UNSC fails to pass 3 resolutions on Syria ‘chem attack’ as Russia calls for restraint
Macron says US, UK & France to decide on ‘response’ to alleged Syria chem attack in coming days
Europe air traffic control issues alert over ‘possible air strikes on Syria within 72 hours’
‘We hope you come to your senses’: Russia warns US against illegal Syria strike
“Imminent Announcement” Of US Action In Syria Coming Amid Expectations Of Air Strikes “Within Hours”
Syria puts forces ‘on alert’ amid threat of US military action
Trump Cancels Trip to Latin America, Citing Crisis in Syria
Trump set to dine with law professor Alan Dershowitz
No commentary needed, I think.
The Saker
UPDATE: now here is a big surprise (at least for me)
May resists calls to join US military action against Syria
I really wonder what is behind this British u-turn (if this turns out to be true)… Could that be a first sign of some cooler heads prevailing? Sounds too good to be true. What do you think?
Flightradar reporting no delays at Damascus,Beirut and Amman airports. Daylight is now over Syria. Do not see anything happening until 11/04 night fall.
With all these updates, Saker, I feel like I would waiting for a hurricane to move ashore.
Adding to your reports, I live about a mile from our airport that has a large military facility. Now, military traffic isn’t that unusual, but there has been a *lot* of activity here today with large transport planes.
Taken together, it all seems surreal.
I couldn’t agree more with what is written here (especially regarding Israel…):
https://russia-insider.com/en/breaking-defining-moment-putin-stand-usisrael-empire-chaos-or-fold/ri23052
Reading this you feel it may already be late…why be soft on them and try to bring sense to them when it is crystal clear that they want nothing but subservience!
Israel MUST be put on notice that aggression by its stooges, the USA, UK and France (three of the greatest genocidal butchers in all history)will bring ruin to Israel. Dimona is out of the question, as it would poison the region for millennia, hitting civilians would mean descending to Israel’s own depths, and the country is too small for any real ‘surgical’ attacks. I rather think MOSSAD HQ in Herzliya would be a good choice for a ‘shot across the bows’.
Comes a nuke war, hit Israel first.
Also: hours after a call with Putin reaffirming Notd-Stream 2: Merkel casts doubt on Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline (http://m.dw.com/en/merkel-casts-doubt-on-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline/a-43328058)
You must wonder what Merkel’s MOSSAD black-mail file contains.
I’ve often thought about that too.
She grew up in East Germany. Was she an informer?
Or the Stasi, whose record archives were raided by CIA on their dissolution.
So are her controllers Jews or Jesuits?
Heather Nauert and “some substance”
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201804111063424352-usa-syria-douma-chemical-identity/
Likely we will see Iranian linked binary agents related to OPCW and Iran co-development and testing in 2016. If not in this Ghouta incident likely in a incident to come a false flag on coalition troops perhaps French. Novichok has a long way to run yet I feel and the last part over in a flash but I feel novichok is aimed at Iran. Heather above says ‘some substance’ and that can only be part of the segue to iran using knowledge it acquired working with OPCW to co-create investigate and deactivate some of the families in the zoo of chemical cocktails possible in binary fourth generation nerve agents. Novichok may be aimed at Iran. If Iran can be framed with CW then it can be sanctioned by the West without undoing the nuclear agreement. Russia is not just faced with the task of protecting Syria. It must protect Iran too. I think Nauerts some substance combined with remarks that Russia has failed as an OPCW framework guarantor for Syria and may be complicit in skirting the Syrian declarations of disarmament forbodes terrible events in store. It’s a gnarly situation.
The Syrian reactor bombing propaganda piece has been played to support attack on Iran’s Bushir reactor complex. Maybe fired along the F-15 defined gullet. Probably use a lot of missiles down the gullet to exhaust it followed by 100 cruise for Bashir.
Once I saw a report of Iran producing ‘Novichoks’ under OPCW ‘supervision’, I thought, ‘They’ve let themselves be set up’. The OPCW is under Western control, and like all multi-lateral organs, follows diktat from Thanatopolis DC, when it counts. This effort will be used to blame Iran, and soon, for some ‘attack’, and the ‘OPCW supervision’ will simply disappear down the Western fakestream media presstitutes’ ‘Memory Holes’.
Gloomy Presentiments.
The Western media is beating the drumbeat for war, and unlike in 2003, during the Libyan Crisis, or even last year, I see hardly any skepticism about it in the comments. The few skeptics are invariably labeled Russian trolls. I am really getting the impression that the degree of popular hate in the West towards Russia is approaching what Allied citizens must have felt towards Nazi Germany by 1941. Kudos where its due: Neoliberalism.txt has programmed its peons well.
I still don’t think this will boil over into a major war, but the chances of that are now well above 0%.
If it does, though, it will constitute a stupidly appropriate end to Western civilization as we know it. As one commenter here has noted, current decision-makers make the statesmen of 1914 seem sane and rational…
http://www.unz.com/akarlin/gloomy-presentiments/
If Russian soldiers are killed or maimed in the coming attack all bets will be off, from there the pathway towards an almighty escalation will be as wide as it is short. We are staring into the abyss and our so called leaders are certifibly insane. If you are a man of faith I suggest you pray.
The loser will go nuclear ……
Missile times between launch and target can be measured in minutes ….. or less
commander reaction times measured in seconds …… or no time …..
no time for second thoughts ….. no time for some to actually comprehend or acknowledge incoming
scary scary stuff….
Not a shred of intelligence amongst washingtons decision makers be it suits or uniforms …..
Thank you washington for bringing the planet to the brink…..
Trump has been steadily firing anyone who shows any signs of intelligence over the last month.
Latest to go was the director of Fatherland Security. Trump has fired his chief diplomat, his primary military adviser and his internal police commander, all in the last month.
I’m watching the ‘news’ and the presstitutes loyally attribute everything to ‘Russian meddling’. Russian ‘interference’ in Farcebook (no-one else, not the US political parties, or their PAC and other rich patrons, not the Israel Lobby, not any other foreign party did so, just those thirteen hyper-active ‘Russians’) meant that ‘140 million Americans saw ‘Russian images’ (ie puppies) surely the dumbest invention in history. Stormy Daniels’s pay-off is somehow connected to Russia, Cambridge Analytica is somehow connected to Russian meddling etc, etc. No attribution, no matter how plainly obtuse or lunatic, is ever defended with evidence. Calls for evidence show you to be a ‘Putin apologist’. Mere assertion, endlessly repeated, often in the same words, by the entire Western fakestream media, without any dissent, is followed by judgment and sentence-guilty, of course. The Russian demand to see the evidence in the Skripal fabrication, the very basis of the Common Law (that the accused must see the evidence of his alleged crime)is dismissed with lip-curling contempt. I wonder how long before this ‘Guilty as accused and defence is further proof of guilt’, doctrine will infiltrate the ‘legal system’ of the UK, to be used against the class, ideological and race ‘enemies within’. The descent of the West into fascism is long over. Now we must see what comes next.
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Reporters have bosses. And like anyone with a boss, you do what the boss tells you to do. Fail to do that often enough, and you are considered a ‘problem’ and replaced.
In the US, any independent journalists working for the major media corps have been fired and replaced. We saw this under Bush right at the beginning of the Terror Wars. Journalists who criticized Bush for flying to a bunker in the mid-west and jumping in were quickly dismissed. As were any who seriously questioned the narrative of the 9-11 attacks and the Terror wars. You can still find a few of them, but they now write on their own blogs, and none of them have the well-paying corporate media jobs anymore. I noticed yesterday that Tucker Carlson is no longer promoted on Fox’s front page like he had been. He’ll either quickly correct his attitude or will be on his own podcast soon.
Reagan allowed and encouraged the concentration of the media into just a few hands. Its only 5 or 6 corporations that control almost all of America’s “major” media. And if a reporter wants a job, they have to toe the line. This is why the ‘alternative news’ and other areas have boomed and become so popular. Its also why the government and big tech monopolies are cracking down on what they now call “fake news” and saying that people can only see ‘reliable’ corporate news sources.
Prestitudes is a very accurate term in this system. They do what they are told and get paid for it. But, complaining about them is like complaining about the prostitutes on the street corner and ignoring the mob bosses and the corrupt city officials that are really getting rich from their labor. The policy at the mass media companies is set by the owners, and like in any corporation the orders come down from the top and its either obey or get fired. Those top level owners and bosses are the people to complain about, the five or six people who control it all thanks to Reagan. But complaining would do no good because they are doing this quite deliberately and for their own profit and power.
