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Tillerson: “The first priority is the defeat of ISIS”

Apr 9, 2017 8:07 am By Robert Spencer

Odd, then, to bomb forces that are fighting against the Islamic State.

“Defeating IS is ‘first priority’ in Syria: Tillerson,” AFP, April 8, 2017:

Washington (AFP) – The top priority for the United States in Syria is to defeat the Islamic State group even before stabilizing the country, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says.

Defeating the group and its self-proclaimed caliphate would eliminate not only a threat to the US but to “the whole stability in the region,” Tillerson told CBS television’s “Face the Nation” program in an excerpt released Saturday.

“It’s important that we keep our priorities straight. And we believe that the first priority is the defeat of ISIS,” Tillerson said in a clip made public on the eve of the Sunday talkshow’s air time.

“Once the ISIS threat has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria,” he said.

“We’re hopeful that we can prevent a continuation of the civil war and that we can bring the parties to the table to begin the process of political discussions.”

The former ExxonMobil chief executive noted that holding such talks would require the participation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime along with its allies….

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  1. Anti-islam warrior says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 8:20 am

    Fighting isis and other violent foreign jihadi factions from abroad isn’t fighting a civil war. Otherwise we would be considered as fighting a civil war when when went after the jihadis, such as nidal hassan and his irks, on our own soil.

    • Terry Gain says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 8:59 am

      What percentage of ISIS are Syrian? It’s inappropriate to describe ISIS as fighting a civil war if ISIS is composed mainly on non-Syrians.

      Trump will crush ISIS, as Obama would have done in 2011 if he weren’t such a gross incompetent.

      With one attack on a Syrian Airfield, Trump has destroyed Obama’s vaunted reputation for competence, has shown the entire world that the United States will not sit back and allow civilian populations to be attacked with chemical weapons and has demonstrated that he is a strong decisive leader.

      With great respect, Robert Spencer’s criticism of Trump is short sighted.

      • Steve Klein says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 9:30 am

        I remember the reports of al-Qaeda using chemical weapons on dogs, watching them writhe in pain through peep holes. If this kind of savagery should not be tolerated, how much more these horrible weapons used on civilians? I am not saying they are all innocent civilians. I do not know but there are some weapons whose casual use should not be tolerated. If the president goes further (regime change without a suitable strongman replacement) then there will be reason for alarm.

  2. Daniel Triplett says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 8:33 am

    No argument that ISIS must be extinguished; however, they fight with stolen weapons, stolen vehicles, and small arms bought on the black-market. They produce nothing. They’re several centuries away from building their own nukes.

    Meanwhile, Iran is putting the finishing touches on their own nuke arsenal with which they promise to kill us. And Pakistan already has 140 nuke warheads.

    Keep your eye on the ball.

    • Terry Gain says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 9:08 am

      In an act of treason, Obama removed all impediments to Iran developing nuclear weapons once his moronic deal expires.

      In order to receive the support he needs to reverse Obama’s treachery, Trump’s must first expose Obsma as the incompetent person he is. The attack on the Syrian Airfield demonstrates how weak Obana was. Hopefully, the investigation into Susan Rice’s unmasking of the Trump transition team will expose Obam’s treachery for one and all.

      • JFKAR says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 9:33 am

        The first thing Trump needs to do is drain the swamp. Instead he has surrounded himself with war-loving neo-Cons, banksters and corporatists, and Bannon was the only person who really stood for what we thought we were voting for when we elected Trump.

        Even Kushner is a democrat who dines with the Silicon Valley globalists and enemies of free speech.

        Trump is swamped.

        • Daniel Triplett says

          Apr 9, 2017 at 11:36 am

          Trump and Bannon are all we need in the West Wing.

          As far as I’m concerned, the President should 86 everyone else.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 4:38 pm

      Both Sunnis and Shia present a threat. Really, they are all Muslims.

    • Peggy says

      Apr 10, 2017 at 1:32 am

      So who’s to blame for that? Russia or the US or both?

  3. mortimer says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 8:46 am

    WRONG, Mr. Tillerson!

    No, sir, the FIRST PRIORITY is for you and your staff TO LEARN THE JIHAD DOCTRINE.

    HIRE ROBERT SPENCER to teach the JIHAD DOCTRINE to the entire government.

    • vlparker says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 9:17 am

      And to remove seditious muslims (but I repeat myself) from the US.

