The US is beating the war drums over the loss of Iraqi territory
to the Islamic State soldiers known as ISIS.
While the real loss is in land, prestige and control of Middle-east
holdings by the US Empire, that is not what supporters of a new war are saying.
According to CNS
News, Rep. Mike Rogers (R.-Mich.), the chairman of the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence, said ISIS is “one plane ticket away from U.S.
shores.” As usual the Republicans are using scare tactics to get the US people
ready for a war they are promoting. It may be imperialist real estate and “interests”
they want back but they are using fear to promote deeper involvement in the
ISIS war.
ISIS "present the greatest threat we've seen since
9/11," said Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland
Security Committee, according to CNS
News.
So far President Barack Obama is using only air strikes and
has said he won’t send in troops. Members of the Republican Party are pushing
for an all-out war. Both parties have talked of using allies in a “coalition”
to wipeout ISIS:
U.S. airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq have blunted
their momentum, but defeating them will require a broad regional approach that
draws support from Iraq's neighbors and includes political and diplomatic
efforts, the top U.S. military officer said.
The long-term strategy for defeating the militants
includes having the United States and its allies reach out to Iraq's neighbors,
including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, according
to USA
Today.
The idea that this group can rain unchecked terror in the US
is ridiculous. The US government has gone to great lengths to be able to stop
and prevent such attacks. The hype is just to pump Americans up so they will approve
of the kind of military intervention that most of our people just don’t want
right now. It used to be “he is just like Hitler” when they wanted us to hate a
leader enough to invade their country. Now it is “as bad as 9/11” and the word
terrorism.
This would be a good time to remind Republicans—they taught
us that we can’t trust the government—especially when they try to pump us full
of unnecessary fear.
- សតិវ អតុ
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