{"id":1389,"date":"2015-12-08T15:34:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2015-12-08T15:34:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:34:42","slug":"syria-bogus-battalions-balderdash-and-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/syria-bogus-battalions-balderdash-and-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria \u2013 \u2018Bogus Battalions\u2019, Balderdash and Bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/David-Cameron.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/syria-bogus-battalions-balderdash-and-bullying\/david-cameron\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/David-Cameron.jpg?fit=615%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"615,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"David-Cameron\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/David-Cameron.jpg?fit=615%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1394 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/David-Cameron.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"David Cameron\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/David-Cameron.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/David-Cameron.jpg?w=615&amp;ssl=1 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Cameron\" target=\"_blank\">David Cameron<\/a> has achieved his goal and Britain is bombing Isl\u0101mic State (IS) in Syria.\u00a0 He won his vote in the House of Commons by claims of bogus battalions, balderdash and bullying.<\/p>\n<p>The skies over Syria were filled with aircraft bombing before Britain joined. The conventional wisdom is that air power is <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bombing-syria.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1417\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/syria-bogus-battalions-balderdash-and-bullying\/bombing-syria\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bombing-syria.jpg?fit=620%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,372\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bombing syria\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bombing-syria.jpg?fit=620%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bombing-syria.jpg?resize=295%2C177\" alt=\"aircrafts bombing dropping bombs on Syria\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bombing-syria.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bombing-syria.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a>backed up by ground troops.\u00a0 They usually spot the targets for bombing.\u00a0 Cameron has said that there is a 70,000 strong (FSA) on the ground.\u00a0 In reality it is a patchwork of at least 30 disaffected groups including Sunni and Kurds who are interested in toppling Syrian President Assad.\u00a0 They are not likely to turn against the Sunni based IS who is also working to remove Assad.\u00a0 As for Cameron\u2019s claims that the FSA is politically moderate, some of the American-trained fighters have given their US-provided equipment to Al Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron was also overstating Britain\u2019s high-precision, laser-guided Brimstone missiles.\u00a0 They are not unique to Britain, as Canada also has them.\u00a0 They may have been state of the art in 2011, military hardware has since moved on.<\/p>\n<p>America has bombed IS in Iraq and Syria for more than a year with hundreds of aircraft.\u00a0 The aim as Cameron restated is to \u2018degrade and destroy\u2019 IS.\u00a0 Since the year long bombing of Syria, IS recruitment has increased 50% from 15,000 to 30,000.\u00a0 They have about 100,000 members on the ground.\u00a0 IS is not a regular army, they disappear quickly and rebuild oil wells fast.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J\u00fcrgen_Todenh\u00f6fer\" target=\"_blank\">expert<\/a> view is that IS have left Raqqa which is Cameron\u2019s key target and with the best will in the world you cannot bomb an ideology.<\/p>\n<p>David Cameron in his speech spoke of \u2018these Muslim-murdering, medieval monsters\u201d.\u00a0 All powerful stuff.\u00a0 I wondered if he was referring to Britain\u2019s friend Saudi Arabia where 113 people were beheaded in 21 months.\u00a0 There is a definite hypocrisy when Britain is dealing with the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>As the Prime Minister Cameron should be inviting debate and respecting the opinions of even those who disagree with him.\u00a0 Instead, he has been forceful in attacking those who disagree with his war on Syria and labelling them a <em>\u2018bunch of terrorist sympathisers.\u2019<\/em> \u00a0I am not surprised at the attack, bullying appears to be a tactic in the toolbox of the Conservative party.\u00a0 The poor are besmirched, trade unions bashed and young Conservatives bullied.<\/p>\n<p>His comment, which demeans the office of the prime minister, was not an accident.\u00a0 It was a deliberate ploy to intimidate and belittle.\u00a0 An apology therefore would be as bogus as his claims to a 70,000 strong Free Syrian Army (FSA).\u00a0 His comment was ill-informed and ignorant.<\/p>\n<p>David Cameron has no real argument.\u00a0 The bombing lacks <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5VfIn-lO\" target=\"_blank\">legal justification<\/a> and his FSA is a bogus battalion. Claims of weapon superiority, finding IS in Raqqa and degrading them is balderdash.\u00a0 Britain is <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/opinion-follow-the-money-470x260.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/syria-bogus-battalions-balderdash-and-bullying\/opinion-follow-the-money-470x260\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/opinion-follow-the-money-470x260.jpg?fit=470%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"470,260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"opinion-follow-the-money-470&amp;#215;260\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/opinion-follow-the-money-470x260.jpg?fit=470%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/opinion-follow-the-money-470x260.jpg?resize=300%2C166\" alt=\"dollar bags and coins\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/opinion-follow-the-money-470x260.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/opinion-follow-the-money-470x260.jpg?resize=470%2C260&amp;ssl=1 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>engaged in a symbolic act of war and there is no prospect of winning it unless we follow the money.\u00a0 Somebody is buying the oil sold by IS and somebody is providing weapons.\u00a0 So far all roads lead to Saudi Arabia friend of Britain and Turkey, who wants to be part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nato.int\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO<\/a>.\u00a0 Prepare for British troops to be deployed.<\/p>\n<p>imjussayin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Roz on Twitter: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/imjussayin2\"><strong>www.twitter.com\/imjussayin2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_1389\"  data-site_id=\"632a645f943ec93423ce055c\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/syria-bogus-battalions-balderdash-and-bullying\/\"  data-item_title=\"Syria \u2013 \u2018Bogus Battalions\u2019, Balderdash and Bullying\"  data-item_date=\"2015-12-08T15:34:42+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Cameron has achieved his goal and Britain is bombing Isl\u0101mic State (IS) in Syria.\u00a0 He won his vote in the House of Commons by claims of bogus battalions, balderdash and bullying. 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