It helps me…
Katyusha
Apple trees and pear trees went into blooming,
River mists began a floating flow,
She came out and went ashore, Katyusha!
On the lofty bank, on the steeply shore.
She came out and sang she song about
Her young friend, the bluish eagle from steppe
All about the one she dearly loved,
The one whose letters she treasured and kept.
Hey, a song, the song of the young girl,
Fly and go after the bright Sun,
Find a soldier on the distant borderlands
Say hello from Katya waiting long for him.
Let him remember the young and simple maiden,
Let him hear the song she now sings,
Let him protect his Motherland for sure,
And their love Katyusha will protect.
Wonderful, I feel nervous, but this made me smile and yearn for the more simple days of my youth. I’m not religious, but I know something greater is out there, it seems to have watched over me several times throughout my life. So to the good Lord I say, have mercy, spare us from annihilation.
I’ll go out on a limb and say that my sense is that there will be no confrontation. Chest beating, posturing, slander yes, but the cowards from the “West” will back down. When have they stood face to face with a truly equal opponent and went blow for blow? Yes, never. Its always small, defenceless countries that are beaten into annihilation. Never a determined, powerful foe ready to die for what he truly loves and believes in!
Some years ago, I lived for a time in a hick town and as an artist and strong individual, managed without trying, to provoke the ire of someone who took it upon himself to harass me whenever he had an opportunity. It was always in the company of other young males and at a safe distance. Through the centre of this particular “hick town”, ran a railway line, with a small station. One day I was walking and as I approached the bridge over the railway line, I heard loud hissing, jeering and all kinds of threats directed at me coming from the railway station which was about 100 metres or so away. It was my “opponent” of course with a crowd of at least a dozen, maybe 15 young males having a lot of fun at my expense. Something lit up like white flame inside me and without thinking, I took a sharp left and started heading toward the crowd of idiots. Striding straight toward the individual in question, not swaggering, not ambling, but striding like someone who meant serious business, like someone who was ready to kill! As I neared, the jeering slowly began to dissipate, to devolve finally into an awkward silence and yes – all of his friends parted like the Red Sea to let me through – allowing me to walk right up to the ringleader, who was suddenly alone, and suddenly very, very afraid. In that moment time stood still, nothing else existed, except my desire to take this idiot apart! To kill him if necessary! I asked him to slander me to my face if he dared. The moments fell away in silence; you could cut through that silence with a knife, until I finally turned and started to continue on my way. I suddenly became aware of my heavily pounding heart, pounding with adrenalin and fire, a fire that was obvious in my eyes and face to everyone there. As I got further away, the jeers began. The “heroes” leapt down onto the railway track and began hurling rocks at me, one finding its mark on my leg and one whizzing right past my head. I heard it and knew – had it hit me I would have been seriously injured at the very least. In retrospect, had they attacked me when I stood right in their midst, I also probably would have been seriously injured. These were young men in their prime and emotionally wound up to breaking point. But the fire in my eyes, face and body in those crucial moments was enough to pacify them. Their ensuing madness stemmed from the fact that they’d been humiliated big time.
Please understand I’m not telling this story to aggrandise myself, but to illustrate my point that the ‘Euro-Atlanticists’ know that Russia and her allies mean business. They are not posing and will fight if pushed and to the death if necessary. I may be wrong, and the West may overpaly their hand, but it would be out of character and it would be a very, very costly adventure.
A link please, would help me.
The Empire wants to strike. The only question is will Russia respond as they must do or will they walk away. I think the Empire believes that Russia is bluffing or they have so much hubris they don’t care🤔😔
Well. here we are again.
It seems that Constantinople survived for quite some time.
(hint: there were some folks that were not allowed in certain functions]
Anyone out there wish to venture a guess?
The US is gathering a “Coalition” of “neighbors”. Saudi, Qatar and UAE all sponsors of the radical Islamic crazies of one stripe or another. Israel, France and UK, also arms and spec. ops supporters of AQ, ISIS, al Nusra headchoppers.
Jordan of course will take it up the rear, covertly, and lend a hand.
The US is uncertain of Russia’s response. Thus the massive repositioning of logistics should things go white hot inside Syria and US bases are attacked by Syrians and Iranians backed up by Russia.
So, it will be three or four more days.
The big thing is OPCW agreeing to come look for WMD gas attack in Douma.
Naturally, they won’t come until after a strike.
UNSC not giving them cover means they won’t move. It’s like OSCE and MH-17. They took over a month to show up in Donbass.
There has been some talk on TV about needing definitive proof.
That will be pushed aside.
Trump needs this dog wagging. Bolton’s greatest wet dream to attack Syrians-Russians-Iranians all in one night.
US military would love to strike Russian bases but I sense they know the Russians would definitely Kalibr them bigly.
I suspect the US military has sent word to the Russians to abandon all basing except Latakia AFB and Tartus naval base.
The question is will the Russians roll up and hunker down?
Or will the Russians counter-attack the attackers?
They cannot let Syria be pulverized.
Good intel as usual, Larchmonter. Cheers.
@ Larchmonter,
“US military would love to strike Russian bases but I sense they know the Russians would definitely Kalibr them bigly.”
maybe that’s what they want. Pearl Harbour 2. Emergency powers. Anybody speaking against the government will be rounded up, as unpatriotic, or even enemy agents. What do they care for the lives of the servicemen lost? They need a pretext to go full retard.
In this, I do understand the pragmatists who say ‘don’t rise to the bait.’
My own opinion has always been, if attacked, then attack Israeli military bases; hit them hard. All the US provocations will magically stop.
Don’t go for the golem puppet, go for the guy behind the curtain.
It has seemed this way for many years now. A series of provocations, each apparently designed to try to tempt Russia into a rash action. It seems obvious that the western oligarchs want a war. But they wanted the propaganda advantage of being able to blame Russia for starting it. Which just says they are worried about keeping their domestic slaves under control. They indeed want that Pearl Harbor moment to unify the disguntled masses behind the war. This has been going on for many years now.
What frightens me today is that the oligarchs might well believe that its now or never in terms of launching their war. Russia and China are growing stronger by the year, and their scams and abuses in the west are being uncovered and there is great discontent in their populations. Propaganda and police power have kept things in check, so far. But I get the real sense that the western oligarchs are now in a position to either start the war now or to give up and surrender. And the Saker has written well and often about how they tend to double-down instead of backing-down.
Latest online info and rumors.
Numerous US and French aircraft are airborne over Jordan. https://t.co/IlKn0ZtN0S
— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) April 10, 2018
#BREAKING: Heavy flight of #US-led coalition aircraft over the #Syria-#Iraq border according to Al-Jazeera.
— Paul Antonopoulos (@oulosP) April 10, 2018
US warplanes are also flying around the Al-Tanf area of southern #Syria, according to Al-Jazeera.
— Paul Antonopoulos (@oulosP) April 10, 2018
JUST IN: #Russia/n mil helicopters are relocating from T-4, Dumeyir airbases in Southern #Syria to #Hmeymim.
— Maxim A. Suchkov (@MSuchkov_ALM) April 10, 2018
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-10/alert-issued-syria-air-strike-within-hours-russia-relcates-military-helicopters
This is sketchy but gaining traction, not confirmed so far:
“Chinese Navy enters Mediterranean in support of Russia – France, UK join US in support of ISIS
By
Mark Abramoff –
April 10, 2018”
http://www.minareport.com/2018/04/10/chinese-navy-enters-mediterranean-in-support-of-russia-france-uk-join-us-in-support-of-isis/
For some balance to the equation:
Russian Strategic Forces
http://www.unz.com/article/russia-the-800-pound-gorilla/
For over the top there’s this:
“Terrible War Developments Overnight; Syria Situation Going “Critical” ”
http://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news/world-news/2354-terrible-war-developments-overnight-syria-situation-going-critical
Saker,
Appreciate your thoughtful, crucial analysis of how these events over the last year have unfolded, many sober and poignant insights.
My go-to site for brilliant thoughts and commentary.
This scenario has the echoes and tension that the North Korean escalating crisis had.
I sense much more danger now though.
It reminds me of the spring of 2003 when the shock and awe campaign was assembled in the deserts around Iraq.
Hans Blicks the UN Weapons inspector was being interviewed on the television providing his findings of no traces of weapons of mass destruction at any of the 300 sites his team had inspected in Iraq.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/14/iraq.unitednations1
Not more than a few hours later video of explosions happening all over downtown Baghdad.
