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US Imperial Wars Waged for Regime Change
Post Date: 2017-04-08 08:52:29 by Stephen Lendman
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US Imperial Wars Waged for Regime Change by Stephen America’s New World Order calls for establishing dominion over planet earth, its ruling authorities, resources and populations - by color revolutions or preemptive wars, assuring all nations are subservient to US interests. Syria is in the eye of the storm. Hours ahead of Trump’s aggression, Secretary of State Tillerson said there’s “no role for (Assad) to govern the Syrian people.” America intends “work(ing) collectively with our partners around the world through a political process that would lead to Assad leaving…(S)teps are underway,” he added with no further elaboration. Following ...
The NYT Supports Escalated War and Regime Change in Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-08 08:21:36 by Stephen Lendman
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The NYT Supports Escalated War and Regime Change in Syria by Stephen Lendman Trump’s Friday aggression was likely prelude to escalated war, a high-risk strategy. Confrontation with Russia could follow. The Times tried justifying the unjustifiable, using weasel arguments, not explaining Security Council members alone may authorize an attack on one nation by another - only in self-defense, never preemptively for any reason. Asking if Trump had legal authority to attack Syria, The Times said “(t)he answer is murky… (P)residents of both parties (waged war) without (congressional or Security Council) authorization,” adding: “(E)xecutive branch lawyers have argued ...
The Spoils of War: Trump Lavished With Media and Bipartisan Praise For Bombing Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-08 07:32:17 by Ada
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IN EVERY TYPE of government, nothing unites people behind the leader more quickly, reflexively or reliably than war. Donald Trump now sees how true that is, as the same establishment leaders in U.S. politics and media who have spent months denouncing him as a mentally unstable and inept authoritarian and unprecedented threat to democracy are standing and applauding him as he launches bombs at Syrian government targets. Trump, on Thursday night, ordered an attack that the Pentagon said included the launching of 59 Tomahawk missiles which “targeted aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters, petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers, air defense systems, and radars.” ...
Donald Trump warned he is 'one step away from military clashes with Russia' after Syria blitz
Post Date: 2017-04-08 07:21:43 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Donald Trump warned by Russia he is 'one step away from military clashes with Russia after Syria blitzVladimir Putin and Donald Trump were last night urged to hold emergency talks as growing tensions in the Middle East threatened to explode into war.The Russian president sent the missile warship Admiral Grigorovich to Syria after the US leader yesterday unleashed 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles on the airfield from where Bashar al-Assad launched a sarin gas attack on his own people.A British nuclear submarine is patrolling the Mediterranean and Nato forces were on high alert throughout the region.As the region teetered on the brink, world leaders, including Theresa May, backed the ...
The Trump Administration Goes Neocon-Crazy
Post Date: 2017-04-07 17:00:39 by Ada
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Oh boy, that did not take long. As I wrote in February, the Neocons and the US deep state have completely neutered Trump. Just look at these two headlines from RT (and read the articles): ‘It crossed a lot of lines’: Trump on alleged chemical gas attack in Syria ‘We are compelled to take own action’ if UN fails in Syria – US envoy Frankly, I feel like saying “QED – I rest my case” and stop writing here. But I won’t – this is too serious. First, let’s set the context. The Syrians gave up their chemical weapons three years ago (courtesy of Russia). The Syrians have also pretty much defeated the Anglo-Zionist-Wahabi aggression against ...
Neocons Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Marco Rubio Quickly Praise Donald Trump for Bombing Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-07 13:24:08 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Republican Senator hawks quickly praised President Donald Trump for ordering a strike in Syria last night in retaliation for the chemical weapons attack ordered by dictator Bashar al-Assad. Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator John McCain, two of the biggest critics of President Barack Obama’s failure to act in Syria, issued a joint statement in favor of Trump’s decision. “Unlike the previous administration, President Trump confronted a pivotal moment in Syria and took action,” they said. “For that, he deserves the support of the American people.” McCain and Graham urged Trump to consider further action, calling for a strategy to take out Assad’s Air Force, ...
