Our country has a very mixed history of international relations. Few of use can remember when the United Fruit Company used the CIA and the American Ambassador to Guatemala to over throw a lawfully elected government. The story and the facts have been very well documented. It was called Operation Success.
The CIA exerted air power against the Árbenz Government with a "Liberation Air Force" of US military and mercenary personnel who conducted air raids against Guatemalan military targets and cities. Early in the morning of 27 June 1954, a CIA Lockheed P-38M Lightning attacked Puerto San José and dropped napalm bombs on the British cargo ship, SS Springfjord, on charter to the US company W.R. Grace and Company Line, which was being loaded with Guatemalan cotton and coffee.
So, as we bomb ISIS, reflect on several issues.
We are not above bombing our allies for a few bananas.
We have used mercenaries for the benefit of corporations.
We have toppled governments by using fake armies and fear.
Bush, and his cronies, would have bombed in Syria sooner than Obama. They would have pronounced Mission Accomplished with a shit on bread ceremony.e The survivors of the premature bombing would have gotten smarter. They would have come back just like in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama waited until his enemies were well organized and successful. Then, he hit a few battle field targets perhaps as a distraction. The next step was to bomb the chain of command.
Could the Bush Doctrine destroy ISIS. No. What about the resolute and deliberate method of waiting to strike? No.
We will not eliminate any enemy. We can only respond to threats, real threats not the perceived threat of 'actionable intelligence.