    • underbed cat says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 10:16 am

      I think of fighting isis is like turning the tube of a kaleidoscope, with every isis fighter down, someone from another terror group steps in and the picture changes, they have billions to pull from, so not knowing that terror is pulling replacements from Islam is a little crazy and places us right back to square one as they embed themselves in with the population here and abroad. Saudi Arabia is the dispensary of cash……to carry on from the source of Islam. All the while mosques Training doctrine centers of terror, are popping up in all states of the U. S. and Europe and not a peep or recognition why isis is just one of many terror groups that the doctrine is Islam/sharia law they follow….that is what …and only after redefining this doctrine as a political system with laws and followers, not as a religion, but an insurgent movement, it should not get all sorts of freedoms and legitimacy to blend into our societies here or in Europe.

      • underbed cat says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 10:23 am

        What Mr. Tillerson needs to know is that he will be told just the opposite, by
        the ultimately organized operatives who appear to be legitimate, from scholarly organizations and trained operatives that will tell him a much different story which is part and parcel of the doctrine, like a replicating cell.

  4. Frederick Middleton says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 8:56 am

    So taking out IS is the priority, then why bomb their enemy? Jihadists rejoiced at this action. Trump could simply have waited for confirmation of the chemical’s origins. But Machiavellian games were played instead.

    • JFKAR says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 9:29 am

      Hey, T-Rex: We *are* ISIS. ISIS is us.

      The CIA trained and armed ISIS (under Killary) and our friends the Saudis bankrolled it.

      • Skeeter says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 1:16 pm

        And that’s why so many Russian speakers are in ISIS? We got it.

        • Avenger says

          Apr 9, 2017 at 1:28 pm

          So what if many in ISIS speak Russian, they also speak English, French and German. They are all Sunni Muslim and the USA backs Sunni extremism anywhere on earth when it benefits our wretched foreign policy. Examples – Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia (complicit in 911), Qatar, Yemen, Somalia, blah, blah, blah.
          The West also loves Iran, look at the companies waiting in line to do business.
          Skeeter are you John McCain?

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 4:44 pm

        No, we are not ISIS. This is a canard.

        • Michael says

          Apr 9, 2017 at 4:45 pm

          on a less serious note … ‘canard’ … excellent word, gravenimage! rarely used! i commend your wordsmithing abilities!

    • Skeeter says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 1:16 pm

      Are you crying about this when Israel bombed Syria, State Sponsor of Terrorism because Syria gives missiles for Hezbollah to fire into Israel?

      Well done Trump, the alt-right is in meltdown, i.e. outrageous statements like JFKAR.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 4:47 pm

        Yes–Assad though Hizb’allah has attacked Israel. He is also a Jihadist. Right now, he is probably the least toxic faction in the region, but only because others like ISIS are even worse.

        • Peggy says

          Apr 10, 2017 at 1:36 am

          This is what some people fail to grasp. There is no better alternative out there.
          It’s easy to note all Assad’s faults but not so easy to produce one since name of who would be better.
          Every time I asked that question to someone who does nothing but bash Assad I never get an answer. I wonder why.
          You get it but don’t hold your breath waiting for skeeter or anyone else to actually address your post.

  5. mortimer says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 8:58 am

    You cannot find something if you cannot recognize it standing in front of you.

    Educating the entire government and all Western elites about the JIHAD DOCTRINE, TAQIYYA DOCTRINE and KAFIR DOCTRINE are the REAL PRIORITIES”

    Without KNOWLEDGE, police, soldiers, intelligence and diplomats will never recognize a real jihadist. They will be BEATEN by the jihadists MOST OF THE TIME.

    • Terry Gain says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 9:54 am

      I agree that Trump should be using Robert Spencer to educate himself about Islam. Spencer is making this less likely with his attacks on Trump.

      • Steve Klein says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 10:04 am

        Criticism of President Trump is appropriate if it is justified. We need to hold our leaders accountable. This one is not so simple. If the president moves toward regime change like Obama did in Libya and Bush did in Iraq, that will be a different matter.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 4:50 pm

        Robert Spencer has always called things as he sees them.

        He has both praised and criticized Trump, according to the wisdom of his actions.

      • Peggy says

        Apr 10, 2017 at 1:40 am

        Robert is doing exactly what he needs to do. Is he supposed to support an act which is clearly very wrong?
        If Robert has to sell his principles in order to get Trump’s attention then Trump is nothing more than an attention seeking, praise loving w..re, which I don’t believe he is.
        Trump needs to surround himself with people of Robert’s intelligence and moral compass. If he doesn’t, we are all going to pay the price.

