This guy has a lot of balls to say something like this about the CIA. I wonder if DJT knows who he is playing with? I wonder if Russia will bring it up at the next UNSC meeting?
Via Zerohedge.com
Update: A few short hours after the initial writing of this report, the US, the UK and France conducted a missile air strike against Syria
Authored by Chris Martenson via PeakProsperity.com,
NATO has drawn 1st blood. Will Russia respond?
First blood? Was this the first blood we drew when we bombed them in 2017 or the first blood we drew when we bombed them in 2018? Which first blood are we talking about here? Just kidding…. well, sort of.
The events of the past few days involving Syria, the US and Russia are highly concerning.
Currently, the US is busy readying to drop just dropped ~120 missiles on Syria to punish it for an alleged poison gas attack on its civilians. I say “alleged” because no on-the-ground investigation has been conducted.
At this point, we don’t really know with confidence what was done by whom. But America’s war machine is straining hard against its chain, eager to strike. And this poison gas atrocity may just be the excuse the West needs to unleash it.
Whodunit?
We do know that Syria at one time indeed had stockpiles of chemical weapons. But they handed them over to international inspectors some years back. Could they have kept some stocks hidden? Sure.
But we also know that the rebel jihadists in Syria have been caught making and using chemical weapons many times in the recent past. Russia has repeatedly brought forth evidence of chemical manufacturing sites (very crude basement laboratories, really), located in areas recently recaptured from Syrian jihadists and mercenaries. So it easily could have been the jihadists that conducted the gas attack.
Are these so-called “moderate rebels” morally capable of using poison gas on civilians, children especially? You bet they are. These are proven head-choppers, supported by the US, who have publicly posted numerous videos of themselves beheading children. Morals are not part of their framework or this war.
Plus, the gas war crime certainly serves their interest more than it does Assad’s at this time.
Between the two suspects, it’s far more likely that the increasingly desperate jihadists, who are clearly losing the fight at this point, would use any and every method at their employ to their advantage.
The West’s response right now feels like a bad detective movie. Imagine the lead investigator of a grisly murder choosing to focuses first on the neighbor down the hall, while ignoring the spouse with a past history of domestic abuse and who recently took out a very large life insurance policy on the victim. The current “Blame Assad!” narrative seems a poorly written script where you have to overlook a lot of gaping plot holes to get through the movie.
So there hasn’t been an independent investigation to clarify with confidence who is the guilty party here. But that hasn’t stopped a swift verdict from circulating throughout the western press: “Assad’s government did it, and must be punished.”
Keep in mind that US-made cluster bombs are busy killing children in Yemen. And nearly 130 Yemen children die every day from starvation thanks to the combined actions of Saudi and US forces blockading that nation’s access to world markets.
Suddenly, children in Syria matter a lot to the West, while Yemen’s child victims are rarely ever mentioned. Suddenly there’s an urgent moral issue being rushed through the court of public opinion.
This has all the hallmarks of the prior propaganda campaigns we’ve seen before. Scant evidence, immediate assignment of blame, and a quick rush to military action before anybody can really properly question the train of events.
The Rising Risk Of War
Which leads us to where we are now: the US and several NATO countries may attack just attacked Syria very soon with cruise missiles launched from ships (highest likelihood) and possibly airplanes.
Any such attack, it needs repeating, would be illegal under world laws if it happens without prior UN Security Council approval. Receiving such approval will be highly unlikely, because Russia sits on that council and has veto vote power. So any attack will, by definition be illegal, and not a sanctioned affair.
However, the US and its allies have been operating illegally in Syria for many years. They haven’t shown much concern to-date for securing international approval of their actions. It’s unlikely to expect that to change anytime soon.
But the US isn’t the only one on the schoolyard who can throw a punch. Russia, which has been supporting the Bashir al-Assad regime in Syria, is now taking a much harder line.
