Between Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the US-led coalition, it seems like every country is intervening militarily in Syria. On Friday Iraq joined the ever-complicated situation, carrying out airstrikes against a pair of Syrian border towns, with support and a very public blessing from the Pentagon.
“It is a good strike, it is a valid strike,” insisted Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis. The attacks targeted the border towns of al-Bukamal and Husseibah, nominally in “retaliation” for a recent ISIS attack in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.
Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder Abadi insisted that the attack proved Iraq would chase terrorism “wherever it is found.” With ISIS having lost most of its Iraqi territory, it seems they are running out of potential internal targets for retaliation after bombings.
At the same time, if this marks the beginning of regular Iraqi bombings of Syria, it further complicates the situation in the air over ISIS territory, and adds an Iraqi Air Force with limited capacity and a history of dubious targeting in cities where civilians are present.
Though the US has a long history of welcoming everyone to its assorted coalitions, the inclusion of Iraqi warplanes in Syria as a de facto American proxy only adds to the perception of a regional war, and seemingly does little beyond providing the Iraqi government with targets to hit to make a show of ‘doing something’ about over a decade of instability in Baghdad.
August 7, 2013 Nuclear Strike on Syria
The Genie is Out of the Bottle. Needless to say I was shocked at what he told me next: “The fact of the matter is, what we are seeing in both these cases is a tactical nuclear strike, probably by cruise missiles launched from aircrafts near the borders of Syria or right off the coast in the Mediterranean.”
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/08/07/nuclear-strike-on-syria/
Aug 1, 2013 Nuclear Strike on Syria
https://youtu.be/4GQRf1auUMc
I dream of Jeannie maybe out of the bottle? Brian please for christ sake. We have enough fantasy with Trump and we don’t need any from you.
The fact of the matter is, anyone who thinks the explosion portrayed in the video is nuclear, needs to put down the crack pipe.
It sounds more like the US ow intending on at least sharing Syria with Russia. At least to begin with until the situation is manipulated into a possibility of US complete control of Syria without Russian interference.
Obama completely screwed up the PNAC plans and this is going to take many more years for the US to get it back to a favourable situation. And the cost of Iran is only going to get higher and higher for Trump.
The key point was that they bombed ISIS in Syria. It wasn’t just ‘bombing Syria’. And some reports indicate that there had been quiet discussions between the Iraqis and the Syrians and that the Syrian government was ok with the Iraqis coming in and blowing up some ISIS scum.
The actual surprise is that America now says they were ok with it. I’d have thought they’d have just made a movie about the ISIS heros who were being bombed and given it a big award. 🙂