    • Kenny Marken says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 6:51 pm

      Yes, the goal of defeating ISIS is like shaving Mohammad’s beard.

  6. vlparker says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 9:19 am

    Our first priority is defeating the Nazis, but we’re going to bomb England because they killed some German children.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 4:51 pm

      Assad is *not* Churchill.

  7. alex9234 says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 9:24 am

    Black Piegon Speaks explains why Trump attacked the airbase:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2TapgWl-A

    • Michael says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 2:36 pm

      watched the video. interesting. thank you, alex9234.

  8. Geoffrey Britain says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 9:46 am

    Steve Klein @ 9:25 has the right of it. Sending a message that chemical weapons attacks are intolerable and staying out of the conflict is the proper response. Attack Assad and you assist ISIS. Assad is a monster but he’s by far the lesser monster. Iran is an equal monster to ISIS, taking out Assad drops Syria into Iran’s lap.

    Unfortunately, Trump is surrounding himself with people who are in willful denial of Islamic radical terrorism’s SOURCE, which is Islam itself. Destroy ISIS and al Qaeda and Islam will simply raise up another proxy arm of aggressive terrorism.

    Denial ensures that reality’s lesson will be more painful than it otherwise would be. In a representative democracy, denial in leadership is indicative of the public’s denial. Reality will change that, evidenced by the results in the recent national election in the Netherlands and the fact that in France, the LGBT community’s support for Le Pen’s National Front Party is growing strongly.

    To paraphrase Samuel Johnson, ‘Nothing concentrates the mind so wonderfully as a mortal threat.’

  9. jewdog says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 10:29 am

    No, don’t stabilize the situation in Syria, unless you’re planning on introducing an alternative to Islam.

  10. Steve Klein says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 10:33 am

    George W. Bush said Saddam Hussein must go. Barack Hussein Obama said Egypt’s President Mubarak must go and Libya’s Gaddafi had to go. The only ones who did not need to go in Obama’s view were Iran’s Mullahs chanting death to America, death to Israel. If Assad must go I want to know who is going to replace him. Bush’s democratization scheme did not work out well in Iraq or in Gaza. Libya is in chaos thanks to Barack Obama and if the Egyptian army did not step in, Egypt would be a Muslim Brotherhood basket case.

    https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/34969622/us-envoy-says-syrias-assad-must-go-after-chemical-attack/#page1

    US envoy says Syria’s Assad must go after ‘chemical attack’

  11. Steve Klein says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 10:33 am

    George W. Bush said Saddam Hussein must go. Barack Hussein Obama said Egypt’s President Mubarak must go and Libya’s Gaddafi had to go. The only ones who did not need to go in Obama’s view were Iran’s Mullahs chanting death to America, death to Israel. If Assad must go I want to know who is going to replace him. Bush’s democratization scheme did not work out well in Iraq or in Gaza. Libya is in chaos thanks to Barack Obama and if the Egyptian army did not step in, Egypt would be a Muslim Brotherhood basket case.

    https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/34969622/us-envoy-says-syrias-assad-must-go-after-chemical-attack/#page1

    US envoy says Syria’s Assad must go after ‘chemical attack’

  12. SAKOVKT says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 10:46 am

    The Nuclear Powers avoided WW3 during the Cold War by fighting proxy wars among the nations emerging from the debris of the European empires.

    But the Cold War is over.

    The ideological fault line is no longer communist/anticommunist.

    The blocks weren’t monolithic or consistent and there were other factions, but this fault was always there.

    Today, it’s Muslim/non-Muslim.

    These new nations and the proxy wars are starting to take on a life of their own that means harm to the entire world power structure, to the great powers themselves, and they can do it.

    The Mujahidin defeated the USSR in Afghanistan only with U.S. aid.

    It became the Taliban which perpetrated 9/11.

    The Soviet defeat was largely responsible for its demise.

    The “great powers” need to realize that in our post modern world, big armies and big budgets really aren’t as important as they once were, that they can still be defeated by those who are determined and patient and only just a little bit smarter than Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

    (that’s scary)

    This recurs.

    The Great Powers destroyed themselves in WW1. Nobody really won it. The fall of the Central Powers was the harbinger of the entire European system.