After years of being increasingly painted as the West’s favorite villain (the latest campaign instantly blaming Putin for the poisoning of ex-spy Skripal was particularly hamfisted), Russia has made it clear: they are done being provoked. They won’t backpedal any farther. If/when the US launches missiles at Syria, Russia has promised to shoot them down and fire a counter-strike at the launchers.
This is serious folks:
Russia will shoot down all US missiles and sources of fire, Russian Ambassador says
Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said in an interview with the Lebanese TV channel Al-Manar that Russia would shoot down all missiles in case of US military aggression against Syria, RIA Novosti reports.
Russian air defence systems will be used to destroy both the weapons and the sources of fire.
Earlier, The New York Times reported that US presidential aides recommended the head of the White House to inflict a series of fierce attacks on several targets in Syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in the city of Douma, even though the fact of the chemical attack itself was never proved.
If Russia shoots back at the “sources of fire”, that means the US ships and planes used to launch the cruise missiles
I’d personally be worried sick if someone I loved was on the USS Donald Cook right now. This is the “source of fire” most likely to be employed.
Oddly, it’s all alone there in the Mediterranean. Other US ships appear to be days away. Perhaps it’s “odd” in the same way as when the best ships in the seventh fleet were conveniently out of harm’s way when Pearl Harbor was attacked, leaving only older less seaworthy ships to be sunk, and giving President Roosevelt the casus belli he needed to get America into WW2.
Will the USS Donald Cook be the neo-cons’ sacrifice as they endeavor to get their war with Russia kicked into a higher gear?
The US, for its part, is apparently busy communicating with the Russians, communicating it will seek to avoid killing any Russians if at all possible should it strike Syria. This will limit the range of targets, but the risks are still very, very high:
A strike against Syria will likely come in the form of missiles, as was the case last year.
The United States would not want to risk putting manned aircraft over Syrian air defenses — a shoot-down would send the conflict spiraling in unforeseeable new directions.
The USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, is within easy striking range of Syria, as is a French frigate with its own cruise missiles.
These two ships, possibly aided by a US submarine, are likely to play a role in a strike.
What are the risks?
The reaction from Assad backer Moscow is unpredictable and Russia has threatened retaliatory action against the United States if missiles are fired at Syria.
The Russian army on Wednesday accused the White Helmets civil defense organization of staging a chemical weapons attack in Douma, where observers say more than 40 people died in a gas attack.
NBC News reported Tuesday that Russia has learned how to use GPS jammers to limit the capabilities of US drones operating over Syria.
“The US has to be very careful not to accidentally strike Russian targets or kill Russian advisors,” Ben Connable, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, told AFP.
“That significantly limits the number of options available to the United States, because the Russians are embedded in many cases with the Syrians.”
Connable warned that if the US accidentally or purposefully kills uniformed Russian soldiers, there would potentially be a dangerous escalation between the two nuclear powers.
(Source)
The plan here is for Trump get to appear tough, garnering the praise of the war party in the US (which is solidly bi-partisan) and the war press (the entire MSM), while not killing any Russians and, frankly, not doing too much actual damage to Syria.
This is pretty much from the same playbook as last year’s false-flag gas attack in Syria, when we fired 59 Tomahawk missiles.
But this time, Russia has made it clear that any repeat of last year’s missile attack will have consequences. It has moved its key naval assets out of port and into strike positions:
APRIL 12, 2018: RUSSIA STARTS EXERCISES OFF SYRIAN COAST, VOWS RESPONSE TO US STRIKES
The Russian Navy has launched live-fire exercises off the Syrian coast as the US is still preparing for a possible military action against the country’s government.
The Russian exercises will be held from April 11 to April 26, the period when, according to some experts, the US strike will be most likely if the administration of US President Donald Trump decides to attack Syria.
On April 10, Russia’s envoy to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin once again confirming that Russian forces are ready to shoot down missiles and target the launchers in case of an escalation in the war-torn country.
Ali Akbar Velayati, the top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, vowed to support the Damascus government against any attack of the US and its allies.
So now we have Russian ships in the Mediterranean on live-fire exercises, bumping around a smallish sea with US naval assets, with everybody on pins and needles as NATO-Russia relations break down and tensions rise.