Israel Supports Trump's Aggression
Post Date: 2017-04-07 13:14:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Israel Supports Trump’s Aggression by Stephen Lendman Longstanding US and Israeli plans call for regime change in Syria and Iran, naked aggression their strategy of choice. On Friday, unaccountable war criminal Netanyahu praised Trump’s aggression, saying “(i)n both word and action, (he) sent a strong and clear message (that) the use and spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated.” “Israel fully supports President Trump’s decision and hopes that this message of resolve in the face of the Assad regime’s horrific actions will resonate not only in Damascus, but in Tehran, Pyongyang and elsewhere.” Ultranationalist Defense Minister Avigdor ...
US missile strikes: Russia announces plan to bolster Syrian air defences and derides Trump over 'extremely low' effectiveness of bombing
Post Date: 2017-04-07 10:44:44 by Ada
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Moscow accuses Washington of planning attack on airbase 'long before' a suspected chemical attack that American officials say triggered the action Russia plans to increase air defences in Syria after a US missile strike on a government-controlled airfield, warning the military action had made the risk of conflict “significantly higher”. The Russian Defence Ministry said it would be beefing up the Syrian army's ability to shoot down enemy warplanes in the wake of strike. “To cover the most sensitive objects in Syria’s infrastructure a set of measures will be soon implemented to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the air defence systems of the ...
Cheerleading US Aggression
Post Date: 2017-04-07 08:14:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Cheerleading US Aggression by Stephen Lendman Journalism is the first casualty of wars, propaganda substituting for truth-telling. Whenever America goes to war or plans one, media scoundrels march in lockstep - cheerleading aggression, ongoing or coming. A culture of deceit persists, wars glorified in the name of peace. Propaganda wars precede hot ones, one nation after another targeted for regime change, rule of law principles ignored, accountability lacking for the highest of high crimes. A New York Times report read like a Pentagon press release, saying Trump ordered “missile strike(s) in Syria in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack this ...
Premeditated US Aggression on Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-07 07:59:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Premeditated US Aggression on Syria by Stephen Lendman Putin called Trump’s overnight attack on Syria “aggression against a sovereign country, violating the norms of international law,” according to his spokesman Dmitry Peskov, adding: “(I)t is unequivocal that (Friday’s aggression was) launched…in the interests of Daesh, al-Nusra Front and other terrorists.” Sergey Lavrov called Trump’s action “an act of aggression under a completely far-fetched pretext,” adding: “This is reminiscent of the situation in 2003, when the US and the UK, along with some of their allies, invaded Iraq without the consent of the UN Security Council and in ...
Gulf of Tonkin Redux: Trump Launches Naked Aggression on Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-07 07:45:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Gulf of Tonkin Redux: Trump Launches Naked Aggression on Syria by Stephen Lendman April 7, 2017, a date which will live in infamy - the Syrian Arab Republic was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval forces of the American empire - with attribution to Franklin Roosevelt’s congressional address following Japan’s December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Based on a false flag CW attack, wrongfully blamed on Syria’s military, Trump launched naked aggression on the country - a despicable act, a heinous war crime, unjustified and lawless, likely more aggression to follow. The buck stops with him on all issues of war and peace - not Congress, the courts or Pentagon. ...
Bombing North Korea may be the ONLY option left: Gen Keane
Post Date: 2017-04-07 05:25:38 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Bombing North Korea may be the ONLY option left: Gen KeaneApril 06, 2017 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un salutes during a visit to the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces on the occasion of the new year(VERO BEACH, FLA) Recent comments by retired four-star US General Jack Keane on North Korea could lead one to believe that a preemptive strike of North Korea may be President Trumps only option.Keane told Fox News that, if the US was facing an imminent attack from a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), President Donald Trump would have to act preemptively. “We’re rapidly and dangerously heading towards the reality that the military option is ...
Putin Considers US Attack in Syria Aggression Against Sovereign State - Kremlin
Post Date: 2017-04-07 05:01:55 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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The United States' missile strikes on a military airfield in Syria violates international law and represents an act of aggression against a sovereign state under a far-fetched pretext, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian military airfield in Ash Sha'irat near Homs late Thursday. US President Donald Trump said the attack was a response to the alleged chemical weapon use in Idlib on Tuesday, which Washington blames on Damascus. "President [Vladimir] Putin regards the US attacks on Syria as an aggression against a sovereign state ...
