As the new Obama policy on Syria is unfurled, one thing is very clear and that is that the policy itself is anything but clear. America is arming the rebels -- maybe. There could be a no fly zone, but it is unlikely. Nothing will be done about the use of chemical weapons, the supposed reason for arming (maybe) the rebels. The USA is supplying heavy weapons to the rebels; no it is not. Even the spokesman explaining the new policy says that he either cannot or will not explain what that policy actually is.
Everything I said in the first paragraph is accurate. Unfortunately, no one understands it. When I say no one, I include all the folks in the White House. Once again, America under Obama has a foreign policy that has no focus. It also seems to have no one in charge. Did Susan Rice advise that announcing that we are arming the rebels but then not sending anything that they need is a good policy? Did Kerry or Hagel advise that it would be best to promote confusion or is the confusion just the result of the lack of leadership?
Supposedly, the United States is making a major shift in its policy on Syria. It is up to president Obama to come forward and explain what he is doing. He has time for LGBT awareness day celebrations and ceremonies for kids who are no longer being abused (two activities of the last two days), but he cannot tell us what, if anything, our military is doing. I mean, we do not need any tactical details, but a broad brush description would be nice.
What is Obama thinking? If things do not go well in Syria, will he come out and announce how angry is he after he just learned what happened there? Will his staff tell us that Obama knew nothing? Is he recycling the IRS plan again?
This is not funny stuff. People -- and that is thousands of people, are dying in Syria. Terrorists are fighting terrorists, but most of the dead are civilian. The weapons that threaten America are being ignored by America. Instead, we seem to be trying to extend the fighting that is killing civilians. We won't give the rebels anything that might actually give them a chance to win.
America deserves better than Obama.
One last note: I apologize for the somewhat stream of consciousness state of this post. It is hard to present a coherent description and commentary on something as unfocused and haphazard as Obama's policy on Syria.
Everything I said in the first paragraph is accurate. Unfortunately, no one understands it. When I say no one, I include all the folks in the White House. Once again, America under Obama has a foreign policy that has no focus. It also seems to have no one in charge. Did Susan Rice advise that announcing that we are arming the rebels but then not sending anything that they need is a good policy? Did Kerry or Hagel advise that it would be best to promote confusion or is the confusion just the result of the lack of leadership?
Supposedly, the United States is making a major shift in its policy on Syria. It is up to president Obama to come forward and explain what he is doing. He has time for LGBT awareness day celebrations and ceremonies for kids who are no longer being abused (two activities of the last two days), but he cannot tell us what, if anything, our military is doing. I mean, we do not need any tactical details, but a broad brush description would be nice.
What is Obama thinking? If things do not go well in Syria, will he come out and announce how angry is he after he just learned what happened there? Will his staff tell us that Obama knew nothing? Is he recycling the IRS plan again?
This is not funny stuff. People -- and that is thousands of people, are dying in Syria. Terrorists are fighting terrorists, but most of the dead are civilian. The weapons that threaten America are being ignored by America. Instead, we seem to be trying to extend the fighting that is killing civilians. We won't give the rebels anything that might actually give them a chance to win.
America deserves better than Obama.
One last note: I apologize for the somewhat stream of consciousness state of this post. It is hard to present a coherent description and commentary on something as unfocused and haphazard as Obama's policy on Syria.
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