Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel laid out a particularly hysterical view of the “ISIS threat” today, insisting they post a threat to literally every national interest the US has everywhere, and that the US has to prepare for “everything” in its latest war.
It isn’t hard to see where that viewpoint came from, as other Pentagon officials talking about ISIS are showing a similarly alarming perspective as they continue to push the administration for escalations of the war.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey presented ISIS as an “apocalypic” opponent that can only be tacked militarily, and pushed for the US to expand the Iraq War into neighboring Syria, saying that’s the only way to “contain” ISIS.
When pressed on the US escalating the war into Syria, Hagel was evasive, insisting only that the US “continue to explore all options” in their newest war.
In the near term, this is likely to mean mostly an increase in the current air war inside Iraq, as CENTCOM is pushing particularly hard for the US to greatly expand its targets list to allow the large number of warplanes already attacking Iraq to hit many more targets.
The State Department has already chimed in with a request for another 300 ground troops in Baghdad, and further ground operations have already been reported to be in the works for the Anbar Province, along the border with Syria.
Actually escalating the war into Syria itself will be a huge step, and it may well be that the revelation of the failed rescue mission in Syria was part of a campaign to widen expectations for the war’s eventual scope, giving officials the ability to argue the US already added Syria to the war long ago.
This is an absolute lie. The problem is Syria is kicking ISIS a** who are allies of the Pentagon and Saudi Arabia for they supported them for 2 1/2 years and are about to lose big time in Eastern Syria so to not lose face they are going to go into Eastern Syria under their phony reason to show that only the exceptional nation called USA can defeat ISIS. I wonder if they checked with Syria first before they think they can violate the territorial integrity of Syria?
You are correct. The US is trying to cover their plan to step up their war against the Syrian government.
Indeed.
US may attempt to arm and provide air cover for the ISIS and other terrorists in Syria and this only escalates the risk for the WW3 US has desperately tried to kick start since Syria previous year and in the ukraine now. Both wars are not going as planned and since the US and their NAZI clients in the ukraine (Banderastan) are bogged down and are loosing Novorossiya, they may well shift focus and try to repair the humiliation and the eggs all over their face they got in Syria in 2013.
US should not be fooled by the (visibly) no response to israeli bombings in Syria. If US attack´s Syria, any part of it, no matter under what pretext, they will most likely respond and they do have a formidable air defence untouched by the war and an entire Russian armada with an immense fire-power still between Cyprus and Syria. Syria do have the S-300´s as well as BUK´s and other Russian made nasties. A US attack in the north is a pretext to finish off Syria, everybody knows that and the israelis will immediately go in from occupied Golan the moment US planes crosses the border, Syria (and Hezbollah) will undoubtedly respond with all they got…
Agreed. Bombing ISIS and the beheading of the journalist are meant to create plausible deniability for Washington's main destabilization miscreants in the region. Like after all these years, we're too a-stupid to follow along with the whole charade.
The "Islamic State" is neither a state, nor Islamic, but the Yinon Plan is alive and well.
Maybe they will stop funding the Free Syrian Army whose members are defecting to ISIS? It appears the U.S. is looking for any excuse to enter the Syrian civil war, on both sides.
USG, Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, McCain, in just four years have managed to destroy three nations, Libya, Syria and Iraq for their deceptive and fraudulent historically wrong politics toward nations in Middle East. The people of Middle East are not the enemy, the as religious dictatorial regimes as Saudis/UAE/Israel are the enemies of the people in Middle East, the problem is that EU/USG have a very very good relation with all of them.
Are the ivy league geniuses in DC finally coming to the realization that it might be better to keep Assad instead of having IS rule over Syria? It would be unprecedented. I'm just waiting for Obama to announce that they've changed their mind and will support IS and help them overthrow Assad. Then suggest that IS might want to cross Georgia and join Chechnya and march toward Moscow.
The entire western MSM relies on the Brittish regime financed one-man band in Brighton "Syrian Lavatory For Human Rights" for their info on Syria. We should balance that with something more nuanced and informed:
"Syrian Perspective has direct evidence of a huge Syrian Army military redeployment in the direction of the eastern provinces in coordination with the Iraqi army and with the advice of Russian and Iranian experts. We can confirm the arrival of 85 T-82 battle tanks near Dayr El-Zor with new artillery capable of reaching targets 5,000 meters away. Forces belonging to the Syrian First Army Corps based in the Damascus area have been released for duty elsewhere thanks to the fall of Al-Maleeha and the hundreds of defections among the Nusra organization and ‘Alloosh’ failed “Army of Islam” (yawn)"
Read more at http://www.syrianperspective.com/2014/08/syrian-a…
A very smart move, if confirmed, to deprive the US and the Zionazi´s of any excuse to attack Syria indeed..
I have a gut feeling that Obama and his cronies are having secret meetings with Assad on how to eliminate ISIS…..With Benjamin Netanyahu's permission of course.
Why this? http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140811/191908683/Russia…
I have a better idea regarding the containment of ISIS since the US is an interventionist addict. How about unilaterally force peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians along the pre-1967 borders through the UN. Then stop hyping up Iran's nuclear program (continue with a deal to reassure its neighbors), stop baiting the Russian bear, and stop trying to overthrow the Syrian government. Help power blocs make peace in the Middle East instead of continuing US backed proxy wars. ISIS is just a product of US foreign policy. It provides a rationale for them to play with their toys as they generate more mayhem. ISIS is a new money making threat to hype up. The war party believes that one should never let a crisis go to waste.
As you all know, I've been predicting a US/NATO attack on Syria for the last couple years. I agree that this latest plan to expand the Iraq war into Syria is just another attempt to get that started. The last attempt failed miserably when Putin outwitted Obama by negotiating the removal of Syrian chemical weapons. That outmaneuver, by the way, is one major reason Obama is now attacking Russia via the Ukraine – the narcissistic power-mad fool can't stand to be shown in a bad light.
The goal for YEARS – since at LEAST 2006 – has been to attack Syria, then allow Israel to attack Lebanon to (try to) get rid of Hizballah. All of which is mere preparation for the "big show" – the attack on Iran. The reason that is the "big show" is because that will lead to another ten-year war providing the military-industrial complex with at least the $100 billion windfall they've been enjoying for the last ten years in Iraq and Afghanistan – and likely the sum will be several times that much. Nothing will stop them from getting that endless war.
Apparently the neocons and the military-industrial complex have been sidetracked by the opportunity to start a new Cold War with Russia. But they still intend to attack Iran – and Obama WILL do everything in his power to achieve that.
While at it, don't forget Saudis and UAE, especially Israel and Qatari whom are the source of the people's in Middle East problem.