This time it is going to go down much differently.
Our collective fates hang in the balance.
Its on.
US, UK and France have begun missile strikes on Syria.
Explosions are being reported across Damascus.
As I mentioned above concerning wmd allegations against Iraq in 2003 and the official UN inspectors report declaring Iraq free of wmds… the bombing begins.
As soon as the actual evidence becomes official: that the wmd’s allegations were false — the bombing begins.
Lawless violations of the UN Charter, Geneva Conventions, and the moral and ethical principles regarding war; conduct of rogue aggressor nations against nations that have not attacked the aggressors.
On the pretenses of falsified evidence, once again.
Conscience of humanity once again attacked, once again to suffer irrevokable harm.
Damn them.
The fact that the U.S. doesn’t want an investigation of the alleged chemical attack by itself tells you they are lying. If they really believed this incident happened they should welcome an investigation. I can’t believe the U.S. public wants this war, and yet here we are staring into the war abyss. This crisis emerged two days ago in a tweet from Donald Trump. Whether we have a war may depend on the press coverage and how quickly the public becomes alarmed. I called up my members of Congress today and none of them have taken a position on an attack on Syria.
Correct. The U.S. war planners don’t want an investigation. I would not be surprised if the upcoming missile strike creates a “dangerous situation” in which the OPCW cannot visit Douma in to study the evidence. It’ll drag on into irrelevance like the Skripal incident.
The U.S. public mostly doesn’t really understand the Syria conflict at all. They are paralyzed by cognitive dissonance, a shallow knowledge of history, and mostly aren’t paying attention anyway. Many citizens will be against military intervention but public opinion has very limited influence in DC. The warmongers in the Congress and Senate will cow their colleagues into supporting it. It’s already happening.
What surprises me is that even people who are independent and make a living analyzing politics are falling for the anti-Syrian propaganda. For example, I watch Democracy Now and yesterday Glenn Greenwald was on that program saying some good things but also just accepting the claims about a chemical weapons attack. Phyllis Bennis was on today and she was not saying much to challenge the WMD narrative.
Agreed. These people come across as “good liberals” and are often critical of US foreign policy. At bottom, though, they seem to still believe in humanitarian intervention and thus become complicit in these manufactured narratives.
I expect Greenwald, a REAL sell-out and Trojan, to act just that way. Bennis, who knows far better, is a major disappointment.
Democracy Now used</b< to be a good show. But they sold out to the Democrats a few years ago. Now all they run is Trump-bashing and Russia-bashing and Identiy Politics. I go check their headlines still, but where they used to be the voice of the anti-war movement during Bush's time, now they are just Russia-bashing. The strident anti-war voices are off the air.
I call the show "Democrats Now!" to reflect their new orientation.
I think Democracy Now has declined in quality. Sometimes they get the story wrong. I still watch it but you have to carefully evaluate their claims. Frankly, I hate to say it but I think Goodman is getting old and not able to properly vet some of the stories.
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Both of them opposed an attack on Syria. What bothered me was no one was pointing out the White Helmets are probably an MI6 black-op. Greenwald was duped by this propaganda and Bennis, while not buying this kool-aid at face value, was not calling it out either. After all the false chemical attack allegations against Syria, I expected a discussion of this “fake news”. There are so many accusations of “fake news” flying around, though, maybe people are becoming reluctant to make the charge.
What the US public wants or does not want is not considered by those in power.
Obama foolishly let the US public weigh in on his planned Syria attack. The US public was against it and Congress was flooded with opposition. Trump won’t make the same mistake. (the words foolish and mistake are how the rulers in DC view things)
In the last US election, Hillary was promising an immediate war in Syria and that it would be highly likely that she would go to war with Russia. Trump was saying that regime change wars were a mistake, that the Iraq War was a mistake, and that the US was wasting money on NATO. The US people surprised the media propaganda machine by defeating Hillary. It didn’t make any difference. Well, it delayed the war by a few months.
Of course, Trump was a lying, con-man TV personality. But that doesn’t change that the US people have voted for ‘antiwar’ Presidents in their last two choices. Obama also ran as ‘the antiwar’ candidate against Mad Bomber McCain. The US people have tried to say no. The only thing they haven’t tried is a revolution, and keep in mind they live in the most highly surveiled society in history where everything they say is monitored and recorded to be used agains them. America inprisons more of its people than any other nation, and has massive police forces that kill over a 1000 Americans a year.
In WW2, Germany clearly reached a point where the German people could do nothing to stop Hitler. The US people are in the same boat these days. During WW2, it took a coalition of countries that were willing to stand up to Hitler and stop him. Perhaps the US people could have stopped this earlier. If they’d reacted to the theft of the 2000 election, or they’d reacted to the Patriot Act passage. But they didn’t, and now the US people are just human shields held hostage.
I don’t think Obama intentionally let voters have a say about a war. He simply took too much time taking action so the public had time to respond. There was a similar response to FCC plans to end net neutrality. Such “uprisings” are very unusual but can happen. My basic feeling is we will see change in this country when the economy finally has a complete meltdown. Occupy Wallstreet and the Sanders campaign were unsuccessful attempts to change the status quo. There seems to be much alienation from the Democratic party; it is losing legitimacy. Will this mean voters go for a third party or try to take over the Democrats?
@ Edward
I just did the same this morning: E-mailed my MP and my MSP (I’m in Scotland). If enough people protest about this, we just might avert a catastrophe.
I am curious to see what position my Republican representative takes. I hope this doesn’t turn into a partisan affair.
Did you see the comical video of the jihadist, with a WW2 gas-mask (good for theatrical effect with the dullards) strapped on, in the bed-room where the ‘gas-bomb’ was resting comfortably on a bed? You could here the swine gibbering ‘Allahu Akbar’, much muffled, through the mask.
I have not seen it but it sounds par for the course. I stopped following the mainstream press back in 1990-1991.
When have the US not lied? Or any government, for that matter… And this is only the tip of the iceberg.
http://washingtonsblog.com/2015/02/41-admitted-false-flag-attacks.html
“Trump set to dine with law professor Alan Dershowitz”
Well, spanky knows who owns his butt. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the anti-semites in the usa are so up the bum stupid, they worship the quisling as the 2nd coming and have become israel’s most vocal voice in pindoland.
“Syrian Army Discovers White Helmets’ Filming Site in Eastern Ghouta
Middle East
11.04.18
Now we know where exactly self-proclaimed humanitarian workers have filmed their propaganda videos depicting the Syrian Arab Army as bloodthirsty savages.
The Syrian army has discovered where the White Helmets, an organization that claims to be made up of humanitarian workers and has been repeatedly blamed for creating fake propaganda against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, have been filming their videos, according to Fars News.”
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201804111063422215-white-helmets-fake-video-site/
Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:5
Syrian Army Finds White Helmets’ Video Shooting Location
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13970121001313
The schemes are falling apart.
Chemical weapons lies and false flags have all been exposed.
War under false pretenses will galvanize the world against the perpetrators.
If the emir of the White Helmet jihadists appeared in a video outlining their phony work and assistance with ‘humanitarian acts’ like the murder by head-sawing off of 12 year old Palestinian boys, the Western fakestream media vermin would suppress it all. In the first few weeks of the jihadist attack, a gigantic pro-Government rally in Damascus of two million people, appeared on our SBS ‘ethnic’ station, described as an ‘ANTI-regime demonstration’. As far as I know the vermin have never acknowledged their lie, let alone explained it or apologised. And in the even years since it has been possibly the MOST vicious pro-jihadist lie-machine in the entire country.
US warplanes flying close to Russian airbase in Syria
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/us-warplanes-flying-close-to-russian-airbase-in-syria/
“A U.S. warplane is reportedly flying close to the Russian airbases in the Latakia and Tartous provinces of Syria, a military air monitor (Twitter: @Aircraftspots) reported this afternoon.
According to the Twitter account of Aircraft Spots, a US Navy P-8A 168439 PS102 departed from Sigonella in the eastern Mediterranean towards the Syrian coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartous.
The aircraft monitor was able to track the route of the aircraft, showing that it was circling the Mediterranean between Syria and Cyprus.
US Navy P-8A 168439 PS102 departed Sigonella – Eastern Mediterranean mission: On task West of Latakia & Tartus, Syria pic.twitter.com/zV03fk4bas
— Aircraft Spots (@AircraftSpots) April 10, 2018
This latest report comes just hours after the Russian A-50 jet began flying along the Syrian coast to track any potential U.S. air activity in the eastern Mediterranean.”
