Slouching Towards Oblivion

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Isn't That Special

It's not so much that 45* doesn't know what the fuck he's doing - the real problem is that he's doing the bidding of someone (Uncle Walt prob'ly), and he thinks all he has to do is sell it - without knowing one fucking thing about any of it.


The time he wasted pumping out all that sailboat fuel yesterday - complaining about Obama - becomes a little clearer in light of this reporting in Business Insider from a few weeks ago:

(I may have put this up already, but it bears repeating)
  • The Pentagon inspector general issued a report to Congress saying that the Islamic State is again growing in power in Syria and Iraq, with approximately 14,000 to 18,000 militants. 
  • The report specifically said President Donald Trump's decision to rapidly draw down troops in Syria and pull diplomatic staff from Iraq increased instability and allowed the militants to regroup. 
  • Former Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, who resigned following the drawdown announcement, has repeatedly warned of this scenario, saying that Trump's policies would lead to chaos and "an environment for extremists to thrive."
A report from the Pentagon inspector general found that President Donald Trump's decision to rapidly pull troops out of Syria and divert attention from diplomacy in Iraq has inadvertently aided the Islamic State's regrouping in Syria and Iraq.

The Department of Defense's quarterly report to Congress on the effectiveness of the US Operation Inherent Resolve mission said that "ISIS continued its transition from a territory-holding force to an insurgency in Syria, and it intensified its insurgency in Iraq" — even though Trump said ISIS was defeated and the caliphate quashed, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Many officials and experts have repeatedly warned that a rapid US withdrawal from Syria would enable ISIS to regroup into an insurgency after their battlefield defeats by the US-led coalition.

And don't forget that as we exit Afghanistan, we'll probably be obliged to hand over a shit load of weaponry to the Taliban - because the "government" we've been trying to install for almost 20 years is likely too corrupt and weak to stand up on its own, so our best option will be to help the bad guys (Talibanis) in their fight against the really bad guys (ISIS).

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