Much has been made of the oh so incredible advances of ISIS, the goddess of angry rebel Iraqis who reject puppet governments. They are amazed that a tiny force of only eight hundred men armed only with small arms, pick-up trucks and maybe a few camels could rout two divisions of trained and equipped Iraqi troops.
That story gets a lot of airplay but what's so interesting. John Lennon said if you don't like a war then don't fight it. They didn't (shrug).
Obama has been taking testosterone shots like they're Vitamin C supplements to prevent premature balding and excessive nostalgic review of his younger days. He's a nuclear bad-ass in Ukraine. He's such a bad-ass in Pakistan. So now he's considering launching an assault on Iraq ... for the third fucking time.
Anywhere else one would think after two failed efforts that maybe these have not been such good ideas. That's not how it works at the White House where two failures always mandate a third one.
There is always an alternative.
The rebellion is driven in Iraq by Sunni Muslims, the majority in the country. So what if they win now, they will anyway. The consequence of this win is a large Sunni state that may include significant parts of Syria.
But.
Let's review.
To the North of ISIS is Iran which is dominated by Shi'a Muslims. Sunni Muslims and Shi'a Muslims always hate each other for reasons I couldn't possibly be less interested in determining.
So.
This is an opportunity for some CIA guys to (gasp) do something useful. Send in these guys to stir up shit as Sunnis in Iran and as Shi'ites in Iraq. Just like Jiffy Pop, she gonna blow.
When Iran and ISIS / Iraq start shooting, we will be right back to where we were thirty-five years ago. Grab a beer, kick back, and place your bets on who wins.
Um, yah, Halliburton and the Republicans made big bucks on that one as well. That was when they supported Hussein and Iraq. So it goes.
That story gets a lot of airplay but what's so interesting. John Lennon said if you don't like a war then don't fight it. They didn't (shrug).
Obama has been taking testosterone shots like they're Vitamin C supplements to prevent premature balding and excessive nostalgic review of his younger days. He's a nuclear bad-ass in Ukraine. He's such a bad-ass in Pakistan. So now he's considering launching an assault on Iraq ... for the third fucking time.
Anywhere else one would think after two failed efforts that maybe these have not been such good ideas. That's not how it works at the White House where two failures always mandate a third one.
There is always an alternative.
The rebellion is driven in Iraq by Sunni Muslims, the majority in the country. So what if they win now, they will anyway. The consequence of this win is a large Sunni state that may include significant parts of Syria.
But.
Let's review.
To the North of ISIS is Iran which is dominated by Shi'a Muslims. Sunni Muslims and Shi'a Muslims always hate each other for reasons I couldn't possibly be less interested in determining.
So.
This is an opportunity for some CIA guys to (gasp) do something useful. Send in these guys to stir up shit as Sunnis in Iran and as Shi'ites in Iraq. Just like Jiffy Pop, she gonna blow.
When Iran and ISIS / Iraq start shooting, we will be right back to where we were thirty-five years ago. Grab a beer, kick back, and place your bets on who wins.
Um, yah, Halliburton and the Republicans made big bucks on that one as well. That was when they supported Hussein and Iraq. So it goes.
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