Thursday, February 27, 2014

America's Long History Of Betraying Friends And Allies

U.S. Army Ranger with Montagnard troops. Wikimedia Commons photo

The Ones We Left Behind -- Kevin Knodell, War is Boring

These people bet on America … and lost

Last summer, the Free Syrian Army was getting ready to deliver what it thought would be a deathblow to the Syrian regime—with the military might of the world’s most powerful countries backing it up. The U.S. and France seemed ready to intervene to end the then-two-year-old Syrian civil war.

French warplanes were primed to strike at Syrian regime targets the moment U.S. Pres. Barack Obama signaled the launch of the intervention and loosed cruise missiles from American warships. Anticipating air support, the FSA had already begun its offensive.

Then on Aug. 31, Obama called off the attack. Washington opted to negotiate. America’s abrupt change of heart shocked the FSA and the French and disrupted carefully-laid war plans.

It wasn’t the first time the United States had abandoned people fighting for their lives. People who counted on American help.

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My Comment: There will come a day when America will need friends .... and on that day they will find that they have none.

1 comment:

James said...

Putin is making his first move in the Crimea. I think you may have been wrong on your Putin prediction, but it's still early. I think this is a "have to" move by Putin and he'll be watching closely for the West's reaction to guide future moves.