tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461204.post4486599780759816402..comments2023-12-11T06:11:11.449-05:00Comments on Bruce's MidEast Soundbites: Turkey Can Crush ISIS...Obama Won't Let ThemBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331211089963297411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461204.post-80641020698978254532015-02-08T21:52:35.676-05:002015-02-08T21:52:35.676-05:00I mentioned Turkey. I pointed out that what seems...I mentioned Turkey. I pointed out that what seems obvious or expedient is neither when it comes to the MidEast. I'll leave that decision up to the President; this President who has been wise enough so far to not make the MidEast an even worse place than when he got there; unlike the last President. ISIS progress has been stopped and it has been rolled back in some areas. it might be slow but there might be good reasons not to involve Turkey. There are actually people who study the MidEast. Maybe the President is discussing this with them. The last President didn't because they were all pointing out two things back then: 1) Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and 2) Invading Iraq could destabilize the region, empowering Iran and possibly turning Iraq into another base for terrorism. Everything the academicians predicted came true. All the morons at Fox and many other places were proven completely wrong. Sorry, there is no credibility here. I'll leave it to people who haven't &^#%$# up everything.LHwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890891351498768757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461204.post-48940119139570407942015-02-06T13:11:31.186-05:002015-02-06T13:11:31.186-05:00I guess that means you don't like Dr. Krautham...I guess that means you don't like Dr. Krauthammer. Let's agree to disagree. <br /><br />But you did not comment on the content. For instance, if you were President, would you make a deal with Turkey in exchange for their significant involvement in an ISIS offensive??Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331211089963297411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461204.post-84695904363877475122015-02-06T12:14:48.482-05:002015-02-06T12:14:48.482-05:00The 2nd and 3rd articles are more like blurbs stat...The 2nd and 3rd articles are more like blurbs stating the obvious. The fist article, by Krauthammer, is sheer nonsense as is just about everything that comes out of that boobs mouth. Thankfully he uses his idiocy as a pundit and not a practicing physician.<br />All the right wing pundits and GOP were impotent around Syria and only speak after they know no one will take their points seriously. There were no clear cut 'freedom fighters' in Syria for us to arm. And in fact, those many on the right were looking to align with turned out to be part of ISIS. As for Turkey, yes Obama would like to see Assad out of there as would many people. BUT Obama, unlike all the idiots at Fox and in the GOP, remembers Iraq and how things---never go the way you expect. Especially when you are ignorant of the issues. Many academicians predicted what would fill the vacuum after Iraq. Those same scholars are astutely pointing out that you can't tell the good from the bad in Syria without a scorecard---oh wait---even with a scorecard---because it's not clear anyone is good for us over there. It's easy to be a FNM (Fox News Moron) because lucky for them, the electorate voted in a President who listens to advisers, the learned and the experienced, and not just to a bunch of A%#es on tv. It isn't pretty to imagine a country that really was like the one those Fox pundits would have us in if we listened to even half their nonsense.LHwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890891351498768757noreply@blogger.com