Uiteraard beroept men zich op de terreuraanslagen in ons deel van Europa, echter er wordt nu al meer dan 15 jaar in het Midden-Oosten (inclusief Afghanistan en Libië) oorlog gevoerd, zogenaamd een oorlog tegen terreur, maar het aantal aanslagen neemt alleen maar toe........ Logisch met grootschalige terreur kweek je terreur.......
In feite kan Nederland door die NAVO beslissing bijna niet anders, dan ook aanvallend optreden in Syrië....... Trouwens was toch al hypocriet, het verzamelen van inlichtingen met F16 straaljagers, waarna de aangewezen doelen door anderen worden gebombardeerd.........
Tussen 2 haakjes: Afgelopen week hoorde ik dat Nederland nog steeds patriot raketten in Incirlik (Turkije) heeft staan (dacht dat deze missie al was afgeblazen)....... Weet u wat daarvoor de kosten zijn??? In 2013 lagen de kosten boven de 42 miljoen (Duitsland doet 't voor de helft van de prijs...), reken maar uit uw winst....' Deze raketten staan ter bescherming van Turkije, tegen 'de agressie' van Syrië, terwijl Turkije aan de andere kant van de grens illegaal op Syrisch grondgebied oorlog voert, ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Waar Turkije ook tegen het Syrische reguliere leger 'vecht', dit door wapenleveranties aan 'gematigde Syrische rebellen' (psychopathische moordenaars voor het grootste deel uit andere landen, dan Syrië....)....... En daar geven wij geld aan uit......
Onlangs bleek nog eens dat er 1 miljard van het VS defensiebudget is verdwenen....... Men durfde daar nog serieus over te lullen ook, terwijl iedereen weet, dat daarvoor wapens, munitie en voertuigen aan de 'gematigde rebellen' in Syrië werden geleverd.....
Overigens gesproken over dit budget: de NAVO geeft in haar geheel zonder de VS vele keren meer uit aan defensie dan Rusland!!
Van Baalen vindt het een heel ernstige zaak, dat Nederland maar zo weinig uitgeeft aan Defensie......* ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Ja, de onbeschofte VVD oliebol wil net als de VS her en der illegale oorlogen voeren en ja dan heb je nog veel meer meer miljarden nodig dan we nu al uitgeven aan de oorlogsmachine, waartoe onze defensie intussen is uitgegroeid........ Benieuwd ook hoe zijn EU onkostenrekening eruit ziet........ Van Baalen noemde dit zoals gezegd i.h.k.v. de NAVO eis (eis van het beest Trump uit naam van de VS) tot een veel grotere bijdrage aan de NAVO middels het defensiebudget van de lidstaten.
'Toevallig ook' dat Frankrijk en Groot-Brittannië van zins zijn om vanuit Jordanië met grondtroepen Syrië binnen te trekken en het Syrische gebied waar het land grenst aan Irak en Jordanië veilig te stellen middels militair bestuur (waar de 'gematigde rebellen' uiteraard welkom zijn......)... Nogmaals: alles illegaal onder het Verdrag van Genève... Nederland dat al met troepen in Irak aanwezig is vergroot het aantal militairen met 20 zodat er 175 Nederlandse militairen in Irak aanwezig zullen zijn, het is niet duidelijk of Nederlandse troepen ook de grens met Syrië zullen oversteken....
Voor die illegale actie, hebben GB en Frankrijk natuurlijk de hulp nodig van meer landen, komt de beslissing van de NAVO om in Syrië te gaan vechten even goed uit!!!
Hier het artikel van Strategic Culture:
NATO Launches Its Own Operation in the Middle East
PETER KORZUN | 31.05.2017 | WORLD
The recent NATO summit took a decision to formally become a member of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS), in addition to its training mission in Iraq.
Last year, NATO started a training and capacity-building mission for Iraqi armed forces. In January, it opened a regional center in Kuwait. NATO AWACS aircraft operate in Syria. But the participation in combat actions against the IS has so far been limited to a few aircraft taking part in the operations of the US-led coalition of the willing. Formally, each alliance member contributes to the coalition, but NATO as its own entity does not. Despite the coalition’s efforts, the IS had grown and expanded in Syria till Russia launched its military operation there in 2015.
France
and Germany have
always had reservations about
the prospect of joining the anti-IS coalition as an alliance,
concerned that it would lead to NATO taking over the fight or
overshadowing regional partners, such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates. Italy has been skeptical of the plan.
