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In reply to the discussion: TYT: Elizabeth Warren Asked About Hillary Clinton & It's Devastating [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Senator Elizabeth Warren did not mince words when she spoke about the vote at UMass Lowell Friday.
America is not going to get dragged into another war in the Middle East, she said. I did not believe that training and arming Syrian rebels was a way to accomplish that.
The resolution is aimed at putting a stop to the terrorist organization ISIS, which wages war in Iraq and Syria.
ISIS is responsible for killing two American journalists, James Foley and Stephen Sotloff, recently.
My heart bleeds for [their families]. This is a terrible thing that has happened and it proves again that we're dealing not with a state but with terrorists, Warren said.
http://www.whdh.com/story/26580701/senators-warren-markey-vote-against-isis-resolution
I oppose ISIS very strongly, but I understand why people would vote against the resolution.
As Bernie Sanders has pointed out, it is the people in the Middle East who need to stand up and fight against ISIS.
Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Middle Eastern countries need to fight much harder to bring peace and progressive policies to their area that make for religious tolerance. Until they do, there probably is not much we can do other than to support Middle Eastern troops from the air.
We are, however, already there with boots on the ground. We should demand that the Arab states do much more to promote religious tolerance. That include the Iraqi government, and all of the bigoted governments in the area.
Bibles are not allowed in Saudi Arabia. People are punished for converting away from Islam. Egypt has persecuted its Christians. Oddly enough, and you would never know it from reading comments on the issue on DU, Israel is among the most tolerant of the countries in the Middle East when it comes to religion. I have the impression that Jordan is tolerant. Lebanon has Christians, but I don't know how tolerant the various religious groups are of each other.
Good question.
I do think we will be at war in Iraq before long. Probably inevitable. But we should do what we can to get others in the Middle East to be more active in fighting for religious rights for all constituencies there.