On Thursday June 13, the Obama Administration announced that it suddenly believed Syria had crossed a “red line” on chemical weapons, and that the US would respond by arming rebels and other as-yet-unspecified interventions in the ongoing civil war.
Talks had been ongoing before that, but apparently an immediate war against Syria was narrowly averted on June 12, the day before, when Secretary of State John Kerry started pushing a plan for “immediate” US air strikes against government targets.
Kerry’s scheme was shot down loudly by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, who pointed out that Syria has air defense systems and Kerry’s list of targets would require more than 700 separate bombing sorties to accomplish.
Even then, Dempsey noted, neither Kerry nor anyone else in the State Department seemed to have any sort of post-strike plan, and that he seemed to just want to start bombing Syria without any idea what comes after the bombs are dropped. Though Kerry continued to push the idea, it was apparently not immediately accepted, and while there seems to be a lot of hawkish intention within the administration’s leadership, the bombing at the very least won’t start immediately.
A good thing indeed, that this fool never became president.
And this hypocrite marketed himself by showing hiw mnuch influence he had with Assad. Actually he was well received in Damascus everythime he went and he was considered a good friend. But with these criminals, there is no loyalty nor friendship, only boundless ambition.
Thank you Pentagon!
So the most capable man on earth to run State turned out to be another traitor and in israel's pockets. His Syria-"plan" sounds just like what the neocons ordered.
Martin Dempsey, who pointed out that Syria has air defense systems.
Isn't strange the Syrian air defense system some how never works against
Israeli jets?
Probably because the Syrians don't want to turn their system on to reveal its capabilities unless there is a real war. They are willing to absorb the occasional israeli strike, which, from the propaganda point of view, is actually a positive for the Assad gov't.
Ketchup Kerry re-framing his famous question …. How can you ask someone to be the first man to die for a mistake?
It looks like that state department is the other government governing the USA, or that us government is lying.
AIPAC has it's orders for all US politicians. It doesn't matter what they say before they are in office, how "anti-war" they are.
I swear to God, I think Kerry is an Israeli asset like McCain
Once Kerry realized the Israelis were making a fool out of him regarding any credible peace process, he probably soiled his pants because he knew he will go down in history as a 'loser' and 'ineffective'.
Solution? – default to the protect Israel mode and try to START A WAR with SYRIA-IRAN that the Israelis are desperate for
Dempsey stopped Kerry and Blixen from giving Israel EVERYTHING here because this is EXACTLY the crack in the door the Israelis would be able to exploit – and Kerry tried to serve it up to the Israelis on a sliver platter
An airstrike on Syria would take all pressure and WORLD WIDE-ATTENTION off of Kerrry’s very public failure, screw the Palestinians, and give Israel the keys to Iran
And it all would have happened in silence, and Kerry could later complain it was a stain on his record, and retire in Tel Aviv accelerant
These guys make me SICK
Who cares if it starts tomorrow or the day after – or sometime by the end of the year, as I predict?
The point is that Kerry is pushing for an air campaign. Not that it matters – Obama is already fully on board with that, he's merely taking small steps to get there.
As I've said repeatedly here, there is a strategic NECESSITY for the US and NATO to bomb Syria in order to allow Israel to attempt to degrade Hizballah before an Iran war can be started.
As long as this strategic imperative exists, it's only a matter of time – WHEN not IF – before the air campaign against Syria and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon occur.
Although dempsey isnt all that S''tHot at least he`s trying to save america from those A''''''SHOLES.