08-01-2015, 05:40 PM
Interesting line on Going Underground on RT last night/this morning (it was a repeat of an old show, so no link to it I'm afraid), but a fella on there paraphrased a sentiment by Charles Shoebridge, that in relation to ISIL, the "foreign policies [of western nations] are both hijacked and compromised by alliances with the same countries who're supporting & funding ISIL", Saudi, Jordan etc. This article - http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/26/h...cupy-iraq/ - follows that line & quotes Shoebridge:
The elephant in the room is foreign policy
According to security analyst Charles Shoebridge, a former British Army and Metropolitan Police counter terrorism intelligence officer, the crisis across Iraq and Syria cannot be resolved without first addressing the extent to which western policies created the crisis in the first place.
"The US, UK and France contributed to the collapse of governance [in Syria]… by funding, training and equipping moderate' rebels with little realistic consideration of with whom such funds, trained fighters and non lethal' aid (such as armoured vehicles, body armour, secure military radios and weapon sights) would end up," said Shoebridge. "Similarly, the West did nothing to discourage vast flows of funds and arms from their allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others towards rebel groups irrespective of, or perhaps because of, their extreme interpretations of Sunni Islam."
Shoebridge pointed out that the US and UK in particular, "through the covert work of MI6 and the CIA," appear to have "played a key role in facilitating the flow of arms and jihadist fighters to Syria from such places as Libya, the Caucuses and Balkans, with the aim of militarily boosting those fighting Assad."
The elephant in the room is foreign policy
According to security analyst Charles Shoebridge, a former British Army and Metropolitan Police counter terrorism intelligence officer, the crisis across Iraq and Syria cannot be resolved without first addressing the extent to which western policies created the crisis in the first place.
"The US, UK and France contributed to the collapse of governance [in Syria]… by funding, training and equipping moderate' rebels with little realistic consideration of with whom such funds, trained fighters and non lethal' aid (such as armoured vehicles, body armour, secure military radios and weapon sights) would end up," said Shoebridge. "Similarly, the West did nothing to discourage vast flows of funds and arms from their allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others towards rebel groups irrespective of, or perhaps because of, their extreme interpretations of Sunni Islam."
Shoebridge pointed out that the US and UK in particular, "through the covert work of MI6 and the CIA," appear to have "played a key role in facilitating the flow of arms and jihadist fighters to Syria from such places as Libya, the Caucuses and Balkans, with the aim of militarily boosting those fighting Assad."
Martin Luther King - "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."