VP Biden's Obama Policy Debate Mess and Syria

There are two topics urgently demanding attention today -- the vice presidential debate and Syria, which are somewhat related. Vice President Joe Biden was a loudmouthed impolite nuisance last night, interferring as both Paul Ryan and the moderator tried to speak. He denied the publicized truth about America's diplomatic security situation and the assassination of American Ambassador Chris Stevens in the Benghazi terrorist attack. His sarcastic dismissive demeanor regarding Medicare would have merited expulsion from a team sport like football or soccer. And that President Obama later offered that Biden did a great job only makes it clear that the American President wants to win at any cost, including rudeness, inability to conform to agreed rules and lying about important issues.....Which brings me to Syria. During last night's debate, Joe Biden told America to calm down about Iran and defended the Obama policies in the Middle East, including Obama's hands off approach to the Syrian civil war. Well, today we learn that a third al-Assad regime air defense site was overrun by rebel forces. The news is that this time it was acknowledged that the raid was a joint effort of Syrian rebel forces and a little-known extremist group with links to al-Qaida. This means that sophisticated air defense technology and equipment may have fallen into al-Qaida hands. There is so far no confirmation of this. But it is interesting that the Syrian rebels gave two explanations for the attack and for the use of an extremist group -- 1. The rebels have asked for air defense support and equipment from the West, but America and the UN have refused, so the rebels are trying to develop their own capability by raiding al-Assad sites; and 2. Since the West refuses to provide ground support, the Syrian rebels must seek support from any source available and willing to help. That, as concisely put as one could ask for, is the result of the Obama Middle East policy....Syrian freedom fighters are being infiltrated by extremist groups; sensitive technology is now likely to fall into the hands of groups related to al-Qaida and we can expect chemical weapons to risk the same fate. And, just to remind ourselves, Iran is behind these groups and is now positioning itself to become the de-facto power in Syria, chemical weapons included. Talk about a failed policy...President Obama could you just run over one more time the logic behind your policy mess that has allowed this to happen.