US doesn’t get the credit it deserves for invading Syria without provocation, running billions in weapons into Syria from 2010-2017 via a 17 nation smuggling ring, illegally occupying a third of Syrian land, massively sponsoring Islamic terrorist beheaders with billions of US tax dollars, or for hijacking
the UN affiliated chemical weapons watchdog OPCW and threatening to
close it down by withdrawing US funding unless it tells lies US can use
as “excuse” for more war...Of course, “the biggest lie in US foreign policy” is that US is “officially fighting terrorism while secretly supporting it."
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Map: Key: “Rebel”=terrorist. Idlib, Syria’s jihadist-dominated region, 7/1/19, AFP]…Large purple area is controlled by HTS jihadist beheaders under US protection.…As Damascus was about to fall to terrorists in Sept. 2015, Syria’s president asked his neighbor and friend Russia to help remove the terrorists which Russia agreed to do. John Kerry says US hoped ISIS would take Damascus, but Russia prevented that. Kerry says Russia entered because it didn’t want ISIS to control Syria. The US “nearly succeeded in turning Syria into another failed state” for its sordid satisfaction were it not for Mr. Putin and his dislike for terrorists. Unlike Russia, US wasn’t invited into Syria and for 9 years
has aggressively and criminally sought to overthrow Syria’s government.
If an actual UN existed it would order immediate removal of all US
personnel from Syria. Instead US claims Russia’s rightful presence there is “Russian aggression.” Who cares what bloviating terror sponsor US thinks about anything? Whatever Russia is doing, the world needs much more of it to stop the US genocide machine.
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9/14/2018, “Syria, Russia Right to End This War,” Strategic Culture Editorial
“In a time of hypocrisy, duplicity and hysterics, let’s keep focused on the right thing to do. Which is for the Syrian government and its Russian ally to end the war, by finally defeating the terrorist gangs holding out in their last stronghold of Idlib province.
The Syrian government of President Assad has the sovereign legal and moral right to vanquish the terror groups that have marauded and brutalized Syria for the past eight years [as of 2018]. These militants are not some kind of “pro-democracy uprising” that the Western governments and their news media have been absurdly lionizing. “The last rebel-held area,” is a lie that Western media continue to spin, albeit with ever-increasing transparency as a lie.
Such spinning is a travesty of the truth. The militants [terrorists] in Idlib are the assorted terrorist gangs that the Western powers, primarily the United States, have been arming as their criminal proxies to overthrow the Syrian government.
There are no “moderate rebels”; the militants are vile terrorist mercenaries, who nearly succeeded in turning Syria into another failed state for the sordid satisfaction of Western powers and their imperialist machinations in the Middle East.
The principled military intervention by Russia three years ago to aid the Syrian state averted the catastrophic fate that befell other countries where the US and its allies have despoiled for regime change. The Syrian army is now in a position to finally eradicate from its country the Western-backed jihadists.
Syria and its Russian ally must now proceed to finish the task of ridding the country of the terrorist disease that Washington and its criminal partners infiltrated. All the sound and fury from the US, Britain and France, amplified by the Western media, should be ignored with contempt. Their protests against the looming offensive to retake Idlib is rank hypocrisy.
Washington and its allies are decrying a “humanitarian crisis” ahead of the Syrian offensive. This grotesque hypocrisy is uttered by Western powers which have fomented a covert war by weaponizing terror groups. Their weasel words also come as US-backed Saudi warplanes relentlessly carry out a slaughter of civilians in Yemen.
The double-think and moral duplicity is astounding. And should be repudiated. The criminal Western governments have no authority whatsoever to pontificate to Syria and Russia about “humanitarian casualties”.
In any case, the Syrian and Russian forces have operated to relieve humanitarian suffering in Syria by breaking siege after siege imposed by heinous terror groups holding civilians under a reign of terror.
The clearest example of this so far was in the liberation of Aleppo in December 2016. Tens of thousands of civilians were relieved from the head-chopping “moderate rebels” when the Syrian and Russian forces retook Aleppo. Today, the people of Aleppo have begun to repair their lives in peace.
Prior to the liberation of Aleppo, Western governments and media were hysterically condemning the Syrian army and the Russian air force for “war crimes” and creating a “bloodbath”. That hysteria was shown to be lie.
Aleppo, like many other cities and towns, was liberated and restored to
peace. The Western governments and media say nothing now about Aleppo
because the reality totally disproves their deceitful posturing.
