Pres. Obama's Plan for the Near East

Nearly every commentator on international politics has weighed in on the question of how to rid Syria and Iraq of the apparently Sunni-sponsored terrorists, so here's my two cents!

I think President Obama's plan is excellent; and if it does succeed, he really will firm up his claim to being a Great US President! 

That said, I want to stress that the US ought not to take sides (any longer!) in the Sunni-Shite civil war in Iraq.  As is well known and was exactly predicted, Iran has taken control of the politics in Southern Iraq.  I think areas in northern Iraq should remain in the hands of the Kurds, but I also think that the rest of northern Iraq should be controlled by the Sunnis.  How this is possible when the Bagdad government is Shite dominated, I don't know.  It can be readily fixed, no doubt.

The important point I wish to emphasize is that the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff must be in charge.  This is a very delicate position for the US to maintain: no boots on the ground and ultimately, a diplomatic resolution to the Syrian-Iraq upheavals once the terrorists are brought under check.  The US never abandoned its concerns for the well-being of Syria. 

P.S.  There's been little news, but how is the Taliban areas of Afghanistan being brought into the Kabul government--whose control of Afghanistan is to Kabul's city limits!

  

Kashmir needs flood control technology implemented

For the past 20 years I've been urging a resolution to the conflict between Pakistan and India over the Kashmir.  Each side has its own somewhat pervasive arguments, but the one that I think that would decide the territory's integrity is that of which country claiming it is able to assist it in implementing technological methods to control the rivers' flooding the plains.

This new communications network I've been privileged to use has enabled me to get the Kashmir point of view!  They are plagued with water flooding not just its farmlands but its cities.  Why has not some nation come to the aid of this precious province? 

I say no country deserves to rule that land unless it is able to solve Kashmir's flood problem.