Pathetic - the President's Speech

[unhappycamper]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pathetic--the-President-s-by-Michael-Collins-Isil_Muslim_President_Qatar-140911-756.html

ISIL replaces Russia as the top threat to the United States according to president

Pathetic - the President's Speech
By Michael Collins
OpEdNews Op Eds 9/11/2014 at 02:03:08

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Tonight's viewing event featured ISIL, the latest excuse for increased military spending. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is also called ISIS and IS. The name really doesn't matter. ISIL is code for angry Muslims who decapitate reporters. ISIL didn't quite pass public relations muster when it stood for angry Muslims who attack Iraqi towns and cities.

Early in the speech, the president said, "we have consistently taken the fight to terrorists who threaten our country." Therefore, we're taking "the fight" to ISIL, right? It's a little more complicated than that.

The terrorists we're preparing to fight were and are fighting on the same side as the U.S. in two recent regime change efforts, Libya and Syria. During U.S. support for the Libyan revolution, the United States partners, the Qataris, provided millions for weapons and troop on the ground to anti-Gaddafi rebels. Former members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group dominated rebel military leadership. That organization was a named terrorist organization in 2004 by Israel, the United States, and Great Britain. The group affiliated with Al Qaeda in 2007.

During the U.S. led effort to oust Syria's President Bashar al Assad, the U.S., Turkey, and NATO partners supplied aid to rebels, aid they claimed was "non lethal." The nation of Qatar, a partner in the effort to oust Assad, was more direct in their provision of lethal aid (just as they had been in Libya). An organization called Al Nusrah, aligned with Al Qaeda, was prominent among the Syrian rebel groups. While U.S. aid went to the secularist rebels, Al Nusrah received weapons and support from Qatar and other Gulf oil kingdoms. Al Nusra also received funding from ISIL, which is heavily funded by Saudi Arabia.

[Feral Child]

1. And the Adventures continue.

As do the lies and justifications.

[MisterP]

2. the hardest to convince that the US has been supporting AQ in Libya and Syria are the ones who were

*cheerleading supporting AQ in Libya and Syria 2011-14*
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