ISIS quagmire nothing new on world stage

Iam sure Professor Peter McKenna does not need my assistance to defend his views. However, I thought it might be useful to stop mudslinging and give facts to which Mr. Garth Staples and other Islanders could give some thought.

The Korean War is not officially over. The two Koreas have never signed a peace treaty.

The Germans lost the Battle of Britain, even though Goring had promised Hitler the Luftwaffe was all that was necessary for a Nazi victory.

The D-Day and Sicily battles were against the soldiers of a nation (Germany) not a death cult with between 10,000 to 20,000 armed men, which the N.Y. Times states has barely given an inch since the bombing commenced.

Canada is sending six CF-18s fighters. Saudi Arabia has over 700.

Turkey is not only a regional superpower, it is also a member of NATO.

Instead of fighting ISIS, however, it has decided to attack the Kurdish minority and the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey.

The PKK currently fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq, is on the U.S. government’s “terrorist list.” However, we are now providing weapons, supplies and air cover to this “terrorist” group.

The Iraqis have asked for assistance in its fight against ISIS. The Syrians have not. Yet its airspace is being utilized by us against international law.

The Assad regime in Syria has been fighting ISIS for the past three years. During its fight, our government deemed ISIS a “moderate” force and supported it with weapons and funds in its effort.

Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain currently supporting the fight are all dictatorships protected by the United States, with our quiet consent.

Saudi Arabia has the death penalty for petty crimes. It has beheaded (yes, with a sword) 128 people the past two years alone. Furthermore, most of the backing for ISIS has come from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE So our friends in the region help fund our enemy, behead their citizens for petty crimes, are dictatorships protected by us and have large air forces acquiring dust.

The people fighting ISIS on the ground have been deemed terrorists, PKK, and we are permitting them to be killed by Turkey, a NATO member.

Lastly, for three years, Syria has had to fight against ISIS because we decided to support ISIS’s battle against the Assad authoritarian government, which we previously backed for the past 40 years and whose airspace we are presently using illegally.

hy are we getting involved in this again? Haven’t we learned anything yet?