What could possibly go wrong?
Again, sane people ought to be asking why we are even in this position in the first place. Exactly what US interests are at risk in Syria? Whatever they may be, is defending them worth risking a hot confrontation with a nuclear power over? So far, I’ve seen zero compelling explanations on this front.
A Dangerous Advertising Campaign?
Looked at from a different angle, here’s an interesting article from a Russian newspaper (translated by Google so please read past the choppy writing…) which posits that the attack will be proven a useful test of Russia’s latest anti-missile systems.
If successful, Russia may well get to sell lots of them in the future. Great news comrades! We’re getting the chance to showcase our products!
The S-400 and “Pantsiri” are preparing for a grandiose exam in Syria
“Russian air defense systems in Syria have an opportunity to show everything they are capable of,” a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry noted in a comment to the newspaper VZGLYAD. Such a check is worth a lot, the interlocutor notes.
“For the military all over the world, this will be an extremely important lesson – the analysis of this blow and its reflection will long be handled by the headquarters of all the leading military powers of the world,” the general believes. The subject of analysis will also be how the electronic warfare complexes (EW) will work when reflecting missile strikes.
The number of downed enemy missiles is not an end in itself, Lieutenant-General Alexander Gorkov, head of the air defense missile forces in 2000-2008, remarked in conversation with the newspaper VZGLYAD. He stressed: “The air defense forces are designed to completely conserve the object. Therefore, if only one of the 100 rockets is shot down, but the one that flew exactly to the target, and because of this the object survived, this is considered a success. ”
But there are objective criteria for anti-aircraft gunners.
This indicator means the probability of a target being hit by one missile. The number of intercepted targets is divided by the total number of missiles fired. For example, less than 0.7 means low efficiency; 0.8 and above – good, 0.9 – excellent, explained earlier to the portal ” Economy Today ” Lieutenant General Aitech Bizhev, former deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force on the CIS Joint Air Defense System.
“If we are talking about cruise missiles going at extremely low altitudes, then the efficiency should be at least 0.85-0.90,
As an example, Bezhev cited the result of the Syrian air defense forces, which recently repulsed the attack of Israeli aircraft. F-15 planes fired eight missiles, the Syrians intercepted five of them. Thus, the coefficient was 0.6, that is 60% of the shot down missiles. This result is not very pleasing, Bezhev complained.
However, the expert of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (ACT) Vasily Kashin believes that the destruction of 50-60% of US missiles would be a huge success for Russian weapons. In fact, he added, even the destruction of 30% can be considered a great success, if we bear in mind both Russian and Syrian air defense forces.
It should be taken into account that the Syrians used old complexes, notes Bizhev. And the newest S-400 air defense systems are located at Russian facilities – the Khmeimim base and in Tartus. According to the Lieutenant-General, the efficiency of the S-400 for unobtrusive speed targets is 0.9, that is “magnificent”, 90%.
In turn, Kashin recalls: in addition to our ground-based air defense in Syria will be two Russian frigates with the complex “Shtil-1”, which stand off the coast of Syria. “Each of them has a vertical launch for 24 anti-aircraft missiles,” the expert reminded VZGLYAD.
Potential buyers of weapons following the outcome of this conflict will draw conclusions about which weapon systems are more effective – American cruise missiles or Russian air defense systems. For a correct assessment, it is important to consider how many missiles are fired at the covered targets. “If the enemy will use a huge number of missiles, for example, more than 200, then you do not know exactly how many missiles will be on the target. Miracles do not happen, “Kashin said. He adds that it is impossible to completely repulse such a blow.
“For example, there are 100 air targets, for each we spend two anti-missiles. With this amount you need to have a very high ammunition. Is there such a number of missiles in the ammunition of the grouping deployed in Syria? “Asks General Alexander Gorkov.
“The combat component of the S-300 division is 32 missiles (if there are eight launchers) or 48 missiles, if 12 units are available,” the interlocutor points out. “If two rockets are used for each shooting, the ammunition will be enough for 16 or 24 launches, respectively.” If the coefficient of 0.9 is shown in these shootings, this will be evaluated as a success, including potential buyers of Russian weapons.
