Dear Friends,
It seems to me, if we really have made up our collective minds, that we want to participate in the Syrian revolution, we must protect our interests and the interests of humanity. In the prior three engagements we took part in, we did nothing to guide where our help went, except to give weapons to, as it turns out, the very people who raped and murdered our ambassador to Libya. The Government in Egypt is the worst possible case scenario, and our abysmal failure to back the Iranian people in their bid for liberty, has empowered the enemies of mankind’s freedom, and weakened those of human hearted people. In the case of Syria we could help but only if we use a tiny bit of common sense. To help the enemies of liberty, usurp power another country, would be stupid… helping three was plenty.
Apparently the Obama administration was giving weapons to the worst element of the Libyan revolution. On September 11, 2012 the terrorists, it seems, waited for the Turkish ambassador to finish dinner with the American ambassador, get safely away, then they launched an assault on the American compound, culminating in the seizure of our ambassador, his subsequent sodomizing and murder… by the people we were supplying weapons, and with those very weapons! Clearly, the Obama administration didn’t use safe gun practices. If the gun is loaded, you let them know the gun is loaded… More importantly, you know for certain that they are in fact a friend and will not turn that gun on you! Obviously we didn’t protect the interests of the US in the Libyan revolution… Or use common sense.
Egypt went off the rails almost as soon as Hosni left office. Christians were run down by armored personnel carriers during a protest. (That might have been a clue that this may go bad, as was the celebratory rape of Lara Logan in Tahrir square). Did Obama step in with a plan, to help our ally move from a despot, to some form of republican liberal government? No he didn’t. Instead, he backed the Muslim brotherhood’s agenda, to have elections as soon as possible. They, being the only fully prepared political party, won elections handily from ill prepared and under funded, more libertarian options. The result was as predictable as snow in winter. Now, we have an Islamofascists regime in control in Egypt, that holds the “Peace Treaty” with Israel hostage, if we don’t fund their military buildup to invade Israel, they will invade Israel. In what world does that make even a tiny bit of sense? That we would pay billions to keep evil people… who have sworn to their god, that they will overthrow our way of life and install their theocratic law, the World over… on friendly terms?
Iran is on the cusp of a deliverable nuclear warhead. We had a golden opportunity to back a home grown revolution against the Islamofascist regime there. Instead of taking advantage of this Godsend the Obama administration turned his back on the protesters. Even to the point of, allowing Iranians in Europe and the US, to be bullied by the Iranian regime from speaking out. Iranian freedom fighters were silenced by the Islamofascist despots oppressing Iran, and Obama did nothing, he said, nothing, and he partied on like it was 1984.
The Syrian Rebels are terrorizing the Syrian Christians. The Christians are being used as human shields, the dead bodies of the “human shields” are then presented to the unbiased media, as proof of Assad’s brutality. In no country, anywhere or anytime, that has been controlled by Islamofascists, have other religions been able to survive. Look at the native Christians and Jews that live in Saudi Arabia for instance. Descended from the tens of thousands that once lived and thrived there among the Arabs. The Christians in Egypt are being systematically ethnically cleansed and now face extinction too. Their property is being seized and they are being threatened with death and in some cases being killed. This is not the type of philosophy that the US should in any way lionize or support. Especially militarily!
Before a single shot glass is handed out to a Syrian revolutionary, we must have a constitution they are fighting for, publicly printed, posted and presented. It must be the banner they fight for. Moreover, the constitution they espouse, must be one that comports with Our American ideals! One that protects people’s Right to… freedom of commerce, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of property and the protection of their persons and property. With sufficient controls to protect those rights. In fact, there should be several constitutions already written to pick from, for just such a circumstance. That there isn’t, seems short sighted to me, for people tasked with protecting America. Make anyone and everyone, who gets a single American bullet, sign and swear an oath to this constitution. Not everyone will follow through but at least there will be a standard in which to adhere. A single set of ideas, calling for liberal government, that fully recognizes the rights of individuals. Only this way, will the Rights of Man be protected, and never, by giving psychopaths heavy weapons.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
