Are you concerned on what's going on in the Middle east.?..I make it Clear as Mud

[Ichingcarpenter]

Letter to the editor ... Great Britain

[world wide wally]

1. Thanks for clearing that up!

[dipsydoodle]

2. Thanks posting.

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[cer7711]

3. This Is Absolutely Brilliant!

Only now are we beginning to understand the prophetic, damning truth of Thomas E. Ricks's words, who wrote in Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003-2005: "The events for which we will remember the Iraq war haven't even happened yet."

[BrotherIvan]

4. Yes

I've seen DUers say don't worry, be happy! I've seen a thread about ponies and rainbows. I've seen the same arguments for war used by rightwingers from those who call themselves "Democrats™".

If it feels like up is down and left is right and the whole thing doesn't make sense, just look at this picture of Bo in the snow and go shopping because that will take all your war blues away.

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[kath]

37. Better yet, show the shirtless pic of Obama bodysurfing and everything will be just peachy.

rah rah cis boom bah!!

[BrotherIvan]

40. Dreamy

[whatchamacallit]

5. No shit huh?

[rpannier]

6. Now I get it

Here it was, I thought the whole situation sordid and murky
Thank goodness for mud

[merrily]

7. The Middle East? I'm not even clear on what goes on in D.C.

Is anyone?

(Hint: if you think you are clear about what actually goes on in D.C., you're probably mistaken.)

Great post, as usual, iching.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Is this DC?

[ctsnowman]

16. lol Love it.

[merrily]

26. I see it as much more coordinated than that.

Then again, I've become a suspicious sort.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. What's confusing?

Some of our friends attacked us so we could attack our mutual enemies.

Clear as mud.

[merrily]

27. Attacked us?

[woo me with science]

10. We have always been at war with...

them over there.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!!111!1!1!

[JEB]

12. Plus here at home, we got

many people that love killing, we got a few powerful people who profit hugely from killing, we got a few who support blindly as long as their party is in office, we got a few marginalized fools who think killing is wrong.

[stage left]

13. At Last!

The situation is as clear as crystal. Thanks.

[johnnyreb]

14. Phantasmagorically muddy!!

[grahamhgreen]

15. We are funding 'moderate' extremists who've signed a non-aggression pact with the extreme extremists

that we seek to destroy.

[daleanime]

17. Perfectly....

[valerief]

18. Brilliant!!!!

[G_j]

19. K&R!

[Autumn]

20. What a brilliant person Aubrey Baily is. I think I'm in love

Bookmarking

[MisterP]

21. I'm sorry, but this glosses over *way* too much! :D

[EEO]

22. Saddam Hussein was contained and kept order in Iraq. I never supported that stupid war.

Yes. Yes I do. The world is never going to be a utopia. People like Saddam Hussein are necessary evils to keep order in the world. George H.W. Bush got hell for not going into Baghdad during Desert Storm, but his decision was vindicated by his own son.

[merrily]

29. Just for comparison

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. Problem is we only abide Right Wing conservative regimes

And right wing conservative regimes always use religion to placate the population. It makes fascism so much easier. I mean this in the broadest sense. Conservative as in ruling the country with the few elite wealthy class as the primary beneficiaries with extortion and bribery going on at the highest levels. And as we all know, if you give religion an inch they will take a mile and before long the extremes of any religion crawl out from the dregs. The Westboro Baptist Church in the US, ISIS in the middle east. Even the Russian Orthadox Church in Russia is being wooed and placated by Putin.

[2banon]

24. This is fantastic iching.. is this "sharable" ?

I'd love to post this on my fb page if copyright isn't an issue, but I need the linky thingy.

It explains everything so clearly!

[99th_Monkey]

25. Just Wow.

Best summation of what's what in ME I have seen yet.

[Romulox]

28. Better laugh or it'll make you cry. nt

[Enthusiast]

30. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. Keeping in mind our policy requires enemies.

[SylviaD]

32. Barack Obama has continued (and in some ways actually worsened)

the absolute mess bush made of the Middle East.

...I never thought I would type those words.

[rhett o rick]

34. I agree with you. Now that you've typed those words what do you think H. Clinton would do?

Some, including myself, believe she is more hawkish than President Obama.

[cheapdate]

41. There can't be any serious doubt about it. Hillary is more hawkish than Obama.

She always has been. She's hawkish. I backed Obama over Hillary in '08 primarily over that factor.

Obama never pretended to be anything other than what he is, at least in my opinion. He campaigned vigorously on a PROMISE to pursue America's enemies wherever they are. He PROMISED that if Bin Laden was in Pakistan he would go there and kill or capture the man with or without Pakistan's permission.

So he's never lied about what he believes. Same for Hillary. She walks, talks, and acts hawkish. She's a hawk.

I voted Justice Party in 2012, but I've never regretted my vote for Obama.

If it makes sense, I'll vote for Hillary in 2016 with full knowledge of where she stands. She stands in agreement with maybe 50% of what I believe.

[rhett o rick]

45. I can't support H. Clinton. I swore to myself never to support those Democrats that betrayed

me, the Party, the troops, the country, the world, and the Iraq people. We counted on her and other Democrats to try, at least try to reign in the crazies of the Republican Party. But no. I call it betrayal. She, along with many others, will have a lot of explaining to do when they meet their maker.

[truedelphi]

43. Interesting discussion tonight with Lawrence O'Donnell and Law Professor Jonathan Turley

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They debate the Constitutionality of what Obama is doing with regards to the New Middle Eastern War; they diss Congressional leaders for not contesting what Obama is doing, as Congress doesn't want any blame if this doesn't come out all right, and yet they will take credit if it turns out fine.

And they mention how much Obama has morphed in his years as President. From someone who back in 2008 had disdain for the Iraq War Resolution, but now uses aspects of the language parsed during the Bush regime to justify what has happened in Syria over the last few days.

You can watch it here:

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. Reminds me of this....

[rhett o rick]

35. I think this clears up a lot. I bet we won't get the Pres Obama supporters

here to defend his position.

[malaise]

36. Freaking perfect

Rec

[Rex]

38. It is called war corporatism and it lives above government control.

Way above.

[bigwillq]

39. K and R

[flamingdem]

42. This is brilliant

[ErikJ]

44. Understanding the mideast is like playing 3 dimensional chess

underwater with moving water knocking the pieces around.

[FlatStanley]

46. I understand perfectly. Stooped infects the party in power.

Unless that party is my team, then it infects the party out of power, unless that party is my team.

[Laughing Mirror]

47. I am going to memorize this verbatim

It sums up the situation concisely, clearly, elegantly.