Until a few weeks ago, the United States was sending weapons and money to the Islamic State in Syria, and providing covert training both directly through the CIA and indirectly through the Gulf Arab states. Now the US is seriously considering bombing ISIS not only in Iraq, but in Syria, where we supported them in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad. At some point, this gets confusing, no?
The Enemy of My Enemy Is Me
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Is John McCain on the ISIL watchlist?
Ted, Ted, Ted – you’re just not thinking like a patriot. If we can help them kill each other over there, then they won’t be killing us over here. That strategy worked just fine from 1947 through September 10, 2001…
Isn’t this “deja vu all over again” as in Saddam Hussein?
Not at all confusing, Ted – just the name of the game ! Sending X armaments and then using other armaments against them ; well in the words of the old Tom Lehrer song : My God how the money rolls in !….
Henri
Love that Lehrer –
Boom goes London
Boom Paris
More room for you
and more room for me
They all hate us anyhow
Let’s drop the big one now!