COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTCLE IN THE INDEPENDENT
A very wise man has spoken here, likely the finest diplomat
for a major country of our time.
American policy in the Middle East and Europe and Asia has
become impossibly convoluted and dangerous.
The Russians are in fact doing the job no one else honestly
wanted to do, ruining the chances for terrorist bands to takeover Syria.
And Americans didn't want to do it precisely because the
terrorist bands are doing their dirty work for them.
Any insertion of American troops, even a small number of
special forces, adds only to extreme ambiguity and danger. Clearly some could
be struck by Russian jets, and then what?
God, we all need to expect America to start behaving
rationally in it foreign policy. The stakes are immense since Russia is
competent to literally obliterate America and vice versa.
It is not a situation in which to play games and frat-boy
pranks, but that is exactly what America is doing.
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Response to a comment
about the EU speaking out against America’s decision:
Yes they should, but, in case anyone hasn't noticed, the EU
has been supine towards American policy recently. There simply are no strong
leaders at this time.
If only on the firm basis of international law, Cameron,
Hollande, and Merkel should speak out against the move, but it is virtually
certain they will not.