The same lies are being spun today about Idlib. Although there is a sense that the Western powers know their mendacious narrative of “bloodbath” is wearing thin. Syria and Russia would do well to shun the hypocritical protests, and proceed to do the right thing, which is to destroy the last remaining terrorist bases in that country, and thus permit a comprehensive peace to be established.
It is incumbent to mention the odious role of the United Nations here. UN chiefs have indulged the Western powers by talking up the charade of humanitarian concern. Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, and his special envoy Staffan de Mistura have been deploring the planned Syrian offensive. They are calling for “talks”. This is while Turkey is this week reportedly increasing the supply of weapons to the militants in Idlib, and while the US, Britain and France are threatening military attacks on Syria.
Guterres and the other UN bureaucrats would be better off making unequivocal condemnations of the US-backed genocide in Yemen. But on that charnel house they seem to have little to say in the way of specific condemnation.
All the pious, double-dealing concern about Idlib is in reality a reprehensible attempt to buy time for the terrorist gangs holed up in the province.
Why aren’t the mealymouthed UN chiefs calling the US, British and French threats to attack Syria what they are, which is a crime of aggression against a sovereign nation?
There are US media reports that the Trump administration is considering launching air strikes on Syrian army and Russian military positions in Syria “if there is an escalation”. What for? To protect civilians? To protect “rebels”? No, the NATO powers are willing to go to war in Syria to protect remnants of the terror army they deployed covertly over the past eight years for criminal regime change.
Washington and its allies, the Western media and the UN leadership are a disgrace. They have no moral authority. Not a scintilla.
The US seems willing to start World War III if it attacks Syria and its Russian ally in order to defend terrorists in Idlib province. Former presidential candidate Ron Paul has openly condemned the Trump administration for siding with Al Qaeda [and its affiliates in Idlib]. This is in the same week that the US commemorated 17 years after the 911 [Sept. 11, 2001] terror incidents in New York City.
How despicable is that? World War III to support head-chopping terrorists?
Syria and Russia must not be deflected, intimidated or blackmailed by Western governments, their media and UN flunkies – who are no better than the terrorists whom they are, in effect, aiding and abetting.
The task to defeat the arrayed nefarious forces assaulting Syria is a righteous one, and must be courageously completed.”
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Above, US illegally occupies a third of Syria, in above map the yellow area attributed to “Kurds”
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Above, Syria and surrounding countries, BBC map
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Above, Idlib and Northwestern Syria map from IRIN News, 9/3/18
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Above, Syria-Turkey border area
where US taxpayers were forced to pay for two "sides" in the fake Syria war. CIA and Pentagon “troops” were ordered to shoot each other to keep
the “war” going, via LA Times
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On Feb. 18, 2016, Boston Globe’s Stephen Kinzer wrote, “Our ignorance is more dangerous, because we act on it. The United States has the power to decree the death of nations:"
“The media are misleading the public on Syria,” “Much of the American press is reporting the opposite of what is actually happening.”...
“Our ignorance is more dangerous, because we act on it. The United States has the power to decree the death of nations. It can do so with popular support because many Americans-and many journalists-are content with the official story. In Syria, it is: “Fight Assad, Russia, and Iran! Join with our Turkish, Saudi, and Kurdish friends to support peace!” This is appallingly distant from reality. It is also likely to prolong the war and condemn more Syrians to suffering and death."
....After a film about terror group White Helmets won an Oscar, “Boston Globe columnist Stephen Kinzer was one of a number of serious journalists who expressed disappointment over the Academy’s selection, writing on Twitter: “Congratulations to al-Qaeda and Syrian jihadists for the #Oscar given to a film about their PR outfit, the White Helmets.”"
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“It is significantly more expensive to steal this oil through military force than to simply buy it on the market. The goal in keeping Syria from using and developing this resource is to keep Syria destabilized and unable to develop economically as a means for Israel to ensure regional hegemony and dominance.” commenter
12/25/19, “Assad Aide Warns of Operations to Stop US Stealing Syria’s Oil,” Antiwar.com, Jason Ditz
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[Map: US illegally occupies one third of Syrian land, shown on map in green]
“Aide says Syria must be completely liberated from foreign occupiers.”
“Bouthaina Shaaban, a top aide to Syrian President Bashar Assad…sought to clarify that President Trump’s talk of securing Syria’s oil fields really means “he’s talking about stealing it,” and that the US has absolutely no right to take Syrian oil.
