Failing in the Middle East

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East has a long and complex history that most ignore.
The U.S. has supported the tyrants, torturers and brutes and overthrown Democracy, as well as arming nations with chemical weapons to employ against each other.
 
Let's stop following in lock-step with the Neo-Cons who got us into Iraq and Afghanistan without an exit strategy, based on outrageous lies and misinformation.

When will we 'wage peace'?

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Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 in favor of arming and training the Syrian rebels.

This is a misguided and dangerous idea.

I helped to train the Iraqi Army during my second tour, and their concern is that many of the anti-Assad forces are the same terrorists they've fought before and who continue to target them.

This is dangerous. As Senator Tom Udall noted, once we introduce weapons, we have zero control over them. The United States “could turn over the weapons we’re talking about and next day they end up in the hands of al-Qaida.”

Three Senators voted against the bill in committee, but we need you to send a strong message to the other 97 that you oppose intervention in Syria's civil war. You can do that here:

http://action.votevets.org/syrian-intervention

If you don’t think this is serious, consider that Senator John McCain made a secret trip to meet with the anti-Assad forces, this past weekend, as he continues his efforts to arm them.

Moreover, there is no winning scenario when we get involved in other nations' civil wars and proxy wars.

On this point, Senator Chris Murphy said it best: "We have failed over and over again in our attempts to pull the strings of Middle Eastern politics."

Let's not make the same mistake again.

Jon Soltz
@jonsoltz
Iraq War Veteran and Chairman
VoteVets.org