'USS NEW JERSEY'
Ryan Crocker in Irving Kristol's National Interest/ here"... Our withdrawal from Lebanon in 1984 was a victory for Syria and Iran who created and used Hezbollah against us with devastating consequences. They drew conclusions about our staying power, and when I stepped off the helicopter in Baghdad on a warm night in March 2007 as the new American ambassador, I had the eerie feeling that I was back in Lebanon a quarter of a century earlier. Iran and Syria had again combined efforts against us, this time supporting Jaish al-Mahdi and al-Qaeda instead of Hezbollah (in fact, Hezbollah trainers were working with Jaish al-Mahdi)........Iran and Syria have had a bad few years in Iraq, but they are willing to wait. Patience is not our strong suit. Over the years, in the broader Middle East, our allies have come to fear our strategic impatience, and our adversaries to count on it. Our disengagement from Pakistan and Afghanistan after the Soviet retreat in 1989 ultimately gave al-Qaeda the space to plan the 9/11 attacks. Now we are back; but in Afghanistan in 2002 and in Pakistan from 2004 to 2007, I found many who wondered when we would head for the exits again ..."
1 comment:
Cocker is an idiot. the only reasons the USA was in Lebanon was b/c of the Israeli invasion which it paid for once in cash, then again in blood.
Israel created the Resistance thru its invasion & occupation. America drew retalitation thru its shellfire.
Irak was invaded for Israel's sake according to Zelikow, exec director of the 9.11 commission. 9.11 took place because they came over here thru our actions over there- directly & thru our Israeli proxy.
When will we ever learn?
When will the America-Firsters become stronger than the Israeli-Firsters?
WILL
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