WORLD
WAR III
September
30, 2015 is a date that we all need to remember. It is the date we may have
seen the start of World War III and have witnessed our own government preparing
our surrender. For weeks we have watched the Russian military build-up in Syria
and we did nothing to try and prevent it. Why should we; Obama had the personal
assurances of Putin that the Russians were just there to join us in the fight
against ISIS.
Fast forward to Obama’s speech at the
United Nations where he takes Putin to task for continuing to support efforts
to overthrow the legitimate government of the Ukraine and then ask yourself why
Obama doesn’t believe Putin on the Ukraine, but does on Syria. Then two days
after his ninety minute face to face meeting with Putin in New York City,
Obama, the Pentagon, the Secretary of State and the entire U.S. government gets
blind-sided.
A three star Russian general showed up
unannounced at the U. S. Embassy in Baghdad and hands a note to a member of the
staff. The note informed the United States government that in one hour the
Russian military would launch airstrikes in Syria. The United States was told
not to get in the way and to remove all of its aircraft from Syrian air space.
The airstrikes started right on time,
but they were not directed at ISIS: in fact the targets are nowhere near ISIS
positions. Instead the strikes are on positions held by the anti-Assad rebels being
supported by the U.S. However, reports indicate that most of the numerous
casualties were innocent civilians including women and children.
Putin got in Obama’s face and made a
fool out of his entire administration. The reaction to this by our government
is almost as scary as the act itself. The White House press secretary toed the
party line and basically said that the Russians would ultimately do the right
thing and the fact that they had attacked non ISIS positions was somehow a sign
of the weakness of Putin. That of course makes no sense.
Ash Carter, the Secretary of Defense
made even less sense when he held a press conference in the Pentagon. He tried
to dodge questions about the Russian attack by initially only admitting that that
it appeared that they had not bombed ISIS positions than he started talking
about the new combat roles being considered for women in the military. He also
started talking about the military budget and then concluded by saying he might
trust what the Russians told him.
Secretary of State John Kerry had what
amounted to a love fest with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov when
they appeared together to tell the world that they were arranging meetings to
“discuss” things. Kerry did say that we would not comply with the Russian
demand to stand down and strop our air strikes in Syria and at least one strike
was launched.
However, the situation is highly
dangerous and could rapidly deteriorate. Russian and U.S. planes are going to
be competing in the same air space over Syria and what happens if the Russians
shoot down an American drone or even one of our fighters. The Russians are
prepared for such a confrontation, we are not. Many of the Russian jets now in
Syria are equipped for air to air combat which is certainly not needed against
ISIS or the Syrian rebels since they don’t have any planes.
Putin is flexing his muscles and
filling the void left by Obama’s failed policies in the Middle East. He has now
allied Russia with the Iranians who persist in their promises to destroy Israel
and the United States. He has also become allies with the Iraqi government and
now it looks like the Chinese are going to be sending troops and planes to
Syria to support Assad and Russia.
It is important to note that both China and
Russia participated in the negotiations that led Obama to give Iran everything
it wanted. Now these two nuclear powers are allied with Iran against the
interests of the U.S. in the Middle East. This forces us to consider the
possibility that Iran will not have to develop its own nuclear weapon. It could
be supplied by either the Chinese or the Russians.
Obama’s failure to confront our
enemies has made us a laughing stock in the world among our enemies. It is also
causing the U.S. to be feared, by our former friends and allies, not our
enemies. The only thing they can rely on Obama to do is retreat, surrender and lie about it. The
result is increasing chaos in the Middle East including expanding attacks by
ISIS and Al Qaeda, the continued protected presence of Assad in Syria, the
increasing influence of Iran in Yemen and other countries and now the
resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The immediate result of this is going
to be a massive increase in the influx of refugees into Europe. Most of these
so-called refugees, 90 % by some estimates, are young men between the ages of
18 and 45. Some of them are terrorizing innocent civilians in countries like
Hungary and Croatia committing crimes like theft, rape, assaults, and murder.
How many of them will ultimately be brought into the United States to commit
similar acts here.
There is also the probability that Putin
will use his actions in the Middle East to divert the attention of the West
while he invades the Ukraine and possibly even one or more of the Baltic States.
How will Obama respond to
these direct threats posed by multiple enemies? He has said nothing about any
of this over the last two days. Obama is very concerned about his legacy and I
am concerned that his legacy might be World War III.
Michael
Connelly
www.usjf.net
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