Re: Seymour M. Hersh · Military to Military: US intelligence sharing in the Syrian war · LRB 7 January 2016

[Joseph Tracy]

Yes “inserted ourselves” is more apt and with strong evidence that that is exactly the case in Syria provided by Seymour Hersh. 

Of course calling Assad a dictator is silly since the US has a long history of loving dictators( care for a long list?). The truth is that Assad's government does what most governments do- violently attack those who violently attack them including internal revolt.   It is ugly and we should oppose it in Egypt and Turkey and anywhere they kill peaceful protestors etc. but our “values” only come out when geostrategic interests, keeping the wars going and the military budget , fondling Israel’s balls,  and getting elected are at stake. Isis beheads people, the Saudis behead people, we prefer tearing people to shreds in one swift humane explosion. Thank god we are so fucking good and helpful. God bless us every one.
> On Dec 21, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Agreed in general, although I raise an eyebrow at "We have been drawn into these third world conflicts before, i.e. Viet Nam..."
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> "We have inserted ourselves into..." might be more apt.
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> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Peter M. Fitzpatrick <petopoet at gmail.com> wrote:
>      Excellent, if not alarming, reporting on the quagmire. There are times, (Tito, Saddam Hussein, and yes, Assad) seem to be "acceptable" dictators that hold back the forces of civil war and massive bloodshed that follows their removal. Always a deal with the devil, I guess, just a question of which is worse, removal or letting them be. I think most Americans had vague notions of another manifestation of the "Arab Spring" taking place in Syria a few years ago, unaware of the Isil and other terroristic forces waiting to fill in the vacuum and re-instate oppression with Wahhabi and worse Islamism. Everything I read here only solidifies my opposition to what Republican candidates are touting as the solution to Isil. We have been drawn into these third world conflicts before, i.e. Viet Nam, only to pay a high cost for little result. 
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>   -Pete
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> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> He's back.
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> http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n01/seymour-m-hersh/military-to-military
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