Even if that was a little long and technical for you, just know I find it possibly comforting. If Russia is looking for a ‘grandiose exam’ of its war matériel, and the US is going to attack mainly to satisfy internal politics (and Russia knows this), then that may contain any military exchange to a relatively small skirmish (for now).
But if not, and Russia is truly backed into a corner, tired of the West’s vilification and NATO’s encroachment, it will show it claws. History has long shown that the Middle East is a powder keg where conflicts can easily escalate quickly. Where escalation might lead in this case is very worrisome indeed.
Time To Prepare For War
There remains, as yet, no evidence proving Assad’s government was behind the alleged gas attack in Douma.
All that’s been presented to the world are video clips showing what appear to be stricken people. However, we have long learned that such videos prove to be fraudulent. The same White Helmets who released these clips have been caught many times before using crisis actors and staging events that look just like the videos released — shaking cameras that sweep and lurch in tights shots over closely spaced bodies, poor lighting, etc.
Moreover, the US and NATO blamed Assad and Russia within hours of these release of these videos, well before any actual evidence could have been collected and confirmed. As of course, they’ve similarly done time and again over the past years. Clearly, there’s an eagerness on the West’s side to find a reason to take harder action against Russia.
Will this one be it?
While the prospect of a kinetic (shooting) conflict between the West and Russia is obviously of greatest concern, the war could happen in one or several of many other forms (cyber, financial, trade, etc.) which I’ve written about extensively in the past.
We need to prepare ourselves for the prospect of war, even if this situation merely turns out to be an S-400 marketing blitz. Because at the current trajectory, even if this event turns out not to be the flashpoint that ignites a larger confrontation, the odds of one that does happening soon is just too damn high.
It’s very clear that the US has embedded neocons that want a unipolar world where the US is top dog and gets to boss around China and Russia. That makes war “highly likely” in our future.
China and Russia quite rightly believe that they deserve to be treated on more equal footing and have their own national pride and internal political realities with which to contend, meaning they cannot appear to be pushed around by the US. Saving face is important.
In Part 2: What To Prepare For we assess the most likely paths the current standoff may take, the probability of each, and what the ramifications of each would be. Knowing tomorrow’s likeliest outcomes will help you best prepare today.
An escalating conflict between the US and Russia, even if limited to a proxy war in Syria, will result in tremendous casualites — of life, of geopolicital relations, and of markets. Protect yourself, those you love, and your wealth from becoming part of the collateral damage.
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Russia said it would intercept the missiles and attack the ships firing said missiles. That did not happen. Putin did not say that himself, but a minion did.
Wonder if Putin is having an Obama-like line in the sand moment?
Russia ( and some at the Pentagon) are saying that Syrian missile defense systems shot down 71 of the 103 Raytheon developed, Tomahawks launched………just what is being widely reported.
Not a bad % for bunker buster blocking but that level of efficiency would be worth chit if we had nuke tipped missiles… as for firing back at the ships–thank goodness they didn’t because with Trump’s ego, he may have gone full scale
The Trumpster in the dumpster….. Administrations change, but the lies stay the same…. shilling for Israhell and the Chabbad garbage….Jews like free stuff…. stole Palestine…fuck Trump, William Kristol, Satanyahoo, Schumer….. Deport dual citizenship Israelis/Americans…. bunch of traitors..
Stole Palestine? Ed, you have any idea where the US came from? You do realize it wasn’t always fifty states and all, right?
That is the way of the world. That is the way all national borders are established. They get “stolen”. Lands and people get conquered. And those lands remain yours until such time as you can no longer defend the territory.
Same as it ever was. My only surprise in all of this is that Israel did not take it all and drive the Palestinians into the sea. That is oft what happens to conquered people that do not assimilate, or at least acquiesce peacefully. The Romans were especially good at it. The Mongols, too.
