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Jun 2015
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Not surprising. The allegations of gas attacks on civillians seemed not so cut and dry
GoneFishin
Jun 2015
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Too much money to be made, and I think the people in charge rather like war. n/t
djean111
Jun 2015
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GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)1. Not surprising. The allegations of gas attacks on civillians seemed not so cut and dry
to me. It seemed like they wanted for something like that to happen as an excuse to escalate.
Russia Promises "Economic And Military" Aid To Syria As US Refloats Assad "Chemcial Weapons" Trial Balloon
By Tyler Durden
Full article: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42273.htm
By Tyler Durden
June 29, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "Zero Hedge" - It has been a while since the US State Department, with the help of the UK-funded and US-supported Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, floated doctored YouTube clips of hundreds of Syrians dead as a result of Assad's chemical attacks. In fact, it has been almost exactly two years since the last time the US nearly launched an all out proxy war in Syria, one involving an axis of western powers and Qatar (whose natural gas this whole charade is all about) against another axis of Russia and China who were supportive of the Syrian government. Luckily, a last minute snafu by John Kerry allowed a de-escalation, which in turn resulted in the appearance of ISIS, whose entire purpose has been, as leaked Pentagon memos have revealed, to topple Assad.
And with collective memories short, and with the "diplomatic" playbook of the US State Department even shorter, the time has come to once again rekindle this particular fabulation.
Overnight the WSJ reported, in what may have been a far more pressing update than anything to do with Greece who ultimate fate has been known since 2010, that "U.S. intelligence agencies believe there is a strong possibility the Assad regime will use chemical weapons on a large scale as part of a last-ditch effort to protect key Syrian government strongholds if Islamist fighters and other rebels try to overrun them, U.S. officials said."
Note: no facts this time, not even planted ones - just beliefs.
And with collective memories short, and with the "diplomatic" playbook of the US State Department even shorter, the time has come to once again rekindle this particular fabulation.
Overnight the WSJ reported, in what may have been a far more pressing update than anything to do with Greece who ultimate fate has been known since 2010, that "U.S. intelligence agencies believe there is a strong possibility the Assad regime will use chemical weapons on a large scale as part of a last-ditch effort to protect key Syrian government strongholds if Islamist fighters and other rebels try to overrun them, U.S. officials said."
Note: no facts this time, not even planted ones - just beliefs.
Full article: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42273.htm
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)3. What the US should have done...
Was to stay out of the way and let Russia deal with their puppet state, provided they protect non-combatant civilians. US provide assistance to Iraq and Turkey (boots even) to secure borders and prevent the situation from spreading outside Syria.
djean111
(14,255 posts)4. Too much money to be made, and I think the people in charge rather like war. n/t