    Metternich restored the aristocracy after Napoleon but without sufficient reforms and the entire structure collapsed in 1848. Having freed themselves from Papal restraint in the mid-early 18th Century, the warring Absolutists were finally free to destroy each other.

    On it goes.

    None of these Muslim militias can really win, but we can lose.

    We can check each other and they will emerge from the cracks and become distorted things like North Korea, Cuba, Iran which were born in internal strife, foreign meddling and violence and really don’t see any other way to exist.

  13. Eric Jones says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 10:57 am

    If the priority is to defeat ISIS then why act as the air arm of ISIS? Why attack Assad assets. We have learned noting from the ISIS gas attack of three years ago.

    The only kabuki going on here is that Trump is being misled; and is unable or unwilling to see through the deception.

    Eric

    • Skeeter says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 1:25 pm

      Are you also against Israel’s targeting of Syria 12 times over the past 2 years because Iran funnels missiles to Hezbollah through Syria that they right without aim into Israel? Are you saying Israel is also supporting ISIS?

      Well done Trump; it’s hilarious, Putin humiliated, one of the most prominent Shia clerics Moqdtar has called for Assad to step down.

      Putin bit–slapped and the Alt-Right in meltdown, hilarious.

      • Avenger says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 1:40 pm

        Israel could easily bring down Assad right now with the Wests approval but Israel knows that his Sunni replacement will bring death and destruction to Syria and Israel itself. Either way, Syria will become a true ISIS enclave or a puppet for Erdogan and the House of Saud.
        BTW, Syrian refugees make up a small part of Muslims invading Europe.

  14. Walter Sieruk says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    Actually, Tillerson does have a good point about America keeping her priorities on course. As in “keeping her eye on the ball” The “Ball” or goal is the total destruction of that brutal and deadly jihad entity ,ISIS.
    Which this the reiteration of the essay posted a few months ago is appropriate
    First, it should be known that Donald Trump has the wisdom to know that the way to defeat those cruel, vicious, malicious and murderous jihadist thugs who compose the brutal and deadly jihad entity ISIS is by the use of many very strong powers of militant might. That is hit them hard, hit hem long, keep on hitting them and don’t stop hitting them. Meaning take them down, put them down, keep them down and don’t let them rise up again. As Thomas Jefferson had, so well, stated “With every barbarous people…force is law. “Second, the jihadists of ISIS in their mad Islamic quest to establish a caliphate, with all the cruel, brutal and murdering violence that is part of it, will not respond the reason. For the Muslim fanatics who compose ISIS cannot understand logic, nor do they care about reason. Those jihadists of ISIS in their irrational unquestioning blind Islamic faith have and leave no room for reason. In this unreasoning blind Islamic drive the jihadist/Muslims who make up ISIS are a reminder of what Benjamin Franklin had printed in POOR RICHARD’S ALMANACK. Which is “The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”

  15. Skeeter says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 2:21 pm

    The Russians are good people, they don’t deserve criminals like Putin; the refugee crisis doesn’t stop because Assad doesn’t care to end it.

    Putin is in decline, no telling how long he will survive, the Russians won’t want a regime that acts in the manner it currently is.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 5:01 pm

      I am no fan of either Putin or Assad, but no–Assad cannot end the refugee crisis.

      Even if he left tomorrow, there would still be those fleeing the Jihadists who would step into the vacuum. After all, there are those fleeing the Islamic State–and Assad is certainly not in power there.

    • Peggy says

      Apr 10, 2017 at 1:47 am

      I don’t know what give you the impression that Putin is in decline. Maybe it’s your wishful thinking.
      I don’t care who is in charge of Russia as long as they are fighting ISIS.
      It seems to me that Putin wanted very much to have friendly relations with the US but when the same desire wasn’t returned he had to give up.

      This attack on Assad just proved to Putin that the US is going to pursue the same politics from Bush and Obama years.

  16. gravenimage says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 4:13 pm

    Tillerson: “The first priority is the defeat of ISIS”
    …………………..

    I hope so. Assad is a Jihadist, as well, but is the least bad faction in the region right now. Attacking him makes little sense.

    • Michael says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 4:42 pm

      Tillerson, via Exxon, is CFR. McMaster is CFR.

      Interestingly, Mike Flynn was not a member.

      Not related, but everything is related: Gorsuch, now on the Supreme Court, was a CFR member in at least 2006 and 2008.