Llpoh…..I understand your points and agree about what has happened in the past… this attack against Syria is not the same as what happened in the past…. your conquered people narrative is a distraction……does not apply to the greater Israhell agenda and the neocons support for Israhell…
Russian and American Middle Eastern Foreign Policy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjZObMSnb2Y
Just another statistic . Assad is a war criminal and must be punished.
War crimes for thee , none for we .
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history — and still gave him a hand.
notice that this was written during obama’s administration,i’m sure he was the one who had these declassified–anything to make the usa look bad–
the intelligence officers who talked should be imprisoned if possible–
i’d never heard about the soviets using chems in afghanistan–
http://talmudunmasked.com/chapter8.htm
WHAT THE TALMUD TEACHES ABOUT CHRISTIANS
Article II. – What the Talmud Teaches About Christians
“In the preceding chapter we saw what the Jews think of the Founder of the Christian religion, and how much they despise his name. This being so, it would not be expected that they would have any better opinion about those who follow Jesus the Nazarene. In fact, nothing more abominable can be imagined than what they have to say about Christians. They say that they are idolaters, the worst kind of people, much worse than the Turks, murderers, fornicators, impure animals, like dirt, unworthy to be called men, beasts in human form, worthy of the name of beasts, cows, asses, pigs, dogs, worse than dogs; that they propagate after the manner of beasts, that they have diabolic origin, that their souls come from the devil and return to the devil in hell after death; and that even the body of a dead Christian is nothing different from that of an animal.”
We will never be free until the Talmud is unmasked and everyone knows the truth about Talmudic Judaism which is a Satanic cult that rules over us. Once you understand Judaism, you will know why Albright has no problem slaughtering 500,000 Iraqi children without a shred of remorse. This is pure and unadulterated evil that can be traced right back to the Talmud.
Conquer or be conquered , again people do not understand real warfare where the enemy is literally and totally killed and their existence ground to dust ! That’s what it takes , full commitment to the total destruction of your enemy ! If you are not willing to do that stay home on the couch with a six pack and a bag of Cheetos !
Russia is probably about to call our bluff and maybe China too . If you really support the troops you need to tell them to high tail it home to take back California and the Southwest !
We have never had any real true national intrest in any of the nonsense my country has committed military assets to in my lifetime . From Vietnam to the Middle East to the Slavic breakdowns it’s none of our fucking business !
Eleven to Twenty million people wandering about in our country illegally , now there is a true threat internally to our nation .
Perhaps a few dozen Hum-Vee’s with M-60s with the order to fire for effect on our southern border would be a remedy for that .
17 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudi Arabians being supported in our country by Saudi’s and most were on expired or at the very least questionable visa status here ! So we bomb Iraq , Afghanistan and Libya ??WTF
Yes I know Osama was stiring the terror turd in the mountains of afganastan while surviving on dialysis from the back of a donkey . Anybody who would believe that fucking nonsense does not belong in a position to decide paper or plastic let alone voting for anything concerning the citizens of our nation !
The 535 (well, with a few exceptions) that infest our Congress, and the millions of bureaucrats that infest the federal government at all levels, and the hundreds of thousands that infest our state and local governments and legislatures/city councils, county commissions, etc. are a FAR GREATER threat to our freedoms, way of life, and liberties, than ANY foreign country 10,000 miles away, ANY terrorist 10,000 miles away, or even the millions of illegals current in this country.
Boats.
Well said but I’m afraid we already have 20 or 50 million paper, plastic voters.
Are they still using M60’s?
We were still using m1919 .30’s in 67 so maybe.
The American neocons seem assured that America would defeat Russia in any conventional war. Even assuming that’s true (which I don’t), it doesn’t seem smart to leave as Russia’s only means of avoiding national humiliation the use of its immense nuclear arsenal.
There goes Puerto Rico!
According to reports circulating in internet the Americans used established lines to communicate with Russians prior to attack to avoid problem of inconvenient deaths in the aftermath.
https://sputniknews.com/world/201804151063578007-assad-west-missile-strike-russia/
So the Russians knew and it seems most Likely Assad knew. The Israelis knew.