President Trump made it clear in October that his primary, and indeed sole military goal in Syria was to seize the oil.
Since then, there is still no sign any US company is willing to
participate in that plan, and analysts doubt the US could ever even
break even on the effort.
It isn’t surprising that Syria would consider recovering the oil vital, after all it is the only reliable source of revenue to rebuild their economy around. At the same time, with 600 US troops at the oil, along with armored vehicles, it’s not clear that Syria has a realistic chance of recovering the area any time soon.”
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Similarly, in Syria US created and backed two “sides” just to keep the “war” going: “CIA-armed units and Pentagon-armed ones have repeatedly shot at each other while maneuvering through contested territory on the northern outskirts of Aleppo, U.S. officials and rebel [terrorist] leaders have confirmed.“…3/27/2016, “In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA," LA Times
12/24/19, “Libya’s UN-backed government calls for help,” Voltaire Network
[Image] “President Erdoğan received President Al-Sarraj at the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul on 15 December 2019, upsetting the balance of forces in Libya.”
“Pursuant to the initial plans drawn up by the Pentagon and unveiled by the New York Times, there are currently three rival governments in Libya (Rumsfeld / Cebrowski strategy) [1]. All three are supported militarily by the United States to keep them fighting against each other.
One of them has received the endorsement of the United Nations under the name of “government of national accord” (GNA). Its leader, Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, has just addressed a letter to Algeria (bordering country), the United States, Italy (former colonial power), the United Kingdom and Turkey asking them for help to ward off the faction controlled by Khalifa Haftar.
The GNA is officially supported by Turkey, which provides it with drones and armored vehicles [2]. Ankara recently revealed that it has signed an agreement in principle with Al-Sarraj to jointly exploit the Mediterranean oil fields. This move incurred the wrath of the other states in the region, especially Greece.
Haftar was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal by the Libyan House of Representatives (the only elected body), which held its first meeting in Tobruk and has henceforth been based in Benghazi. Since 4 April 2019, his troops–the so-called “Libyan National Army“–have been trying to overthrow the other two factions, notably that of Al-Sarraj.
The third government is that of the Muslim Brotherhood, housed in the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli, which no one officially recognizes, but which many support. The conflict has been organized in such a way as to prevent any of the sides from gaining the upper hand and to eventually finish each other off.”
“[1] “Imagining a Remapped Middle East”, Robin Wright, The New York Times Sunday Review, 28 septembre 2013.
[2] “In Libya, Turkish army and Misrata militia perpetrate atrocities against Field Marshal Haftar loyalists”, Voltaire Network, 1 July 2019.”
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Apr 24, 2019 · As Bloomberg reports further this week, the revelation of official US support to the renegade General Haftar came
soon after a meeting between Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah
El-Sisi on April 9. Sisi has long been known as a backer of Haftar, alongside the UAE and France.
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Apr 24, 2019 · By lending support to Haftar,
Trump once again overruled, and caught off guard, his top national
security advisors, who until that point vigorously opposed the general’s
latest military offensive.
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Leaks indicate US support for Libya’s Haftar. Libyan media has obtained leaked audio recordings of what appears to be US pilots speaking with the control tower of an airbase controlled by Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar. The conversations, which were published on Tuesday, included communications between Banina airbase in Benghazi…
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Despite US Support for “Official” Gov of Libya, Competing Gov Led by CIA Asset Benefits from Chaos in Tripoli U.S. allies the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Israel have been backing the …
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Jun 08, 2019 · For now, US officials insist that Trump’s phone call to Haftar was a personal favour to the Egyptian president, Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, who was visiting Washington a few days earlier, and did not …
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Apr 19, 2019 · President Donald Trump spoke with Libyan general Khalifa Haftar Monday, praising his role in fighting terrorism and securing Libya’s vast oil resources even as Haftar’s troops continue their …
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11/20/2013, “John F. Kennedy’s Vision of Peace,” Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (From 12/5/2013 issue of Rolling Stone)
“[In 1961], [US] military and intelligence leaders responded by unveiling their proposal for a pre-emptive thermonuclear attack on the Soviet Union, to be launched sometime in late 1963.…
JFK’s greatest ambition as president was to break the militaristic ideology that has dominated our country since World War II….
Both the Pentagon and the CIA believed war with the Soviets was inevitable and therefore desirable….