This Isn’t the Foreign Policy Trump Campaigned On
Post Date: 2017-04-07 00:01:17 by bush_is_a_moonie
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It may be too early to tell for sure, but Donald Trump is looking more and more like a phony. He’s also looking like a weakling. And a political ingrate. All this is coming into stark relief with accelerating events involving Syria. The United States launched dozens of missiles against Syrian military installations to retaliate for the chemical attack on rebel-held territory. Thus did Trump demonstrate that, to the extent that his foreign policy differs from that of his predecessor, it is more aggressive and adventuresome than Obama’s. That’s the opposite of how he campaigned. So let’s start with the crucial civic adhesive of political gratitude. This is the virtue that ...
Headed for Escalated Conflict in Syria?
Post Date: 2017-04-06 09:00:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Headed for Escalated War in Syria? by Stephen Lendman Peace talks are on life-support - no breakthroughs achieved, none likely after Tuesday’s Kahn Sheikhoun chemical weapons (CW) attack. It had all the earmarks of a false flag incident aimed at perpetuating war, likely escalating it for the same objective as earlier - destroying Syrian sovereign independence, replacing it with pro- Western puppet rule, isolating Iran ahead of a similar strategy against its government. Imperialism is dirty business, Trump up to his neck in it, perhaps over his head by delegating warmaking issues to neocon generals. They thrive on endless conflicts. So do hawkish extremists infesting Washington. ...
The NYT War on Truth-Telling
Post Date: 2017-04-06 08:44:55 by Stephen Lendman
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The NYT War on Truth-Telling by Stephen Lendman The self-styled newspaper of record is a lying machine, especially on geopolitical issues - notably when America goes to war or plans one. Syria is Exhibit A, its coverage deplorable, managed news misinformation substituting for truth- telling - propaganda and fake news instead of credible information and analysis. Its editors automatically declared Assad responsible for Tuesday’s Khan Sheikhoun chemical weapons attack - guilty by accusation, no corroborating evidence needed, no explanation about the implausibility of attacking civilians his military strives to protect, nothing about an apparent false flag to build world community ...
Israel Accuses Assad of Tuesday's CW Attack
Post Date: 2017-04-06 08:30:38 by Stephen Lendman
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Israel Accuses Assad of Tuesday’s CW Attack by Stephen Lendman Israel seeks regional hegemony along with America, wanting regime change in Syria and Iran. It’s waging intermittent war on Syria, aiding ISIS, al-Nusra and other terrorist groups, eager for escalated US aggression - Assad automatically blamed for Tuesday’s Khan Sheikhoun CW attack, despite no evidence proving it. On Thursday, ultranationalist defense minister Avigdor Lieberman lied, claiming “100% certain(ty)” about Assad’s responsibility for Tuesday’s incident, adding he does’t know if Russia was involved. “Let the world (community) take responsibility and do something rather ...
Another Dangerous Rush to Judgment in Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-06 07:39:50 by Ada
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Exclusive: The U.S. government and the mainstream media rushed to judgment again, blaming the Syrian government for a new poison-gas attack and ignoring other possibilities, reports Robert Parry. With the latest hasty judgment about Tuesday’s poison-gas deaths in a rebel- held area of northern Syria, the mainstream U.S. news media once more reveals itself to be a threat to responsible journalism and to the future of humanity. Again, we see the troubling pattern of verdict first, investigation later, even when that behavior can lead to a dangerous war escalation and many more deaths. Map of Syria. Before a careful evaluation of the evidence about Tuesday’s tragedy was ...
Amb Nikki Haley: If UN won’t act in Syria, the US will
Post Date: 2017-04-05 14:46:56 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Amb Nikki Haley: If UN won’t act in Syria, the US willApril 05, 2017 U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley sits during a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on Syria at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, NY, U.S. April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonOn Wednesday Ambassador Nikki Haley said the US may take action on its own in Syria if the UN Security Council fails to act(WASHINGTON, DC) The UN Security Council convened on Wednesday to discuss a draft resolution proposed by the US, the UK and France, which would condemn Damascus for the reported use of chemical weapons in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on Tuesday.Russia criticized ...