A surveillance aircraft doing recon and seeing what it can trigger.
There is a “Uniting For Peace” procedure at the UN for circumventing a veto but for some reason it is rarely used. I don’t know much about British politics but I do know May is in trouble, including over the Skripal PR exercise, and she may be deposed. The backlash over the Skripal deception may have given her cold feet about a war with Syria & Russia.
If Trump wants to wage a Gulf War III style war on Syria how much time would he need to assemble the necessary forces? This blog once wrote that one should analyze capabilities and not intentions. Does that caveat apply in this situation?
On May’s sudden reticence to strike Syria: It could be because the UK has realised the limits of MAD theory as it applies to NATO. That is, Trump is not known to be a reliable partner. Could he be trusted to launch a counter-strike against Russia if the UK were nuked? No, certainly not. So then, Russia’s tactics would be to pick off the UK, betting that its Tridents are no deterrence up against Russia’s ABM systems. Trident is 1980s technology, going up against Russia’s 21st century ABM systems. The number of Trident missiles available for launch at any given time is quite small.
On top of this, think about what Russia could do with their new nuclear-thrust cruise missile – they could individually target cabinet ministers, the Royal Family, and even senior editors of the appalling UK newspapers. They could have missiles circling the British Isles on patrol, for days on end, below radar, awaiting orders to strike the moment they appear in public. Imagine Boris or May being forced to give addresses from a bunker while ordinary Brits continue to peacefully go about their lives. It wouldn’t be the Blitz, it would be humiliation. PM May might only dare pop up in Parliament precisely because she would have Corbyn, the Leader of the Opposition, and other anti-war MPs *as human shields*. Think about the irony!
The turnaround is, of course, utterly inconsistent with what has transpired with the Skirpal case. My first impression is that this is simply fear as the realisation hits that this is not a video game with endless second chances.
Moreover, if this escalates to nuclear war between the US and Russia, all nuclear powers aligned with the US will be nuked at once. Nobody gets to stay on the sidelines to pick up the pieces after the US and Russia are done – it is all in. That includes China which is. of course, aligned with Russia.
Yes, yes, yes! A cruise-missile with ‘Hello Guardian’ emblazoned on the front. Oh, pretty please.
According to Dmitry Orlov, who has some familiarity with the language, it is n-powered drone sub.
Which, incidentally, makes sense.
I hope this is the case but these days I don’t know what you can count on from these people. I think the British public is now realizing the Skripal affair was a hoax and May is in hot water. The Brits were also overwhelmingly (~90%) against attacking Iraq. They are probably still sore over that war and don’t want to repeat the experience. May needs to defend herself from Corbyn.
May has a very slim majority coaltion that is all that stands between her and a vote of no confidence and new elections. If even a few of the Tories, or perhaps the DUP, opposes her on the war, then she doesn’t have enough votes to back her. Thus, a very small number of Tory MPs can get together and stop May from going to war.
Looks like “President” Dump’s so called attack on North Korea. A lot of hot air, Carrier groups were said to be steaming in for an attack but it turned out they went in the opposite directed or weren’t anywhere near.
Dump ultimately chickened out and DPRK’s charm offensive at the Olympic’s saved the day.
Some bloggers are (unverified) reporting that Russian helicopters and servicemen has left the t4 air base, the location of Zionazistan’s dry-run attack the other day which might suggest that Dump is opting for yet another ridiculous face saving option and that Russia has agreed to provide that. But there’s to much sable rattling brouhaha for that, unless the USS “Donald Duck” remain the only US ship in the area.
Somebody in the military told Trump that he couldn’t fight two wars at the same time. He started being more concillatory and talking about talks with North Korea at the same time the Syria situation heated up. His military told him he could that he had to quiet down on at least one front.
Except, if this thing really lights off and the Russians start shooting at Americans, it will quickly become the next world war. China has clearly stated that they know they need to stand with Russia, because its either fight alongside Russia now of fight alone a few years from now. China and North Korea just held important talks.
My guess is that if the US gets involved in a shooting war with Russia, then China attacks Taiwan and starts sinking USN ships trying to transit the S. China Sea and the straits on their way to the Middle east. Iran will already be involved in Syria, as they are the prime targets for the Israelis. Thus the war with the Saud’s incompetent merecenaries will be on across the gulf. North Korea might well see this as the best time for reunification. Or the South might get smart and decide with the USA now very busy all around the world that this is the best time for a diplomatic solution without uncle sam interfering like he has before.
If this thing touches off, then every country the US has been bullying will see this as the best chance that they’ve had.
The British abstention is either a feint to cause indecision among the Russian brain trust or some trickle of sanity breaking through to the British brain trust due to the total embarrassment they have undergone at the behest of their American cousins, who have truly gone crackers. Would a cold glass of military water in the face bring the Americans to their senses or simply send them into a rage that would know no bounds? I imagine the answer to this question is keeping the lights in the Kremlin on twenty fours a day now.
Tonight I see Gilbert Doctorow has reassessed his take on the situation and has come to much the same conclusion as the publisher of this blog, that unless cooler heads can prevail and that the American ruling class can come to their collective senses then the world is likely to witness some level of open hostilities between the two top nuclear weapon powers on this planet and that this is a very bad situation .
Perhaps this is a power play by world elites meant to shift humanity to a new paradigm wherein humanity will be saved if they allow these apex elites to assume an even more centralized control over all aspects of human social structure? This type of operation would likely see the detonation of several nuclear weapons with the attendant destruction of several cities and their populations on both sides to bring everyone to that table with its already made documents waiting to be signed. High octane speculation? Time will tell and in the short run.
“High octane speculation”?
I think so – like they say: what could possibly go wrong?
@BRF
Perhaps this is a power play by world elites meant to shift humanity to a new paradigm wherein humanity will be saved if they allow these apex elites to assume an even more centralized control over all aspects of human social structure?
This may not be exactly what you have in mind, but:
Facebook intensifies censorship ahead of congressional testimony by Zuckerberg
“The media’s campaign against Facebook has nothing to do with protecting users’ privacy, but rather is aimed at creating the best possible conditions for the imposition of massive new restrictions on the freedom of expression on the world’s largest social media network.”
“Under conditions of mounting class struggle, increasingly bitter divisions within the ruling elite, and the growing danger of war, the ruling elite is radically accelerating its drive to censor the Internet. The aim is to prevent the organization of social opposition and the dissemination of information that questions the official narrative of events.”
The “high octane speculation” would be correct if we would assume that the Russian government is part of such an agreement, which I think – with people like Putin at Russia’s helm – is not the case.
“May resists calls to join US military action against Syria”
I can only assume she must have read this fine Neil Clark summation:
UK Politics 2018: Where Lewis Carroll meets Hans Christian Andersen
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/423734-uk-politics-may-johnson/
Otherwise, the vassal may have new orders from head office to cool it.
Actually all Putin has to do is to show some Russian ballistic missile target coordinates that translate to Tel Aviv and a note that says that if US launches anything at Syria then lift-off will ensue.
(It’s a mini Doomsday device, automated you see and irreversible, just like in Dr. Strangelove)
That should put a halt to everything in short order.
I think May is just trying to save face and strengthen her position in the Skripal case. She pretends to care a lot about evidence in Syria to make people think that if she hesitates there, it means she definitely has enough evidence in the Skripal case. Classic logic manipulation.
T. May probably finally got cold feet, thinking that this is one chance where the Russians will use the opportunity to take revenge for the Skripal affair! If the Russians will pick one out of the “gang”, it will be Britain for sure.
Seems the Commander in Chief with the fat fingers of his little hands playing with his little tweeter got out ahead of the script on this one. Now the response is in disarray and Ms May has cold feet.
Feeling a bit more hopeful for the time being.
Hi Saker – chess
Saker,
May is U-Turning because they know they are not bombing a helpless country this time,
if they do something, there is going to be quite an unpleasant response.
Some of the psychopaths know this and they are starting to look around for a hole to hide.
After all, all those psychopaths that survive the incoming war are going to be promoted,
due to the casualties in their ranks.