Who didn’t know. The ones that didn’t must now realize
All all it cost US was $166 million. What a cheap price for Trump to flex the Empire’s might in MENA. ..talk about a bargain. The collective wisdom of ConUS and POKUS is truly awe inspiring .
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-us-syria-strike-how-many-missiles-were-fired-2017-2018-4
That was just the cost of the missiles, moving in ships and personnel etc. at least a billion$. Not so cheap.
That’s probably about right.
Partially explains this now, right?
I think most informed folks are aware of the proposed Qatari gas pipeline and the Saudis/Israel death match with Shia Iran.
But none of this makes any real sense…..I am sure we have more personnel in Syria than we let on and can bring in aircraft or missiles at will but to what end?
Assad has defeated the Obama/Hillary army ISIS and AQ etc. The White Helmets are just the most recent recasting of the same Sunni Jihadis. So is there a point to attacking Assad? Certainly not reversing the “Facts on the Ground”….and after the debacle of deposing Saddam why would we.
So we attacked with a single “naked” destroyer, some submarines and jets flying in from other locations. A marginal step up from last years attack.
I think this seems to all be Kabuki…not a serious attack (and what kind of moron would blow up a toxic cloud of precursor chemicals anyways) and so as always Qui Buono…..
I don’t see any lasting benefits….to anybody. Trump will be attacked all day long as illegally attacking Syria, distracting from Mueller, coddling Russians/Assad for not attacking in strength. The NeoCons won’t be satisfied for long they want to kill “moar” Russians.
The Russians are pissed but highly unlikely to attack back and probably have already agreed to not do anything if our effort was limited but they won’t forget.
Maybe Trump is so compromised that buying a week of less hateful coverage is worth it?
Obviously the USA has zero national interest in Syria…..one dictator is just as bad as any other…..the peoples of the middle east lack the basic IQ for representative governance so they are always going to be autocratic.
Call me confused….
“Call me confused”
You’re not alone.
This guys perspective on it all is pretty interesting:
When you couple it with this:
You start to get a fuller picture of what is going on in the ME. I don’t think Syria is about Syria at all. It is about Iran, their lackeys and their masters.
Maybe. 🙂
FM.
It is indeed about Iran. The Shia Crescent prevents Russia and China from being ring fenced. Iran and N.K are also the only remaining countries without a Rothchild controlled Central Bank.
Iran also is preventing Saudi political domanance in the Middle East. With Syria and Iraq out of the way Iran is doomed.
Possibly. There are a lot of wheels in motion right now. Some seem to support that idea others point away from it. The only way to know is to wait and see.
And we have a representative government? I believe in our country the autucratic ruler is the collective influence of the deep state.
Don it’s for you. Some guy named Dick Cheney from a place called “Site R”.
Even more confusing…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UslPRoYa0Y
Listen to the John B Wells interview with Senator Richard Black. The Senator claims we may have 4000 (maybe more) personnel in Syria. I would link it but I’m no good at that on my phone. It’s loaded with interesting eyewitnesses info from the Senator.
More like disinfo, Mary.
No, if you’ve been paying attention, you would know that the U.S. personnel NEVER left Syria….been there for years, just shows Trump admin is same as Obama, Bush, Clinton, doesn’t fucking matter…
Only difference is what narrative the Ministry of Propaganda spinsters concot!
I bet you didn’t listen to it, did you, Rise up?
To defeat Russia in a conventional war is nearly impossible, even with technological superiority. USA does not have nearly large enough ground forces to fight the Russians on home turf. USA doesn’t have the stomach for a high casualty slug fest with the Russians. Fighting Russians in Russia isn’t like fighting Russians in Syria. Neo Cons know that. The action in Syria was intentionally subdued to avoid a reaL war.
As usual Llpoh has a firm grasp on the real world.
When the Americans are forced to telegraph in advance an attack and admit to phoning the Russians to let them know places to avoid prior then it is a kabuki theatre.