Syria Again Falsely Accused of Chemical Weapons Use
Post Date: 2017-04-05 08:37:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria Again Falsely Accused of Chemical Weapons Use by Stephen Lendman Throughout over six years of conflict, Syria was accused of using chemical weapons (CWs) numerous times - no evidence presented proving it. None exists. US-supported terrorists conducted numerous CW attacks. These elements, Washington or its coalition partners were likely responsible for Tuesday’s Khan Sheikhoun incident - killing scores, injuring many more, large-scale enough to generate anti-Assad furor. As expected, Western media, in unison, on cue, automatically blamed him for what happened - what’s most important never asked after these type incidents. Cui bono? What strategic benefit could Assad ...
Rogue State Israel Falsely Accuses Assad of Chemical War
Post Date: 2017-04-05 08:14:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Rogue State Israel Falsely Accuses Assad of Chemical War by Stephen Lendman In three preemptive wars of aggression on Gaza since December 2008, Israel used banned weapons - ruthlessly targeting defenseless civilians. Doctors treating victims reported injuries never before seen. Norwegian trauma surgeon Mads Gilbert described “maimed and torn-apart people.” He explained daily Israeli atrocities, its regime wanting truth-telling about its high crimes suppressed. Haaretz cited unnamed Israeli sources blaming Assad for Tuesday’s Khan Sheikhoun CW attack, despite no evidence proving it, saying: It “was approved by the highest levels of the Syrian regime, but at this ...
NYT Complicit in Coverup of US War Crimes
Post Date: 2017-04-04 07:38:18 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Complicit in Coverup of US War Crimes by Stephen Lendman Most readers don’t get past media headlines. Some read opening comments, few any more detail. Scoundrel media take full advantage. Headlines willfully deceive. So does content that follows. The New York Times is complicit in US coverup of horrendous crimes of war and against humanity - again on April 1 in reporting on Iraq and Syria. It headlined “US-Led Coalition Counts 229 Civilian Deaths Before Mosul Strike,” saying: “(T)he United States-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria said on Saturday that it was likely that at least 229 civilians had been unintentionally killed by its ...
Syria Falsely Blamed for Sarin Gas Attack in Idlib Province
Post Date: 2017-04-04 07:29:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria Falsely Blamed for Sarin Gas Attack in Idlib Province by Stephen Lendman Numerous times before, Syria was falsely blamed for toxic chemical weapons attacks by US- supported terrorists. On Tuesday, Reuters said “(a) suspected gas attack by Syrian government or Russian jets killed at least 35 people, including nine children, in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday” - citing the pro-Western so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. On April 4, it reported 58 deaths in Idlib province, including at least 11 children, saying: A Khan Shaykhun city neighborhood “was bombed with material believed to be gases which caused suffocation and other symptoms, like ...
Russia Slams US Coverup of Mosul Carnage
Post Date: 2017-04-03 08:24:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Slams US Coverup of Mosul Carnage by Stephen Lendman Previous articles explained Pentagon-orchestrated responsibility for mass slaughter and destruction in Mosul - since terror-bombing and Iraqi ground operations began last October. Thousands of civilians in harm’s way were massacred. Carnage continues daily - suppressed by the Pentagon and media scoundrels. On April 2, Tass said the US-led coalition in Mosul is “hid(ing) war crimes,” causing civilian deaths and suffering. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov slammed “(a)bsured statements of the Pentagon representatives, justifying civil(ian) casualties caused by American bombing in ...
US War Strategy: Destroy, Partition, Occupy and Control
Post Date: 2017-04-02 08:27:03 by Stephen Lendman
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US War Strategy: Destroy, Partition, Occupy and Control by Stephen Lendman Since the 1990s rape of Yugoslavia, US wars were waged to replace independent governments with pro-Western puppet ones. Strategy involves raping, destroying, partitioning, occupying and controlling one country after another. Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo is America’s largest European military base since the Vietnam War era - established for regional control, US bases in other war theaters for the same purpose. Washington intends a permanent military presence in all its war theaters. The right-wing Brookings Institution’s policy paper laid out a strategy for Syria, applicable for other nations America ...
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