May has not decided anything. She, probably more than any UK prime minister since Churchill, is simply the puppet of her handlers (OK Churchill was too but did not require much string-pulling in his 1938-48 years – just the odd nudge). The people pulling the strings are the heirs of those who did the string-pulling in the run-up to both WWI and WWII. They have immense influence over all western governments including Israel and their power to scupper Putin’s rebellion is still substantial in spite of his apparently going onto a ‘Stavka’ footing. “The Money-Power” is probably the most accurate encapsulation of their network and decision-making structure and they do not give a damn about ANY of the nation states described as ‘The International Community’ which are simply pieces on a chess board. Their intent is to survive with their power to order the affairs of this planet intact – even if that means doing so from vast underground facilities for the forseeable future.
The fact that May does appear to be back-tracking tells us something about her puppet masters intent but IMHO it is far more likely to be analogous to throwing sand in Russian eyes than anything approaching second thoughts.
I share the fears of those counseling prayer because the situation we are faced with is grave indeed
Is the internet being shut down?
FortRus has disappeared.
It’s been out for some time now -second day? Maybe whoever hit NEO previously has now moved on?
Not the whole Internet, no.
Somebody here mentioned in the last day or so that Fort Russ has been under a denial of service attack (DDoS).
The British Typhoon cannot carry modern missile systems and therefore cannot engage Russian fighters. The British F35 Lighting has yet to receive its combat upgrade ‘block F’ therefore it’s would be useless in combat. Britain cannot engage in a real shooting war. In Libya the tycoon was used mostly for reconnaissance.
The most effective way to stop this threat at the moment I think is for Russia to make everybody aware that should an attack happens Israel wont be spared this time around. As the saker wrote before everybody is expendable including americans but not Israel. Russia has been acting quite splitted so far giving mixed signals (in my opinion) by not providing both Iran and Syria for instance with the latest in defense S-400. This situation just encourages tha butchers to keep testing Russia and its friends with increasingly aggressive measures.
@what is behind this British u-turn
A suggestion at http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com.au/ (aka Andrei Martyanov)
“But reality is very simple–Russia is not backing down, at least I sense so far no indication of that, and that, in case of Trump giving an order to attack Damascus or Khmeimim (or Tartus), may mean a very simple initial combat combination–Russia will retaliate by sinking first NON-US asset, such as Royal Navy or Marine Nationale’s destroyer or whatever those mighty lap dogs will contribute to US military “effort” in “taming” Russia. Let US sort it out after that.
Precisely when the peace-loving and justice-seeking common people across the world presumed that, 70 years of chaos-destruction created by Israel (Zionist kingdom of Jewish and Anglo-American elite-oligarchy) in west Asia, east Africa and north Africa has come to an end when, for the 1st time in 70 years an elected government in the region (President Assad in Syria) defeated the Zionist supported terrorists in Syria with robust support from Russia & Iran, Zionists decided to teach the ‘goyims’ a lesson or two – hence, these news headlines (compiled here by Saker) in Zionist controlled global media.
March’18 witnessed President Putin’s stupendous victory and President Xi’s consolidation of power, both of which make it sure that their shared vision of Multipolar World Order will be slowly but surely built with the solid foundation of gold-backed currency.
I disagree with many Analysts who suggest that this sudden false-flag and flare-up in Syria is a domestic and/or political and/or ideological compulsion of President Trump, and this will pass on with a 100 odd missiles being fired while Syrian government will re-establish its control over Syria (except the fact that, northern Syria will require more negotiations with Turkey) – on the contrary, this is really the ‘declaration of war’ against every society – every leader – every country – every ideology, everything which obstruct implementation of Greater IsraHel as per Yinon plan (of Zionists).
Make no mistake – Zionists have thrown down the gauntlet to Russia-Iran-China and challenged their Multipolar World Order. Let’s take a minute to think and analyse on behalf of Zionist camp – after the victorious Syrian campaign, 2018 onwards there be no road-blocks for the Multipolar World Order backed by Eurasian Resistance camp, because entire Eurasia and Africa will conclude that Russia-Iran provide unconquerable military strength and China provides unsurpassable economic strength to their allies. Zionist Fascist camp will not enjoy this moment of truth – after all, for past five centuries they have been constructing this Unipolar World Order brick by brick ! Zionist camp came so close to the ‘end of history’ in the 1930s when the entire world was to fall on it’s lap but for those two Untermensch (Stalin and Mao) ! Again , in 2010s, the Zionist oligarchy is rubbing their eyes in disbelief that two ‘smart fellows’ (Putin and Xi) appeared in the same horizon to destroy their plan to grab 100% wealth and power of the entire world. And, 2018-19 is the ‘now, or never moment’ for Zionist camp. If this ‘opportunity’ (arising out of a false-flag attack) in Syria somehow passes over, the Zionist camp will invent a series of such opportunities in near future !
What needs to be done ? For old (waiting-for-the-grave) armchair strategists like us, we can only think and provide some ‘thought-ammunition’ for discussions here.
First, all of us need to pray for peace and humanitarian senses to prevail ! But, simultaneously prepare for the worst, because the beast is among us !!
Leaders of Russia, China, Iran should strategize among themselves with complete transparency of ‘which’ side brings ‘what’ on the table. They should make a short-term and medium term plans (multiple plans like chess) for military campaigns (using all sorts of offensive and defensive machinery with miniature nuclear and conventional ammunition on land, surface water, submarine, air, space). They should chalk out a long-term monetary and economic policy of introducing gold-backed currency, primacy of trade-commerce within SCO-EEU-APEC block members, and denial of rare earth minerals to countries captured by Zionist camp. The Foreign Ministry and Cultural Ministry of Russia, China, Iran should work relentlessly in every office to publicise how multipolar world order seeks truth-justice-equality of all countries and all citizens as against the unipolar world order that ensured wealth and power of couple of hundred elite-oligarch families.
Leaders of Russia, China, Iran need to send special emissaries to all significant non-Anglo non-Germanic countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arab, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Poland, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia to hold meetings with the Presidents/Prime Ministers and urge them to remain neutral in case of ‘hot war’ in which the decaying Zionist camp will be completely defeated.
Defence Ministry and Industry Ministry of Russia, China, Iran must mobilise all technologists-industrialists-managers, to continuous production of military hardware and software including surveillance equipment. They must prepare according to the military plans drawn up by the top leadership.
I wish, Chinese leadership should settle the question of bringing Taiwan, South China Sea Islands (except Vietnamese Islands) firmly under Chinese sovereignty. Similarly, I wish, Russian leadership should settle the question of bringing Belarus, Eastern & Southern Ukraine (except central and western Nazi societies) firmly under Russian sovereignty.
The Eurasian Resistance camp must follow the rule of Sun Tzu- “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
Finally, I will remind the readers, analysts, academicians, (and also, Zionist trolls) of the epic ‘Mahabharata’, one of the greatest work of world literature written in Sanskrit language based on political-cultural-economic life of Aryan society in Indian subcontinent around 1200 BC – a prophetic verse of Mahabharata says:
“Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata
Abhythanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham
Paritranaya sadhunang vinashay cha dushkritam
Dharmasangsthapanarthay sambhabami yuge yuge”
Supreme Power, God reminds us, “whenever virtue subsides and wickedness prevails, I manifest Myself. To establish virtue, to destroy evil, to save the good, I appear again and again.”
The modern age Mahabharata war will be different from the ancient Indian one. Now, it will be staged on a global arena between Zionist world order and Eurasian Resistance camp. But the conclusion is same: truth-justice-morality will win over deception-injustice-evil !
@Straight-Bat
Nice comeback, it looks like the long pause has accumulated a lot of deep thoughts in your mind, yes, the pulse of the events is growing, the pressure is mounting which each passing hour. I think the same as you said – we the oldies, we are prepared, we have barked, we shared – God Bless You my Friend ! and welcome at the round table yet again, with your paper and your pen.
Dear ioan,
Thank you for the warm welcome. Don’t worry, I really never left the round table and adjacent cafeteria of The Saker … I’m one of the readers of pre-2010 era, so I can never say ‘good bye’ !
I take long pause to devote time to my own study circle – as you share the feelings of old age, I can sense ‘ productive time ‘ is fast moving away, and I have a lot to do …
This time I am back again as an activist – we can need to mobilise support for Eurasian Resistance camp … Whatever small capacity we have, we should contribute.
Probably you will concur with me, Russia and China has to lead boldly – today/tomorrow/day after there is no escape from WW III … And we need to remember – people’s never plan to fail, they fail to plan ! That was my message in the initial post.
Have a nice day !
either souvenirs of string opposition to US war in Irak back in 2003-2004 in the UK
OR
a bargaining tool for more support over internal issue Skripal + brexit
No ideads, th egood point is that The Tilmes is sort of offical
Also Sweden was on the right side at the UNSC
The British Parliament cast a key vote against attacking Syria back when Obama and Cameron wanted to do it.
