WORLD WAR III
MichaelConnelly.Jigsy.com
September 30, 2015 is a date that we all need to
remember. It is the date we may have seen the start
of World War III and have witnessed our own
government preparing our surrender. For weeks we
have watched the Russian military build-up in Syria
and we did nothing to try and prevent it. Why should
we; Obama had the personal assurances of Putin that
the Russians were just there to join us in the fight
against ISIS.
Fast
forward to Obama’s speech at the United Nations
where he takes Putin to task for continuing to
support efforts to overthrow the legitimate
government of the Ukraine and then ask yourself why
Obama doesn’t believe Putin on the Ukraine, but does
on Syria. Then two days after his ninety minute face
to face meeting with Putin in New York City, Obama,
the Pentagon, the Secretary of State and the entire
U.S. government gets blind-sided.
A
three star Russian general showed up unannounced at
the U. S. Embassy in Baghdad and hands a note to a
member of the staff. The note informed the United
States government that in one hour the Russian
military would launch airstrikes in Syria. The
United States was told not to get in the way and to
remove all of its aircraft from Syrian air space.
The
airstrikes started right on time, but they were not
directed at ISIS: in fact the targets are nowhere
near ISIS positions. Instead the strikes are on
positions held by the anti-Assad rebels being
supported by the U.S. However, reports indicate that
most of the numerous casualties were innocent
civilians including women and children.
Putin got in Obama’s face and made a fool out of his
entire administration. The reaction to this by our
government is almost as scary as the act itself. The
White House press secretary toed the party line and
basically said that the Russians would ultimately do
the right thing and the fact that they had attacked
non ISIS positions was somehow a sign of the
weakness of Putin. That of course makes no sense.
Ash
Carter, the Secretary of Defense made even less
sense when he held a press conference in the
Pentagon. He tried to dodge questions about the
Russian attack by initially only admitting that that
it appeared that they had not bombed ISIS positions
than he started talking about the new combat roles
being considered for women in the military. He also
started talking about the military budget and then
concluded by saying he might trust what the Russians
told him.
Secretary of State John Kerry had what amounted to a
love fest with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov when they appeared together to tell the world
that they were arranging meetings to “discuss”
things. Kerry did say that we would not comply with
the Russian demand to stand down and strop our air
strikes in Syria and at least one strike was
launched.
However, the situation is highly dangerous and could
rapidly deteriorate. Russian and U.S. planes are
going to be competing in the same air space over
Syria and what happens if the Russians shoot down an
American drone or even one of our fighters. The
Russians are prepared for such a confrontation, we
are not. Many of the Russian jets now in Syria are
equipped for air to air combat which is certainly
not needed against ISIS or the Syrian rebels since
they don’t have any planes.
Putin is flexing his muscles and filling the void
left by Obama’s failed policies in the Middle East.
He has now allied Russia with the Iranians who
persist in their promises to destroy Israel and the
United States. He has also become allies with the
Iraqi government and now it looks like the Chinese
are going to be sending troops and planes to Syria
to support Assad and Russia.
It is
important to note that both China and Russia
participated in the negotiations that led Obama to
give Iran everything it wanted. Now these two
nuclear powers are allied with Iran against the
interests of the U.S. in the Middle East. This
forces us to consider the possibility that Iran will
not have to develop its own nuclear weapon. It could
be supplied by either the Chinese or the Russians.
Obama’s failure to confront our enemies has made us
a laughing stock in the world among our enemies. It
is also causing the U.S. to be feared, by our former
friends and allies, not our enemies. The only thing
they can rely on Obama to do is
retreat,
surrender and lie about it. The result is increasing
chaos in the Middle East including expanding attacks
by ISIS and Al Qaeda, the continued protected
presence of Assad in Syria, the increasing influence
of Iran in Yemen and other countries and now the
resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The
immediate result of this is going to be a massive
increase in the influx of refugees into Europe. Most
of these so-called refugees, 90 % by some estimates,
are young men between the ages of 18 and 45. Some of
them are terrorizing innocent civilians in countries
like Hungary and Croatia committing crimes like
theft, rape, assaults, and murder. How many of them
will ultimately be brought into the United States to
commit similar acts here.
There is also the probability that Putin will use
his actions in the Middle East to divert the
attention of the West while he invades the Ukraine
and possibly even one or more of the Baltic States.
How will Obama respond to these direct
threats posed by multiple enemies? He has said
nothing about any of this over the last two days.
Obama is very concerned about his legacy and I am
concerned that his legacy might be World War III.
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