07, with the Iraq troop surge to save his effort in the country he ordered the U.S. military to invade. Both presidents, at the same point in their tenures, pushed major initiatives against very strong domestic opposition. Given the similarities, the fate of Bush's surge could provide insight into the fate of the Joint Comprehensive Program of Action with Iran. Author: James F. Jeffrey is the Philip Solondz distinguished fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He served as U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2008 to 2010 and Iraq from 2010 to 2012. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Its been said before here in the "Burg + Net - in lieu of sending US Milfors back into Iraq, the Bammer = USA intends to use new BFF + Co-Superpower sibling Iran aka Rising Iran to fight the ISIS/ISIL + Al-Qaeda Boyz, etal. THE PROB/FUBAR IS IFF THE OWG GLOBIES MISCALCULATE - THEY HAVEN'T ANSWERED JUST HOW MANY "US-STYLE/PAR" CO-SUPERPOWERS DO THEY INTEND TO BE ON EACH CONTINENT + IN THE WORLD, + HOW WILL US INTERESTS BE DIRECTLY ANDOR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED OR IMPACTED. The Scenario is there in that instead of imposing Western-style Secular Socialism on the US-Worldm ALL THEY ACCOMPLISHED WAS HELPING THE HARD BOYZ + GLOBAL JIHAD TAKEOVER THE ENTIRE WORLD. They imposed OWG + Socialism all right, just NOT the one or kind they'd planned for. OOOOOOOOOOPPPPPSSSSIES. * FYI LUCIANNE > [Washington Examiner] US STATE DEPARTMENT [Kerry] LAUGHS OFF [Letter from] 95 RETIRED MILITARY BRASS OPPOSING IRAN DEAL. VERSUS * LUCIANNE > [IBD] OBAMA TRYING TO SNEAK GITMO'S WORST TERRORISTS INTO US. * SAME > [Frontpage Magz] BUILDING AN ISLAMIC STATE IN AMERICA, ONE CHURCH [abandoned = closed] AT A TIME. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > DOES THE CHRISTIAN WORLD NEED AN "AWAKENING"? Yes, yes it does. Dare a Populist "Donald/Trump" LEAD THE WAY??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-08-28 22:29 |
| #2 Talk about a false symmetry. How about we talk about the intended goals? Bush was trying to complete the conquest and pacification of an old enemy; Zero is trying to complete the nuclearization and armement of an current enemy. Post-modernism at its finest. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-08-28 12:27 |
| #1 A surge for whom? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-08-28 11:03 |