GlobalHawk in the area.
MEA is not overflying Syria as they usually do en route to Beirut. Only Cham in the air over Syria.
If they don’t attack Syria, no problems. If they do, will Russia respond?
May knows that Britain will be obliterated, that’s why
Maybe May via ‘back channels’ has been convinced that Russia is not going hunker down and ignore what the US is threatening.
The impression is that the US is doing a heap of bluffing, testing Russian resolve. They want to see if Russia can be broken psychologically. This is a dangerous game. As for Theresa May, she and the Rothschild’s started this anti-Russian hysteria with military nerve gasses, which has again continued in Syria. She might be getting cold feet, now that she has realized what she started. Then again, she could be bluffing. We shall see.
The new ‘Centrist’ party being proposed in the UK, with oligarch money and the ineffable presence of genocidist Tony Blairand his male spawn,Euan, looks very much like an attempt to either replicate the Micron phenomenon in France, where the Zionazis grabbed DIRECT control of the regime, or, at least, end Corbyn’s hopes. Any not deselected Blairites will defect, AFTER the election, and join May’s successor in a coalition. That is if Corbyn has not been gotten rid of before the election.
The Blairites have been trying to stage a coup against Corbyn for sometime now. And, they’ve obviously failed. Its turned out that Corbyn’s slogan of “For the many, not the few” is actually popular with the many while the Blairites and the oligarchs are by definition “the few”.
Thus, it makes sense that the next move would be to leave Labour and start their own party. This will solidify Corbyn as the very popular leader of a theoretically smaller Labour party. But, if the Many stick with him and vote for Corbyn’s new version of Labour, then now there are three parties (Tory, Blairite, LibDem) hopefully splitting the votes of those who support The Few.
This could possibly be just as stupid as most of the rest of Blair’s schemes. It will of course make new piles of money flow Blair’s direction, which of course is a primary goal for the types of the Blair’s or the Clinton’s of the world. But if there is still only one candidate for the Many, then they should stay together and be even more powerful without having to deal with internal traitors.
Thanks for your informations and analyses…
Theresa May and her team are Under pressure both Inside the UK with Jeremy Corbin and abroad. The Skripal false flag is to easy to understand now.
She just couldn’t afford to have one or more of her war boats sunken by a russian strike.
For the russians, retaliatories again French and UK military Equipment are better than to engage with the US forces directly. It can be seen like a warning… JMB
Canthama (currently on travel with little internet access) expects:
“… a major show of force”
“not a sustained campaign of bombing.”
“Turkey seems to have blocked the use of it’s airspace to bomb Syria, so did Iraq.“
“There is only Jordan, Israel and Cyprus. I doubt they would also let use of local airbase knowing it would be hit back by Syria and Russia.”
“Only places left are 1 carrier in Iranian Gulf and cruise missiles for subs and destroyers who tend to be very limited. The window of peace is still open with OPCW, but it is important to also note both Russian and Syrian Gov’t are calm by ready to fight.”
“Do not lose sight the real reason for all UK and Ghouta false flags, dozens of UK, US, French, Israeli, KSA and Jordanian special ops in Douma. Contrary to what happened in Aleppo, the resistance won’t accept the coalition of evil threats and offers that does not mean endured peace in Syria. “
Thank you for the thought provoking comments that have been made on this very important matter.
The announced 72 hour delay before any proposed U.S. Action against Syria may well serve a purpose beyond allowing the Zio forces time to position themselves for a strike. This three day period may well be used for behind the scenes negotiations with Russia to agree a list of Syrian targets that may be attacked without triggering a Russian response. Reports of US reconasissance aircraft flying close to Syria, and Russian aircraft movements in-country suggest to me that such a deal may be under negotiation.
The above may sound either optimistic, or naïve, but the fact is that Trump has allowed himself to be painted into a corner on military action that he will have extreme difficulty in getting out of. Being (possibly) generous, he does know that a large scale confrontation with Russia is unlikely to have a positive outcome, but action is required to save his ass. He will therefore try to make a deal with Russia that allows him to ‘safely’ attack targets in Syria.
It is both sad and sickening to say it this way, but the ‘best’ outcome, outside of no Zio attack on Syria, may be one on targets that do not risk a substantial Russian response. People will still be killed however, in the name of money power and for the western elite love of blood sacrifices.
Looking at the other side of the coin, the above thoughts may be construed as optimistic.
For a couple of years now, the Russian government has openly considered the US/Zio administration to be so untrustworthy that agreements cannot be made with it. Given this previously stated position, entering into anything other than superficial discussions with the US on a list of ‘acceptable’ Syrian targets would be rightly seen by Russians (and others) as insanity. If the ‘non-agreement capable’ view of US/Zio behavior holds sway, the actions of the Russian government may well provide insight as to what happens next:
If troops, aircraft, and missile systems are being relocated in Syria, they may well be going for a combination of ‘duck and cover’ while preserving the option of a limited response (limited being due to their resources available in theater).
A fuller answer may not be possible however, until we move outside of Syria. What preparations (if any) is Russia making within its borders and other allied territories? Russian Forces are reportedly on high alert, but does this mean more than moving some markers on a wall board? When we see reports of emergency shelter openings, civil defense alerts, visible strategic force movements, and preparations for reinforcement of Syria (and possibly other key areas), it starts to appear likely that Russia is prepared to make a substantial response to any US/Zio aggression.
Like many other commentors on this site, I like peace. There does however come a point when the rational individual realises that avoidance and appeasement no longer work, that a stand needs to be taken and a price paid for continued freedom and independence. The next few days may well show us how close to making that stand Russia and its allies are.
JH59, the elite psychopaths’ worship of death sees them seek every opportunity to kill as many as possible, particularly children, whose murder has added diabolical power, Hence Albright, an alpha thanatocrat, can insouciantly observe that killing 500,000 Iraqi children (just the ones under five) in the cruelest fashion, through the US/UK imposed sanctions regime, was ‘Yes’, a ‘..price that was worth it’, in her interlocutor’s words. That is Evil that even Heydrich might blanch at. And this love of killing intersects chillingly with the Western elites’ long interest in global depopulation and the Pentagon’s massive and global bacteriological warfare research, with its emphasis on collecting DNA from all identifiable human populations and of every sort of human blood group, tissue specimens, healthy, diseased and neoplastic. Moreover they are spending tens of billions on research into genetic recombination to create novel pathogens, with novel features, never before seen-certainly not to human immune systems.
“This three day period may well be used for behind the scenes negotiations with Russia to agree a list of Syrian targets that may be attacked without triggering a Russian response.”
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Hasn’t Russia bent over far enough yet for American braggadocio and stupidity?
If Trump has painted himself into a corner then let him get out of it – but far better Russia does not lose the trust and respect of rest of the world! (Those commodities don’t come cheap – and they don’t come back.)
If Americans want bombs on their heads – let them have them.
The rest of us will pick up the pieces afterwards and start again – no matter how hard it is.
So anything other than some unoccupied stretch of desert where he can’t collateral damage any Syrians = A Very Bad Idea.
And we will have an advantage – no America. Great.
Putin’s Trap.
By waving a red handkerchief in Syria uninterrupted for two and a half years, Putin has whipped up the thugs and thieves of the Jewish Mafia in a total frenzy. What are the banksters’ bullies going to do?
Syria being Syria and not Russia, they haven’t a single option of strategic value, but to reassure themselves of their bad-ass self-image they have to lash out somewhere, somehow.
Shouting “We are not pussies, Putin!”, is out of question, they dimly realize, as that would make them look exactly like the pussies they are.
So it will be fireworks. Fireworks that, most likely, will backfire on themselves. Oi vey!
GlobalHawk over Ukraine. Not near Syria
They are angry they could not pull off another Libya at Ukraine and Syria. They also failed at Turkey. They aimed at regime changes in all these countries, and what seemed simple tasks in the past now proved to be lengthy dragging proxy wars, seemingly lost causes even with all their military might. All they have is a bloody mess as a result and they are not going to accept that. The blame is on Russia. They lost their sphere of influences with reckless politics and what seemed to be a perfect solution of regime change in those cases, working so smoothly in the past, now came to a halt.
Another so claimed chemical attack could of course spark off events?
