Exclusive: President Trump earned neocon applause for his hasty decision to attack Syria and kill about a dozen Syrians, but his rash act has all the earmarks of a “wag the dog” moment, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry Just…Read more →
Announcing the start of his unprovoked, illegal assault on a sovereign nation last night, President Donald Trump spoke in sombre tones, painting a tear-jerking word picture of human suffering worthy of all his predecessors as liar and hypocrite-in-chief.
But there was one man who could barely contain his jubilation at Trump’s decision to choose force: John McCain.
The veteran war provocateur from Arizona spoke to NBC’s Today Show with a beaming grin that betrayed his elation at the recent turn of events:
I don’t know if it’s thoughtlessness, stupidity or perversion or a combination that propels many in the established media and beyond to accuse the Syrian Government and the Syrian Arab Army of crimes against humanity, against their own people no less. Those who truly believe Assad is capable of murdering his own civilians are either stupid, perverse or completely detached from reality and the human condition. Just why would Assad do that?
America’s unprovoked act of aggression against Syria is a war crime. It represents a personal policy about-face from Donald Trump who campaigned on a pledge to stay out of the Middle East.
In the early hours of the 7th of April 2016, Donald Trump violated every essence of his most endearing campaign promises. He has become everything he claimed to hate, he has told every lie he once criticised others for telling and gone to a war none of his most steadfast supporters want.
The one thing Trump has remained is efficient, in a matter of hours, he has broken virtually every single foreign policy promise he made both during his campaign, inauguration speech and speech to Congress. I cannot remember as many promises broken as rapidly.
The morally correct answer is no. But the following grim yet practical option should at least be discussed.
The element of surprise is one of the key tactics in any war, whether it be a military war, an intelligence war, an information war, a cold war or a broad sweeping moral battle.
Syria is now in the cross-hairs of a Pentagon seemingly hell bent on war. Whether Donald Trump can or even still wants to resist this, is anyone’s guess.
This is why Syria, in close cooperation with her allies must take the first decisive step.
Exclusive: Even as The New York Times leads the charge against the Syrian government for this week’s alleged chemical attack, it is quietly retreating on its earlier certainty about the 2013 Syria-sarin case, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The…Read more →
Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017. (Jim Lo Scalzo/AP)
Does President Donald Trump assume his administration can just launch a surprise, unilateral military attack against Syria?
“I’m not saying I’m doing anything one way or another, but I’m certainly not going to be telling you.” —President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s confused foreign policy just got a lot more confusing. 24 hours after Sean Spicer claimed that regime change in Syria was no longer a viable option, Donald Trump seemed to imply the opposite.
Three years ago, Syria was declared free of chemical weapons under an agreement proposed by Russia which forestalled an expected attack on Syria led by the United States.
This came after a massive propaganda campaign in western media alleging a devastating sarin gas attack near Ghouta, Syria, which is reported to have killed thousands. The attack was blamed on Syrian president Assad, with the small amount of substantiating evidence provided by Israel.