In the autumn of 1961…retired Gen. Lucius Clay, who had taken a civilian post in Berlin, launched a series of unauthorized provocations against the Soviets….
On October 27th [1961], Gen. Clay made an unauthorized armed threat to knock down the Berlin Wall using tanks equipped with dozer plows, seeking to provoke the Soviets into some action that would justify a nuclear first strike.…
Spooks and generals, apoplectic at JFK’s reluctance to attack Cuba, engaged in dozens of acts of insubordination designed to trigger a nuclear exchange. CIA spymaster William Harvey screamed at the president and my father during a White House meeting: “We wouldn’t be in such trouble now if you guys had some balls in the Bay of Pigs.” Defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg, who years later leaked the Pentagon Papers, reported, “There was virtually a coup atmosphere in Pentagon circles.” Incensed brass were in a state of disbelief at what they considered bald treason by the president. Spoiling for a war to end all wars, Gen. Curtis LeMay, the man who pioneered the use of napalm against civilians in Tokyo during World War II, found consolation by allowing himself to believe all was not lost. “Why don’t we go in there and make a strike on Monday anyway?” LeMay said, as he watched the crisis subside.
Khrushchev said afterward that Kennedy had won his “deep respect” during the crisis: “He didn’t let himself become frightened, nor did he become reckless….He showed real wisdom and statesmanship when he turned his back on the right-wing forces in the United States who were trying to goad him into taking military action against Cuba.”…
On October 10th, [1963] after signing the atmospheric-test-ban treaty, Khrushchev sent JFK the last of his personal letters. In that missive, Khrushchev proposed the next steps for ending the Cold War. He recommended the conclusion of a nonaggression pact between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations, and a number of steps to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and prevent their use in surprise attacks. JFK would never see the letter. State Department officials hostile toward Khrushchev intercepted it.
Khrushchev had already secretly proposed to his own government radical reductions in the Soviet military, including the conversion of missile plants to peaceful purposes. After JFK’s death, Kremlin war hawks viewed Khrushchev’s plan as a treasonous proposal for unilateral disarmament. Less than a year after Dallas, Khrushchev was removed from power….
Today, JFK’s great concerns seem more relevant than ever: the dangers of nuclear proliferation,
the notion that empire is inconsistent with a republic and that
corporate domination of our democracy at home is the partner of imperial
policies abroad. He understood the perils to our Constitution from a national-security state and mistrusted zealots and ideologues. He thought other nations ought to fight their own civil wars and choose their own governments and not ask the U.S. to do it for them. Yet the world he imagined and fought for has receded so far below the horizon that it’s no longer even part of the permissible narrative inside the Beltway or in the mainstream press. Critics
who endeavor to debate the survival of American democracy within the
national-security state risk marginalization as crackpots and kooks. His
greatest, most heroic aspirations for a peaceful, demilitarized foreign
policy are the forbidden debates of the modern political era.”
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Added: It took only 4 days for the war machine to regain power, JFK not even cold in his grave:
On 11/21/1963, JFK said: “After I come back from Texas,” we’re getting out of Vietnam. “There’s no reason for us to lose another man over there.”…
On 11/22/1963, JFK was killed….
On 11/24/1963, Two days after JFK’s death, LBJ ramped up US involvement in Vietnam.
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12/24/19, “Greece ready to intervene against Turkey in Libya," Voltaire Network
“On 22 December 2019, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Conservative lawyer Nikos Dendias, travelled to Benghazi to meet the ministers designated by the Tobruk House of Representatives and their military leader, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. He then moved on to Cairo and Cyprus.
Simultaneously, during a ceremony at the Gölcük Naval shipyard, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the decision to expedite Turkey’s submarine construction program.
The 6 New Type 214 submarines which Turkey is building with German
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) should be near completion.
Under the agreement signed with the Government of National Accord (GNA) [UN approved] headed by Fayez Al-Sarraj, in addition to military ports in occupied Cyprus, Turkey could have access to a home port in Libya, from where it could extend its influence over the entire eastern Mediterranean.
After the delivery of Turkish military equipment to Tripoli flown in by a civilian Boeing 747-412, Field Marshal Haftar proclaimed that he would not hesitate to shoot down any civilian aircraft carrying weapons for the GNA."
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9/14/2018, “Syria, Russia Right to End This War,” Strategic Culture Editorial 
