The Washington Times just released a
story with a background that goes back 13 years.
Apparently, the Assad regime allowed Syria to be used as a corridor to supply terrorists from North Africa to Iraq. Many of them still exist in Iraq, which is presumed to be one of the bases for continued unrest and killings in that country.
However, this operation also gave Al Qaeda an opportunity to establish a base in Syria, which is said to be populated by about 6000 terrorists, all of which are now antagonistic to the Assad regime.
Anything new about the situation? Not really. This sort of intrigue has been existing in the Middle East for the past few thousand years and will continue no matter how much money the US pours into it or how much Sec. Kerry now claims progress in peace establishment.
Should we condemn Pres. Assad for allowing North African terrorists to pass through his country.? Should we feel sorry for him because they have now turned against him? No! We should take it at face value. They do what they do because that is their ingrained culture, which the US cannot and has no right to change.
We should become involved only when terrorists are threatening our homeland. We don't care about Iraq nor Afghanistan. The people there will do what they wish to do and have a right to do.
However, I am not advocating reactivity, which is to say wait for another 9/11 disaster in New York. I support proactivity within limitations. The limitations are to direct any of our activities against physically destructive plans of the enemy, but not to attempt to change a culture. The latter has proven futile. Proactivity against terrorists and their organizations can and should include physical destruction of training camps, and centers of administration wherever they exist. This can be done by drone bombings or the limited use of ground forces equivalent to SWAT teams. We also must have complete justification for such action, such as the enemy clearly espousing intent to do physical damage to the U.S. and its citizens..
Apparently, the Assad regime allowed Syria to be used as a corridor to supply terrorists from North Africa to Iraq. Many of them still exist in Iraq, which is presumed to be one of the bases for continued unrest and killings in that country.
However, this operation also gave Al Qaeda an opportunity to establish a base in Syria, which is said to be populated by about 6000 terrorists, all of which are now antagonistic to the Assad regime.
Anything new about the situation? Not really. This sort of intrigue has been existing in the Middle East for the past few thousand years and will continue no matter how much money the US pours into it or how much Sec. Kerry now claims progress in peace establishment.
Should we condemn Pres. Assad for allowing North African terrorists to pass through his country.? Should we feel sorry for him because they have now turned against him? No! We should take it at face value. They do what they do because that is their ingrained culture, which the US cannot and has no right to change.
We should become involved only when terrorists are threatening our homeland. We don't care about Iraq nor Afghanistan. The people there will do what they wish to do and have a right to do.
However, I am not advocating reactivity, which is to say wait for another 9/11 disaster in New York. I support proactivity within limitations. The limitations are to direct any of our activities against physically destructive plans of the enemy, but not to attempt to change a culture. The latter has proven futile. Proactivity against terrorists and their organizations can and should include physical destruction of training camps, and centers of administration wherever they exist. This can be done by drone bombings or the limited use of ground forces equivalent to SWAT teams. We also must have complete justification for such action, such as the enemy clearly espousing intent to do physical damage to the U.S. and its citizens..
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