tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8843556126397414873..comments2024-03-29T09:25:32.972-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Danger looms in the Middle EastPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80554980514300791282014-06-20T20:04:38.650-05:002014-06-20T20:04:38.650-05:00I 'spect that ISIS will learn a serously neede...I 'spect that ISIS will learn a serously needed lesson in humility(and dying) if/when they decide to go after Jordan. The local Bedouin are not all that fond of people who come bothering their king.( See what happens to Ma'an when the natives get restless there - every ten years or so.) emdflnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45919792732406803022014-06-20T08:43:12.581-05:002014-06-20T08:43:12.581-05:00As before, we could force a positive (defined as l...As before, we could force a positive (defined as less than disastrous) outcome, but as you so trenchantly put it:<br /><br /> "We lack the national will to do what has to be done there and win at all costs - particularly under the Obama administration."<br /><br />There is therefore nothing reasonable that we can accomplish until there is a change of administration, and then it will be too late. Better get busy on that fracking!c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-49868955519859955782014-06-20T06:50:03.621-05:002014-06-20T06:50:03.621-05:00Hey Peter,
You mentioned the Sykes Pecot bord...Hey Peter,<br /><br /> You mentioned the Sykes Pecot borders in the middle east...You coming from Africa know that it was the same there. There was much genocide in Africa because the boundaries drawn up are the holdovers from the European powers sphere of influences and it didn't follow the natural boundaries of each tribe. and once the countries were independent, the majority tribe went after the minority tribe. I have heard that is "always 5 minutes to high noon" somewhere in Africa because of this. MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38391177929239920942014-06-20T06:26:53.531-05:002014-06-20T06:26:53.531-05:00@Differ: I agree there will be really bad outcome...@Differ: I agree there will be really bad outcomes if we stay out - but given the results of our last involvement, will they not be worse if we go in again?<br /><br />It's a Catch-22 situation. We helped make things as bad as they are by misguided, bone-headed decisions over the past decade or more. I fear we'll only make them worse by making more such decisions. If you get the feeling I don't trust our political and military leaders to do the right thing, you're absolutely correct!<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54997561006638388902014-06-20T05:55:43.415-05:002014-06-20T05:55:43.415-05:00Peter, while I am inclined towards non-interventio...Peter, while I am inclined towards non-intervention, all of the information suggests really bad outcomes if we stay out; especially for Israel at which point we will get involved and late and and at what cost....Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581662615586346808noreply@blogger.com