The group of nations U.S. President Barack Obama assembled last September for air attacks against ISIS in Iraq and Syria is falling apart. U.S. officials have reluctantly admitted that the United Arab Emirates suspended its air attacks in early December, directly after a Jordanian bomber was downed over the Islamic State’s Syrian headquarters in Raqqa. Nevertheless, the administration has been issuing regular reports which state that the U.A.E. has been participating in such bombings, as recently as last week. As usual, the White House is playing dumb: Josh Ernest says, "Don't ask me, ask them."
Although the U.A.E., Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Bahrain joined the coalition from the start, the vast majority of the 22 Arab nations did not; most observers believe their participation was more symbolic than active. Iraq has no air force to speak of and its army turned tail against Islamic State forces; the Saudis allotted a trifling number of planes to the effort; while Bahrain doesn’t have an air force at all. The U.A.E. has the biggest and most modern air force in the Gulf region and so its withdrawal is a major blow to Washington’s "war effort."
While Obama's "team" has been claiming victories, a growing number of observers are saying the bombings simply result in I.S.I.S. moving its centers of operation elsewhere. Several sources are saying that the actual number of bombings are few and far between and that when conducted, not many bombs are being dropped.
Jordan's King Abdullah lamented to Congress that its requests for help from Washington in the form of arms and cash have been deliberately delayed by bureaucratic barriers. The U.A.E., in citing their reasons for withdrawing from their bombings, say they asked the Pentagon for search and rescue teams to be in place to extract their pilots from the theater should they be shot down; when the Pentagon refused, they quit their bombings.
In other words, it's one big charade... one big lie, smoke and mirrors.
It appears to me that Obama is aiding, protecting and comforting the enemy. Does that not constitute treason?
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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