A $160 Million kabuki, plus another $1 B for the backoffice & support.
Princess Bride….”Never start a land war in Asia and never bet against a Sicilian when death is on the line”
Kabuki.
What was blown up? Yeah, exactly….so when you Trump haters come back from the ladies restroom all cried out and cleaned up, it’s going to be amusing to watch you explain your derangement. It’s a show, Iran is next. Rub some vagisil on it, then learn that Q has, and is, giving you more truthiness than you’ve EVER had. Take small bites till you’re ready for a full serving. Go back and read, it ain’t like you have more to gain here in the echo chamber, go back and watch Q posts confirm and predict. The truth is right there for all you “prove it to me” folks (do your own damn work
I say!). Or, just hang out here for the reach around, with the usual suspects. Thank goodness sane posters like IS and T4C are around.
Greetings,
I’m sick of this Q fantasy Nostradamus bullsh*t. Q isn’t going to save you, Trump isn’t going to save you and Putin most certainly isn’t going to save you. Listen closely – you are on your own. Put together your own network and place your trust in it.
Tommy
You are a maroon on a level that would be difficult to measure on any and EVERY topic you comment on here. Do you worship the Q god to fit in or do you really believe that this shit is real? You have to be one pathetic case.
Ouch! You so mean! Stop it! Help! Help!
Trump and Q…. Bunch of effette charlatans…..Trump is a butt boy…. never served…..4 deferments…… Bibi’s boyfriend….
Tommy the great Qew-Ball-ist. Hope you like the taste of crow.
Nobody is telling the truth. I wonder how effective the Russian s300 and s400 AA missles were ? The Pentagon is very silent about that. If it weren’t for cruise missles how many dead pilot would that have been? Propaganda from both sides we won’t know for a longtime, if ever.
Admin likes to say “the stupid, it burns”. It’s more like “the bullshit, it stinks!”
Gasmasks and hipwaders for everyone!
Via Yahoo.com
https://www.yahoo.com/news/arab-leaders-gather-unify-ranks-face-conflict-wars-123817724.html
Arab leaders meet to unify ranks with eye on Iran, Jerusalem
Associated Press AYA BATRAWY April 15, 2018
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia used its perch as host of an annual gathering of Arab leaders on Sunday to push for a unified stance against rival Iran as the regional powerhouses vie for the upper hand in wars in Syria and Yemen.
Saudi King Salman told leaders from across the 22-member Arab League that Iran was to blame for instability and meddling in the region. He said Yemeni rebel Houthis, backed by Iran, had fired 116 missiles at the kingdom since Saudi Arabia went to war in Yemen three years ago to try and roll back Houthi gains there.
The summit took place in the oil-rich eastern Saudi city of Dhahran, a location that may have been selected by the kingdom to avoid cross-border Houthi missile strikes that have targeted the capital, Riyadh, and southern border cities.
While locked in proxy conflicts in Yemen and Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran also back opposing groups in Lebanon, Bahrain and Iraq.
The summit this year takes place after the U.S., Britain and France launched dozens of strikes early Saturday at sites they said were linked to Syrian chemical weapons program. President Bashar Assad and his close ally, Russia, have denied government forces ever used such weapons.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said Assad’s government and “international players trying to achieve their own strategic political goals” bear responsibility for the crisis there.
“Regional interference in Arab affairs has reached an unprecedented degree. And first of these is the Iranian interference, the aim of which is not for the well-being of the Arabs or their interests,” he said.
The Saudi monarch made no reference to Syria in his remarks before Arab leaders amid divisions within the region-wide body over support for the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syria. The kingdom, as well as Bahrain and Qatar, have issued statements backing Saturday’s strikes on military targets in Syria. More wary of the widening conflict are countries like Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon.
A final statement by the 22-member states refrained from supporting or criticizing those strikes. The league said it condemns the use of chemical weapons, but did not lay direct blame on any one party.
Assad was not invited to the summit, though most heads of state from across the Middle East and North Africa attended the Arab League meeting, including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur.
