(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — Though some have been warning about the catastrophic potential for a third global conflict for years, it wasn’t until recently that these warnings became more mainstream. The calamitous nature of the violence in Syria — which has one nuclear power defending a government that has been the target of a regime change operation led by the world’s superpower — combined with 2017’s threats of “fire […]
After training, funding and arming “moderate rebels” in Syria (who would later reveal themselves to be ISIS head choppers), one would think that the United States’ illegal military intervention in Syria had hit an embarrassing low point…that is until US NATO ally (and Turkish Sultan) Erdogan decided to take on American trained, funded and armed Kurdish YPG forces in Syria.
Zerohedge reports…
The head of the U.S. military’s Central Command made some stunning admissions about the present geo-political situation in the Middle East, during a Congressional testimony, that will go largely unnoticed in much of the mainstream media.
Via Haartz…
Today was really a Tale of Two Cities in Syria.
Pentagon shopping spree for Balkans arms to equip Syrian rebels shows no sign of abating, after plans have emerged for US to buy a further 25,000 Kalashnikov-style rifles and 20 million bullets. By Lawrence Marzouk, Ivan Angelovski, Juliana Ruhfus, Jelena Cosic | Balkan Insight | March 15, 2018 The Pentagon is planning to spend $162.5 […]
(ZHE) — The Washington Post has revealed that President Trump attempted to extricate US troops from Syria by asking ally Saudi Arabia to foot the bill for postwar reconstruction and “stabilization” projects in the area of northeast Syria currently occupied by US coalition forces, to the tune of $4 billion. The deal would involve US allies like Saudi Arabia moving into […]
The initial news reports this morning stated that Turkish military and their proxies had taken Afrin city center and the PKK/YPG had fled the vicinity. I awaited verification.
By Arkady SAVITSKY | Strategic Culture Foundation | 18.03.2018 On March 12, US Permanent Representative to the UN, Nikki Haley, announced at a Security Council meeting that the US will take action on its own if that organization fails to establish a cease-fire and end the chemical attacks and suffering of civilians as it pushes for a new 30-day truce in […]
Syria could very well be one of the most heavily propagandized conflicts in modern history.
The lies told in the run up to the illegal Iraq invasion, in many ways dwarf the multiple fallacies told by the United States government, and its mainstream media cronies, as the regime change efforts in Syria have failed at every turn.
Via Zerohedge…
By Randy Shields • Unz Review • March 17, 2018 Neocon Max Boot now says it’s better for the Syrian people if Assad stays in power. But we still can’t get the American left to come to its senses about Syria. Louis Proyect says in Counterpunch that the suffering coming out of East Ghouta is […]