Despite
all the speeches ringing alarm bells about the deadly threat coming
from the IS – the mortal enemy of the West that vowed to fight it
till it exists - the bloc’s combat ready forces are
deploying…against Russia in the Eastern Europe! As a result, the
alliance has seen no need to counter the IS plans to create a
caliphate. It stubbornly turns a blind eye on the peril coming from
the South.
Migrant
flows are flooding the territories of European alliance members,
terrorist acts are committed to kill citizens of the NATO member
states, US and Turkish military are fighting the extremists on the
ground but the bloc largely limits itself to words of condemnation
while demonizing Russia – the country which says it does not want
to provoke confrontation and calls for a dialogue!
The
summit’s decision to join the fight comes at a time the US, UK and
France-backed rebel forces based in Jordan are reported to be
preparing for operations on Syrian soil. On May 18, US aircraft
struck a convoy of forces affiliated with the Syrian government. The
attack occurred in far southern Syria near al-Tanf, along the
Syria-Iraq border – an area where US Special Operations Forces
(SOF) are training local fighters. The leading NATO member plunged
directly into the Syrian conflict taking sides. Evidently, the move
signaled broadening of American involvement in the six-year Syrian
civil war. The US has led the anti-IS in Syria since 2014, but so far
has avoided engaging with Syrian government or Iran-backed forces.
The
US, the UK and France are the leading members of the alliance and
there is little doubt they are preparing to cross the border and
establish control over the region where the borders of Jordan, Syria,
and Iraq meet. They will need support of other nations, especially
the allied ones and it coincides with NATO’s decision to become
part of the anti-IS operation. The control over the area by
NATO-supported forces will include a key highway from Baghdad to
Damascus that Iran has used to supply weapons to Syrian forces.
Al-Tanf is a strategic crossing located at the intersection of the
Jordanian, Iraq, and Syrian borders and commands the No.1 Route
linking Baghdad with Damascus and the Jordanian capital of Amman.
It
all happens at a time NATO members involved in the combat actions and
Israel are deeply concerned over the recent visit of a high-ranking
Iraqi military to Damascus to discuss the situation on the
Syrian-Iraqi border. The allegation that Iraq’s Prime Minister
Haidar al-Abadi has pivoted his support away from the US-led
campaign to the Russia-Turkey-Iran coalition adds even more fuel to
the fire.
Definitely,
the contribution will increase. Right after the summit on May 25, the
Netherlands announced the decision to send two more warplanes to
fight the IS. From mid-June a Dutch KDC-10 tanker aircraft will be
stationed in Kuwait. And in the last quarter of the year, a C-130
transport plane will be contributed to the fight for two months.
About 90 military personnel will go with the planes. The new
deployment will temporarily increase the number of Dutch soldiers in
Iraq to about 175, twenty more than previously agreed. The Dutch
commandos currently supporting Iraqi troops on the front will be
equipped with armored vehicles and other weapons systems from next
month. The Netherlands also expressed readiness to contribute
several F-16 fighters from early next year. Other NATO members will
increase the contribution to support the NATO effort. It will
increase but it is worth to remember that the bloc’s operations in
Libya and Afghanistan ended up in failure.
Expanding
NATO role in Syria may lead to either confrontation or coordination,
or at least de-confliction, with the Russia-Syria-Iran forces.
Turkey, a NATO country, is a member of Russia-Turkey-Iran trio
pushing forward the Astana peace process. And the common enemy is the
IS. Coordination of efforts appears to be a logical step. The issue
should top the NATO-Russia Council agenda along with the plans to
establish de-escalation zones. It could be discussed with Russian
President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit.
Some
arrangement with Russia is unavoidable. But is it an achievable goal
with NATO building up its forces in the Baltics, Poland, Romania and
the whole Black Sea region? Can Russia and NATO fruitfully coordinate
efforts, or even cooperate, in Syria with tensions running high in
Europe? Evidently, the standoff between Russia and NATO benefits no
one but IS. Finding mutual understanding is indispensable to defeat
the common enemy. Actually, playing off the West against Russia is
the IS only hope for survival. That’s the expectation the group
must be deprived of. It remains to be seen if these arguments are
taken into consideration as NATO joins the fray.
Tags: NATO Middle
East US ==========================
* Van Baalen zei letterlijk dat het onaanvaardbaar is, dat de VS nu meer uitgeeft aan defensie dan Nederland..... ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Nogmaals: of wij ook her en der illegale oorlogen beginnen en daarnaast de 2 andere grootste kernmachten op aarde, Rusland en China uitdagen...... (deze toevoeging heb ik na plaatsing van het bericht gedaan op 3 juni om 20.39 u. )
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