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https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201804111063432527-douma-patients-who-chemical-attack/
WHO claims 500 people affected by previous….trying to prove Russia lying ? More attempts at Discreditation and Demonisation to increase Doubt would be enough to bring Danger Death Disaster……
The WHO,yet another global institution totally controlled an corrupted by the West.
Why do I have the sensation… that anytime soon the Dombass conflict is going to
become very Hot. With the Ukies trying to eliminate the twin republics in an all out assault ?
Still attempts to tie in Skripal to Syria-Russia directly…note does not say where who in Syria and to whom in “Moscow”.. what kind of message and how that can be an impersonation…fraud…etc so GCHQ has it….does Russian intelligence?
“According to the Sunday Express, intelligence ‘insiders’ revealed two messages sent from Syria to Moscow were intercepted at an RAF listening post in Cyprus on March 3 and 4.
The message on March 4, the day of the poisoning, included the phrase ‘the package has been delivered’ and that two people have ‘made a successful egress’.
A Flight Lieutenant then flagged the message intercepted the previous day following the attack on the Skripals, although its contents have not been revealed.
Spies at the Governments intelligence headquarters the GCHQ in Cheltenham were then given the information as they put together a dossier on the poisoning.
It comes as the Mail on Sunday revealed the agent used to poison former Russian agent Mr Skripal and his daughter was specially designed to take ‘four hours to kill them’ so their assassins could flee Britain. “
“May resists calls to join US military action against Syria
I really wonder what is behind this British u-turn (if this turns out to be true)… Could that be a first sign of some cooler heads prevailing? Sounds too good to be true. What do you think?”
Perhaps she thinks the latest non-Oscar winning performance from the White Helmets is just too fake.
Maybe the rush to war is too precipitate to allow the people that matter to jet off somewhere safe.
Maybe the threats from Russia have spooked her into thinking that a vapourised UK might have trouble engaging with the world post-Brexit.
Or maybe she doesn’t want to find herself at the Hague once the drunken rush to kill brown folks has passed.
May has a very slim majority in Parliament. A result of her stupid idea to call early elections last year. In the English system, the PM cannot completely go against Parliament. There is none of this nonsense like in America where you are stuck with a President for four years until the next elections.
If the Conservative Party decides they want a new leader, then May can quickly be out of the job. They’ve been close to doing this since May lost the last elections.
If the Parliament as a whole decides that new elections and a likely Corbyn victory are less scary than world war 3, then May can quickly be out of a job.
Andrei, my friend, the U.S. will strike Syria nearly for sure. Russia says on the one hand that it will retaliate if its troops are threatened and on the other hand, if any attack occurs – Lebanese envoy. In either case, such retaliation will include the shooting down of incoming missiles, as well as the assets that fired them. Things do not look good and in the worst case scenario, I just wanted to say I’m glad we met, became friends and thank you for all you do. Your friend, Patrick S.
https://southfront.org/israel-is-secretly-buying-oil-from-iraqi-kurdistan-similar-channel-was-used-for-isis-oil/
Can Russia and Syria and get Iraq totake more action against these situations????
I would not take anything the quisling may regime says seriously. It is psywar.
US Reportedly Mulls ‘Powerful Strike’ on Syria, 22 Targets Include Russian Sites
https://sputniknews.com/us/201804111063429837-trump-mulls-strike-syria-chemical-attack/
“According to the New York Times, Donald Trump and his advisers have been discussing a military response to the purported attack, with national security officials voicing their concerns that launching an attack of the same scale as last year’s strike on Syria’s Shayrat airbase in response to the alleged sarin gas attack in Idlib would prove ineffective at halting Damascus.
The Trump Administration officials are reportedly weighing a more powerful strike on Syria, expecting that use of force is the only credible deterrent against further chemical attacks and suggesting hitting a few targets as well as extending strikes beyond a single day.
At the same time, US authorities are not disclosing the details of the potential military response, however, Trump has recently spoken with several world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, and agreed not to allow chemical weapons to be used in Syria. It remains unclear whether any of Trump’s allies will take part in the strikes.”
Russia to Respond Instantly, If Its Troops in Syria Hit by US Strike – Official
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201804111063428288-russia-military-syria-airstrike/
“As the Defense Ministry has already pointed out, the Russian military bases in Hmeymim and Tartus are under firm protection. At the same time, we expect that in the event of US strikes, if any, the lives of our servicemen will not be in danger. I think that the United States understands this and will not allow it, because otherwise, Russia’s response will be immediate, as the chief of the Russian General Staff has said,” Serebrennikov said.”
Duma defense chief says Russia may respond with military force to US strike on Syria
https://www.rt.com/politics/423726-russia-syria-military-response/
“The head of the Duma defense committee and former commander of Russian airborne troops has said Moscow would take all measures, including military ones, in response to a possible US strike on government forces in Syria.
“The double standard policy has overstepped all possible boundaries. At this point, the [pro-Putin parliamentary majority] United Russia party must responsibly state that we are going to take all political and diplomatic measures, and also military measures if such need arises,” Vladimir Shamanov said on Tuesday before the State Duma plenary session. “Not a single unlawful action will be left without response,” he added.
The Russian general noted that Americans “should not pin hope on their Navy groups and on their fakes.” “We are a sovereign country, we have allies and guarantors of the events that are taking place in Syria,” he said.”
Any US missiles fired at Syria will be shot down, launch sites targeted – Russian envoy to Lebanon
https://www.rt.com/news/423774-us-missiles-targeted-russia/
“The Russian military reserves the right to shoot down missiles and destroy launch sites in the event of US aggression against Syria, Moscow’s envoy to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin has warned.
Zasypkin stressed that “the Russian forces will confront any US aggression on Syria, by intercepting the missiles and striking their launch pads,” al-Manar TV website reported, citing the envoy.
Speaking to the channel, the ambassador also said that the allegations of a chemical attack were being used to justify “offensive acts” in Syria, while “the US and Western escalation against Syria will lead to a major crisis.”
Even though gold is and has been manipulated for years and years, one would think it would be rising with the prospect of war on the horizon.
But to the contrary its not, hopefully this a good sign that we wont see war.
Saker, no surprises if you are a man of the faith.
Just look at how Daniel 11:36-45 ends or rather how the king who magnified himself ends with no one to help him.
For my 8 hints on decoding this prophecy at this juncture, I will repeat my earlier post
For the interpretation of the current crisis read Daniel 11:36-45
Hint #1: the king of the Norh is the Bear
Hint #2: the king of the South (does “South” China Sea ring a bell?)
Hint #3: the god of forces = militarism
Hint #4: tidings from the East ( either NK or Iran)
Hint #5: the desired of woman ( Yeshua aka Jesus)
Hint #6: Edom is current people usurping power in Jerusalem (who are not really Yacov nor Yehudim but Esau)
Hint #7: Moab and Ammon: the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan
Hint #8: “planting a tabernacle of his palace between the seas in My Holy Mountain.” This is a foreign military base (just a trip wire flag) of the Hegemon planted in between the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
If this interpretation is correct then the hegemon will meet his end with no one coming to his help.
Turkey is goung to stab Russia in the back. The closure of the Bosprus with that ship running into that mansion the other day and the refusal to hand over Afrin point to Erdogan turning on Russia.
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/04/erdogan-condemns-alleged-chemical-attacks-in-syrias-douma-video/
https://sputniknews.com/world/201804111063437051-trump-us-russia-syria/
Breaking news just now .. Trump predicts attack on Syria
The zionazi-gay propaganda machine is also stirring govno related to the ukraine.
Debunked: How VoA journalist pushed fake news story on ‘Russian tanks crossing into Ukraine’
“The easily-verifiable false claim by Voice of America journalist that Russian tanks were filmed entering Ukraine was shared thousands of times before being debunked. The journalist, however, refused to issue a retraction.”
Link to article:
https://www.rt.com/news/423761-russia-tanks-ukraine-fake-news/
adding a link
https://www.rt.com/news/423761-russia-tanks-ukraine-fake-news/
They are just announcing their intentions where they will hit next. They need to prepare public opinion. World cup is in two months.
The world cup doesn’t matter.
On the other hands, should a shooting war begin, the obvious early targets are for Russia to smack down and solve its Urkaine problem and for China to smack down and solve its Taiwan problem.
The lunatic Trump tweeted 11 mins ago –
Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
https://www.rt.com/usa/423802-trump-get-ready-russia-missiles/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications
Damn Trump to hell!
What’s behind the “British” “U-turn” – the prospect of a major defeat that will slake the appetite for a broader confrontation, as I am damn well sure that you know.