At the start of the summit, Aboul-Gheit lamented a lack of consensus among Arab states on regional security.
“The crises burning in some corners of the Arab world today… cast a shadow over the safety and security over the entire region,” Aboul-Gheit said. “These take a toll on the national security of all of us.”
Instead, Arab heads of state stressed unity and unwavering support for Palestinians. King Salman reiterated Saudi Arabia’s rejection of the U.S. decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Despite the monarch’s stern words of condemnation, Saudi Arabia has strengthened ties with Washington under the Trump administration.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir defended those ties, saying “there is no contradiction” with having very strong strategic ties with the U.S. while advising against certain policies.
“The fact that we have very strong ties with the U.S. over history, and the Trump administration in particular, is a positive factor, not a negative factor in trying to help guide them towards a positive engagement in the Middle East,” al-Jubeir told reporters after the summit.
Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, announced at the summit a $150 million donation to the religious administration that oversees Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque— one of Islam’s holiest sites. The kingdom announced another $50 million for programs run by the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians after the U.S. slashed its aid.
The strongest criticism of the Trump administration came from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
“The decisions have made the United States a party to the conflict and not a neutral mediator,” Abbas said at the summit.
Saudi tensions with neighboring Qatar were on display at the summit. Qatar’s emir was not in attendance, instead dispatching his country’s Arab League representative to the meeting. While the Qatari flag was erected alongside other member-state flags on the streets of Dhahran, the country’s representative did not appear in a group photo of the top delegates in attendance.
Tensions erupted nearly a year ago when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed ties with Qatar and imposed a de facto blockade on the small Gulf state. The four accuse Qatar of sponsoring terrorism because of its support for Islamist opposition groups in the region and its warm relations with Iran. Qatar denies the allegations and says the moves attempt to undermine its sovereignty.
The standoff with Qatar, however, did not feature in summit deliberations.
Putin is aligned with Trump against the CIA…do you understand that?
The missiles hit CIA-supported targets.
Not true.
And that’s not a counter argument.
Source?
FM, it’s been put forth as a theory by many, and it makes sense. Trump wants to get rid of CIA-backed mercenary armies and Putin would/is in favor of that strategy, especially with regard to Syria.
That plan will allow the US troops to leave, once those Deep State mercenaries are cleaned out.
Iran next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF60VV3G3_Y
what you and hear is not what is happening. Hum. So, while we are building new bases in Syria, sending in more troops, we are actually leaving. What kind of cool aide are you drinking dude?
Really Rise up??
So why does Trump have Betsy Devos in his cabinet, you know the sister of Eric Prince and owner of Blackwater/Academi/Xi merc army?? You will believe anything.
Chanting Iran next makes you a Zionist/Israeli mouthpiece.
Grasping at straws 101.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Pakistan and India tee off while all this is going on…With George Webb’s detailed open source expose on the Awan Brothers and their connection to Pakistani ISI, the justification for a NATO war in Pakistan seems inevitable….proxy war , India on the side of BRICS and Pakistani nationalists set to be used as pawns in this NATO vs. BRICS war being fomented by mossad, house of Saud and D.I.A.
Oh, I listen to the X22 report and Dave..whatever his last name is..he is never wrong. Sheesh, is there any info on the internet that a person would stake their life on?
He isn’t any more or less reliable that this person at this link
“News that Steve Quayle linked to on his website on Saturday morning they report that the Pentagon here in America has noted a 2000% increase in ‘Russian bots’ since President Trump recently bombed Syria based on what appears to be a staged event created by Syria’s ISIS supporting ‘White Helmets’. And while people on both the left and the right, including many Trump supporters, slammed his decision to bomb Syria, it’s clear that all is not as it appears to be.”
http://allnewspipeline.com/As_President_Trump_Swims_Perilous_Waters_His_Supporters_May_Be_In_Grave_Danger.php
Wake me up when I can see something with my own eyes in person. Otherwise..I believe nothing I read or see on the internet anymore.
Help me Spock. Help me.