Ooops, I was wrong: But in addition to her work for the Institute for the Study of War, OBagy is also the political director for the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), a group that advocates within the United States for Syrias rebels a fact that the Journal did not disclose in OBagys piece.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/woman-informing-kerry-mccains-opinions-on-syria-also-an-advocate-for-syrian-rebels/#ixzz2e8Vfq3Jo . On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > According to Elizabeth O'Bagy that's not the case. I never heard of her > before yesterdays but she seems legit. > > > http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/special-report-bret-baier/videos#p/86927/v/2630371875001 > > http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/opposition-advances-damascus > She states: > Furthermore, the fact that the regime cannot conduct simultaneous > operations on multiple fronts suggests that a military stalemate will > persist, as the regime and rebel forces trade victories depending on > resource allocation and reinforcements. This means that fighting will > continue for a prolonged time, exacerbating sectarian tensions and > displacing greater portions of the population with skyrocketing refugee > numbers. These trends are causing significant problems for countries in the > region that simply lack the economic and political capacity to deal with > such spillover, and already violence has spread to Lebanon and Jordan. > > Those arguing for a let them fight it out approach compartmentalize the > Syrian conflict in ways that ignore these dynamics, which could quickly > spark a regional conflagration that puts U.S. allies at risk and threatens > U.S. strategic interests abroad. As Ambassador Fred Hof points out in a > recent article, Assads victory in the war of narratives over the struggle > for Syria has led to a belief in regime propaganda about the nature of this > struggle.[27] Yet, events in Damascus tell otherwise, and it would be > wise to heed observe these lessons in order for the international community > to take steps consistent with actual facts on the ground. > . > > > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The "rebels" have already been taken over by extremist groups from across >> the middle east. >> They want to move in and take power. The same thing happened in Egypt. >> >> This is a repeat of "they have Weapons of mass destruction, and we have >> the >> proof". >> Same shit, and almost the same text book lead up. >> >> It will end in disaster for Syria and the Middle East beyond the mess that >> it is currently in. >> >> Of course the opposition will want the US to attack, once that happens >> they >> can move simultaneously and gain significant ground. >> So whatever they need to do to assure that, they will do. >> >> That is one school of thought, because the "rebels" are not some well >> organised and well lead group of civilians. >> They themselves are murderers and extremists. >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366938 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
