Thread on US intervention in ME
1-Israel
2-Oil
3-Counter-Terrorism / War on Terror
Are the broad categories that define U.S strategic interests in the region
Many have attempted to include the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in above list. Syria has been a case in point ==>
1-Israel
2-Oil
3-Counter-Terrorism / War on Terror
Are the broad categories that define U.S strategic interests in the region
Many have attempted to include the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in above list. Syria has been a case in point ==>
2-Israel & Oil are already secured enough
This has left counter terrorism or war on terror (WOT) as main rationale behind recent U.S interventions
Responsibility to Protect has been getting traction of late but as Syria’s case has shown it’s still work in progress in DC
This has left counter terrorism or war on terror (WOT) as main rationale behind recent U.S interventions
Responsibility to Protect has been getting traction of late but as Syria’s case has shown it’s still work in progress in DC
3-Sep 11 of course capitulated War on Terror to the top of list behind recent U.S interventions in the region. While many may argue this was politically unavoidable in the case of Afghanistan, what about the more recent interventions to help defeat ISIS?
4-During the peak of ISIS’s rise to eminence, one can recall Governor of Texas openly warning on the radio about fighters of the group infiltrating the US southern border to cause mayhem inside the homeland
War on ISIS / Terror justified anything and everything then
War on ISIS / Terror justified anything and everything then
5-War on Terror and ISIS was essentially seen as a preemptive war to stop Jihadists from attacking us back home
Incidentally, Nusra group is allowed to operate in Idlib & Syria because it is not seen as a group who is interested in attacking the U.S.
No WOT is needed there
Incidentally, Nusra group is allowed to operate in Idlib & Syria because it is not seen as a group who is interested in attacking the U.S.
No WOT is needed there
6-Think of the billions of Dollars being spent on this war on terror and for what? To stop ISIS fighters from coming through Mexico as Texas’s Governor feared?
Truth is that the current U.S war on Terror in the region is out of habit and not necessity
Truth is that the current U.S war on Terror in the region is out of habit and not necessity
7-What is also clear is that U.S interventions in the region have inertia build into them
Once the U.S engineers rationale to go in, it finds it very difficult to get out
Suddenly, getting out becomes very risky as cabal of think tanks & policy establishment types go to work
Once the U.S engineers rationale to go in, it finds it very difficult to get out
Suddenly, getting out becomes very risky as cabal of think tanks & policy establishment types go to work
8-No matter the costs. No matter the results. No matter the progress made, a cabal of interventionists will work feverishly to make you think that reversing the intervention and exiting will produce a National Security disaster that will hurt the prestige of the US in the region
9-Those in the region who are out of power and who want in do their own part in pushing for US intervention in the hope of furthering their own cause. Such groups & their allies will add their own voices to the cabal who argue that the US must stay in the region or else
10-“U.S National Security” ought to be the only and sole objectives of any foreign military intervention
Based on this metric, the current rationale for being in the region is senseless
Based on this metric, the current rationale for being in the region is senseless
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