The Stupid Continues
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a resolution to give Zero 60-90 days to blow things up in Syria, but there will be no US troops on the ground. The debate was so intense that überHawk John McCain played poker on his iPhone [verified].
Now it goes to the full Senate for more ‘serious debate’ and possibly a vote.
This is not going to affect the use of chemical weapons by Assad. The conflict is existential, a matter of survival, for both sides. The ‘winners’ will massacre the ‘losers’ and both sides know it. The Saudis have released their ‘dogs of war’, the charming group that cuts out hearts and bites out a chunk. Hezbollah remembers these fighters from when the Saudis sent them into Lebanon.
This isn’t about politics, it’s about survival. If the Opposition ‘wins’ it will be a replay of the ‘Reign of Terror’ that followed the French Revolution. The ‘dogs of war’ are already talking about killing all of the non-Sunni inhabitants of Syria, not just the Alawi. If Assad’s forces win, they will make sure there is no one left to oppose them.
September 3, 2013 13 Comments
