The Obama Administration has made a big deal of the many nations nominally committed to be part of the anti-ISIS coalition, but very few of them are committed to actually do anything. That doesn’t mean just anyone can get in, however.
France is talking up the anti-ISIS conference scheduled for Monday, and wants to invite Iran to the meetings. It makes perfect sense, they say, because Iran is already directly fighting ISIS in both Iraq and Syria.
Secretary of State John Kerry was quick to shoot this idea down, insisting it would not be appropriate to invite Iran to the conference, or the coalition, and that the US is comfortable with the coalition it’s already got, even though it’s not clear they’re going to do anything.
Kerry went on to angrily condemn Iran, for being potentially invited, saying they are too pro-Assad. Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government is also one of the few in open conflict with ISIS, and also one the US wants nothing to do with.
In practice, having Iran involved would likely keep Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC from helping in the new US war, though at this point it isn’t clear any of them plans to do anything other than continue to bankroll other Syrian rebel factions, which they were going to do with or without the “coalition.”
But it's "appropriate" for the US to finance the genocidal israelis?
And since when is Saudi Arabia seriously interested in fighting the very groups they've been financing and supporting?
These are "good" genocides, so yes!
Have we ever had a SoS that preened and postured as much as Kerry?
rocky – Kerry is the epitome of TS Elliot's 'The Hollow Men'
We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats' feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar
. . .
Iran – not appropriate? What Kerry is waging is supposed to be a war not a posh dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. From War 101: My enemy's enemy is my friend. Kerry is not a serious man. He is Bibi's bitch.
Someone else also sees the Israeli hand pulling the levers behind the curtain. In Kerry's case they just yank on the cord tied to his gonads. Iran and Syria have both had soldiers killed in this battle. When our soldiers are killed, the fall back will be no showing of coffins or all news black out like Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine.
The US wants to be able to "pound chest" faster than anyone else on the globe. The warmongers end up looking very foolish.
The main enemies of USA here are: 1-Israel 2- Saudis and UAE 3- English. If USG ever would understand that Iran, nor the Syrian, nor the Iraqi governments are not the enemy, then ISIS would have been defeated last month. USG always looking for a deal, therefore they can not see nor they can differ the friends from foe. In inviting Iran to fight ISIS, they are looking to make deal with Iran first rather then letting them fight the world enemy.
One thing is for certain the war machine's bottom line is going to be good. If ground troops are deployed the US military will get to test out the efficacy of its weaponry on a well armed and battle hardened enemy with the exact same weaponry. If they give the rebels advanced weaponry they can play war with a more credible enemy. The bright side is that the mujahedin that they train will weaken ISIS and other groups that they join. The people they train seem to fold under pressure. Its a trojan horse.
The US political class is so narcissistic and histrionic that it has to be the center of attention even in a regional civil war that it helped instigate and one that it demands must continue. It has to wallow in its on filth. ISIS stole the limelight and the US political class can't have that.
Will Israel be included in this new coalition to fight ISIS?