      This isn’t about protecting America and our sovereignty, or any other nation’s sovereignty.

      I can safely claim ignorance on a lot of issues here. But when you have most of the decision makers with ties to CFR, Bilderberg, and other ‘groups’ that have clear agendas, we can see where this continues to go.

      Is it coincidence that Steve Bannon has been kicked to the side? Or trash? The one real ‘nationalist’ — love that phrase more and more; never thought I would — was Bannon.

      I admit to being shocked, with most of the rest of the world, with Trump’s election. And excitement. And caution.

      The stakes in this world are too high for elections — actual votes — to really dictate who becomes President. I have wondered since he was elected, exactly why was he elected? More accurately, why was HE put in as President? And I say ‘put in,’ not voted in. I don’t believe Presidents are voted in.

      Was it Stalin who said, “It’s not who votes that counts; it’s who counts the votes” …? Who counts the votes here? I don’t know …

      Cynic? Skeptic. Yes. And if we’re not at least skeptical, we’re fools. I wonder if we’re all being played, at least those of us who held out one last bit of hope that we might have a real leader, a real American, a true patriot, in Trump. Maybe we do … but maybe we don’t.

      Obama was put into office to advance an agenda — and he an incredible job of advancing that agenda of destroying America.

      Has Trump been put into office to advance an agenda, as well? An agenda to co-opt the right, the patriots, the nationalists, those who believe in democracy and a republic and sovereignty? We’ll see.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 5:13 pm

        Michael wrote:

        The stakes in this world are too high for elections — actual votes — to really dictate who becomes President.
        ……………………..

        Michael, I’m uncertain what form of government you would prefer–some sort of dictatorship? Not only would I oppose destruction of democracy on its own merits, but I also have not seen that dictatorships are apt to be better at defending against Islam.

        • Peggy says

          Apr 10, 2017 at 1:52 am

          Actually I am not getting the same message.
          I think what Michael is saying is that we only think we live in a democracy but we don’t.
          Americans only had two choices, Trump or Hillary and will always only have two choices.
          That’s not democracy.

          When both parties serve the same master how can we think there is democracy in that country. Unless Trump goes back to being the same Trump who was elected, the good people of America might just as well have voted for Hillary.

        • Michael says

          Apr 10, 2017 at 2:18 am

          Peggy, thank you, that pretty much says it.

          After the ’04 election — at that point, I had figured out 9-11, had come to see a lot of things very differently as far as politics, and the world — I swore off politics and talk shows and all of it. I was done. It was all vitriolic, and one hell of a lot of lies and fabrications. And much of it was pure illusion to hide, as you said, the masters.

          Trump comes along. First voice in a long time that talked ‘real.’ A friend and I would say, he says in public what millions of people say in private. It was like this flicker of hope that I’m not sure I had felt in a long time; perhaps ever.

          the Clintons are two of the most evil politicians / humans ever, in my book. Obama? A fraud, put into office by the masters, it was clear to me.

          Dismal, for a long, long time, was how it all felt. It’s like watching a ship sink and not feeling you can do anything about it.

          And then … Trump. This hope stirs. He says things we haven’t heard in a long time, or forever. He says the word ‘terrorism,’ though I wished he would eliminate ‘radical’ and just say Islamic terrorism. Trump stirred the hearts and hopes of many millions of people.

          But … nobody gets there without playing ball. And I’m not at all convinced that elections are legitimate. Not a debate I want to take up here! But with the stakes so huge … if it makes a difference, they put in who they want. Obama presumably came out of nowhere. Truth is, he was groomed many years earlier to do just what he did. He was a protege of Zbignew (probably spelled wrong).

          And as Peggy pointed out and we all know, we get two choices. Really? Very, very filtered choices … 🙂

          I guess the bottom line is … would Trump somehow, in some way, by some miracle … actually be able to stand against all the powers that would be against him? Could he? Could any man or woman? Inside I go ‘no of course not.’ I also go … please God let it be true that he can.

          So when we get into these discussions about who’s doing what to whom and why and how and when … well, it’s not easy to figure out all of that stuff, or flat out impossible, and by design. But I think it’s safe to say there are powers that be — and it ain’t Putin or Trump — that play one against the other, like puppets. And we don’t know who they are — or we might, but they’re not identified. And all of this is for public consumption and distraction, to lesser and greater degrees.

          In the end, the fight is probably going to be a literal street fight, if not a nuclear war first.

          I will always thank God and our founders for the 2nd Amendment. Canada is more or less disarmed. Australia: disarmed. England: disarmed. Gee. Look who your new neighbors are … and you can’t shoot back. Coincidence, isn’t it?

          Let’s hold on to our guns, and keep ’em ready. ‘We the people’ … we are the militia, in the end, as it was always intended to be. We are the guardians of our country and our freedom.

  17. somehistory says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 6:08 pm

    “Anguish of nations, not knowing the way out,” (Jesus Christ, Luke 21).

    Before, it was osama bin laden, then al queda, and the mb, and now it’s all isis, all the time.

    But it has always been, and will be until it is completely destroyed, the wild beast that is islam, from which all of the terrorists get their ideas, their commands, their motive and agenda.

    • Daniel Triplett says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 8:02 pm

      Yes Sir. You nailed it again.

  18. Coach Martin says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 4:23 am

    We now have a leader. Let us not second guess the strategy. Let us not prioritize our own tactics and our own agendas. We have been leaderless for a long time. It is time to get behind Trump.

  19. DP111 says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 8:57 am

    Tillerson: “The first priority is the defeat of ISIS”

    Has Tillerson got clearance from Saudi Arabia?.He should know as he must be quite close to them.

  20. DP111 says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 9:10 am

    Pres Assad is the one leader in the ME that allows all people to practice their faith freely. It is in Syria alone that Christians of all denominations, as well as Druze, and others, can practice their faith openly and without fear. If he is disposed because the USA is once again in alliance with al Qaeda satellites, or ISIS offsprings, then I fear for Christians in Syria. They will be massacred and driven out of Syria, as they have from everywhere else in the ME.
    Pres Assad was winning the war. He had no reason to use chemical weapons, knowing full well that it would invite American attack.
    Just a couple of days prior, the Trump administration had announced that the removal of Assad was upto the Syrian people. So, despite all this, Pres Assad decided immediately after the announcement, to use chemical weapons, and assure an American response.
    It beyond belief. Way way beyond belief.

    I cant think of a single reason why Pres Assad would order a poison gas attack. He has nothing to gain, and much to lose.

    But I can think of several why Trump has attacked Syria. Also why Saudi Arabia would like to do the same. So too ISIS, which is supported by Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.

  21. Troybeam says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 9:27 am

    ISIS is not a radical entity: what is ISIS then? ISIS is what Islam is, when you look at ISIS you are seeing the living breathing world Mohamed created back in the 7th or so century. Jihad is not and inner struggle, Mohamed demands Muslim to wage war on non Muslims, if a Muslim chooses not to do battle he is commanded to support the fighter in all ways needed to achieve the goal.

    The difference being that today they have different weapons but still use the old ways to kill, beheading’s, stoning, hanging etc.

    Think I am wrong, research for yourself and learn what Islam is, read the Koran, Reliance of the Traveller: Islamic Sacred Law.

    Winston Churchill summed up the matter as follows: “Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities—but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.”

    As for the splendid qualities, not sure I would have chosen those words.

  22. Lioness says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 10:49 am

    Trump would have been critisized mercilessly by opposition and media if he did nothing after the gas attack. Following his action in Syria, he is suddenly praised by those who normally hate his guts. So even though it’s a terrible mistake from a foreign policy stance, it’s perhaps a great PR move.

  23. Carolyne says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 11:19 am

    If the US had absolute proof that it was Assad and not the rebels or ISIS which used poison gas, then I approve of the bombing. However, I think we might be fighting on the wrong side in Syria as the rebels, despite their denials (After all, Sen McCain had lunch with them and they assured him they were not ISIS!) that they are ISIS. I trust that Mr. Trump had such evidence.

    I see no logic in bombing Egypt because of the church bombings. These were carried out by ISIS, and not the government of Egypt. We should, however seek out, if we don’t already know, where the ISIS bases of operation are are and bomb them.

  24. Kathy Brown, Esq. says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    I just adore the way Sec. Tillerson glowers a lot. He hardly ever smiles.

    What a refreshing change from the grinning gibbering Kerry and Rice, who brokered hideous deals for We-The-People, all the while pretending to acting in the best interests of the USA.

    And I further adore the way Donaldus Magnus made a show of force against Assad’s revolting actions. That screamed, ‘We’re BAAAAAAAAACK!’ and the whole world got that message.

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