Yeah… well I’m going to call Mr Nebezya out on this one. (Don’t get me wrong – one of my face diplos after Lavrov (and Man! Can he dish it out!) – but he did not handle “The West” correctly at that UNSC Syria CW meet.)
Here’s what he shoulda done.
1. Instead of just jabbing again that the West is supporting terrorists (including CW tossing terrorists in Syria he should have put on display large photographs of the US/French/British and Israeli operatives the Syrians captured there. Photographs with their faces, names, ranks, designations, countries of origin etc and their description of their reasons for being there. Yes, they all know about it – but this way they can’t deny it or blow it off as rhetoric, and non-members can’t ignore it with the evidence in front of them.
Neither could the rest of the world ignore something like and even the MSM is not likely to miss out on those ratings. That would be BIG un-ignorable news straight out a live broadcast straight from the UNSC.
2. Then he shoulda told that UNSC the consultations with Sweden were not successful, that Russia does not approve of the draft but will consider not vetoing it in the interests of reaching an agreement so as not to make the UNSC look impotent regarding a very serious matter of CW or some such crap. Because if he didn’t know that the US/UK/France were going to veto anything Russia approved then he needs to go back to diplo school. Hell, that lot would approve changing tea-time to 4am just if Russia objected. JIMO.
please do not use caps per saker’s moderation policy…. you can use bold or italics … mod
What caps are you reprimanding me for? The word big?………..One word?
Because all the rest are abbreviations.
Sheesh kebabs!
just use ‘bold’ or ‘strong’ just google ‘html bold’ to learn the technique … its not a reprimand … i changed it to lower case prior to publication ,, we are now receiving a significantly increased number of comments and i’m trying to reduce the time with simple edits … mod
Link to a source that the Syrians have captured all of these operatives?
Everyone knew going in that both resolutions would be veto’d.
Essentially, Russia was laying out for world opinion their version of why they aren’t backing down this time.
Nothing would change what happens in the west, as any opposing views are already censored. I don’t even read the western propaganda sites anymore, but I’d suspect that only the comments that could be twisted and taken out of context as Russian belligerence even make it through the propganda filter.
Of course, its not all about the west. Nothing was going to change the mind of the oligarchs, nor of the propaganda system that they control. If this is what seems to be the beginning of the next world war, then the real target audience is the rest of the world that is not in NATO and not under occupation.
And the one thing that the Russian diplomacy that is so criticized on this site has very successfully accomplished is that the Chinese are quite firm and open about standing with Russia.
Merdanov thinks UK u turn is because it allows russia not sinking a US ship for a response but rather sink a UK one which is less dangerous and Brit realising this possibility
It strikes me as a good explanation
well… just check this out >>>
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984022625440747520
@realDonaldTrump
Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
“Get Ready Russia!” Trump Takes to Twitter to Threaten Strike on Syria
https://sputniknews.com/world/201804111063437051-trump-us-russia-syria/
“Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 11 апреля 2018 г.”
A 15 year old psychopath. Literally. The turd makes hitler look sane.
Yesterday the zionazi-gay radio quisling freakshow (conservative talk radio) was promoting, with very obvious pleasure, an attack on Syria. These are the most extreme zionazi-gay of pindo media. They also dominate radio in the usa.
Saker – Some thoughts from the UK.
I don’t think that PM May has abandoned plans to support attacks on Syria, but she may be in no hurry to join in. Her political position is shakey and there are painful associations in the UK following Chilcot (the independent enquiry into the mistakes/lies about rushing into Iraq). Public mood here is uncomfortably anti-Russian, but also largely anti-war.
I watched a BBC programme last night which had senior Conservative and Labour participants taking a remarkably pragmatic stance (by recent standards!). There is no love for the Assad regime here and they are still pushing the “Assad gassed his people” line. However, there are also some real doubts about who you are actually supporting if you attack Assad – i.e. Al Quaeda, etc. Whilst there was no acknowledgement of the West’s role in helping to create/support these crazies, there is at last finally some public recognition that to be anti-Assad you may have to become pro-terrorism. Many people also point to Iraq and Libya and say “what good did that do?”
Two other considerations are that the May government here may be living in fear of more unravelling of the Skripal incident, and how that might show the Conservatives to have lied(!) and also that to oppose Assad is also to support Trump – who is not very popular over here. (Bubbling under the surface are also some damning revelations about the UK’s role in financing opposition groups in Lbya, and how that backfired in the Manchester bombing). http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/what-will-be-the-blowback-for-uk-government-after-libya-revelations/
My gut feeling is that May would like to be involved IF it makes here seem strong, but is fearful this could actually backfire as there isn’t really the public support for it. I’m guessing the UK will hang back, or join in in a superficial way to show willing (i.e. keep kissing the butt of the US), but might actually only do so seriously if it becomes politically opportunistic to do so. It seems likely to me that the UK might be very happy to allow Macron to take the lead on participation.
trump just tweeted:
“Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”
I am starting to get seriously worried…
also some minutes later he (Trump) tweeted:
“Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War. There is no reason for this. Russia needs us to help with their economy, something that would be very easy to do, and we need all nations to work together. Stop the arms race?”
which is quite comical… because Russia doesn’t need at all the US economically speaking, but… delusion is quite a s***. And if the relation is worse than ever it is not precisely a russian doing.
Moscow to Trump: Are ‘smart’ missiles an attempt to destroy alleged chem attack evidence in Syria?
https://www.rt.com/news/423807-moscow-trump-syria-missiles/
“Smart missiles should fly towards terrorists, not [Syria’s] lawful government, which has spent several years fighting against international terrorism on its territory,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in response to Trump’s tweet on Wednesday.
She added the US may be seeking to undermine an inspection by chemical weapons experts, who are planning to investigate on the ground in Syria after the alleged attack which sparked the current confrontation between Russia and the US.
“Are the OPCW inspectors aware that smart missiles are about to destroy all evidence of the chemical weapons use on the ground? Or is that the actual plan – to cover up all evidence of this fabricated attack with smart missile strikes, so that international inspectors had no evidence to look for?” Zakharova asked.”
I would add a message something like this to the american regime and people:
Isn’t it time to put psycho child in a straight jacket and cart him off to “sunny acres”?
He already is in “Sunny Acres”, its known as the US of A.
Kosher Nostra Acres is the name.
And look how well he fits in that Six Point star Office:
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/0acfafdeb1c647b3a60aa2555d2e23d3/jewish-man-with-tefillin-reading-religious-prayer-book-d2db6t.jpg
Saker, you wrote about Saddam Hussein being a moron allowing U.S. forces to build up unimpeded and then attack.
Is Russia falling for the same trap, letting the carrier group sail on to Syria unchallenged and to launch their missiles that according to Trump are: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”
Russia should take these threats more seriously:n response, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that US “smart missiles should fly towards terrorists, not a legitimate government that has been fighting international terrorism for several years on its territory” and added that the US “smart missiles” could be an attempt to destroy evidence of the alleged chemical attack on the ground in Syria.
What planet is she on? As Paul Craig Roberts has written, you think facts, law and life matter to the Empire? Is she that dense? Who is she playing to. America et al. is at war with Russia. Wake up.
I can’t believe war isn’t coming and I think if Russia waits to strike the first blow the bully won’t back down and will wreak havoc. See: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-11/trump-warns-russia-missiles-are-coming-syria-after-moscow-vows-shoot-them-down
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Peskov also said that Putin has no plans so far for phone talks with Donald Trump, while adding that Russian market volatility is partly emotional, partly speculative; Russian economy has sufficient durability, Peskov says
Meanwhile, indicating that a US strike on Syria is imminent, on Tuesday Trump canceled a trip to Latin America to focus on the Syria incident, the White House said. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis also canceled plans to travel to California in the coming days, as Trump told reporters all options were on the table regarding Syria.
As we reported on Monday, the USS Donald Cook, a Navy destroyer, left a port in Cyprus on Monday. The guided missile destroyer is armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, which were used a year ago after an alleged sarin gas attack on Syrian civilians.
Also overnight, Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control agency, warned airlines Tuesday to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to possible airstrikes in the next 72 hours.
Retired Adm. James Stavridis, a former head of NATO and an NBC News analyst, warned that any U.S. strike on Syria would likely require manned aircraft and characterized it as a “high-risk operation.”
“Last year was about sending a signal,” Stavridis said, referring to the April 2017 strike ordered by Trump. “This year its about destroying actual Syrian capability.”
Of course, if Russia is serious and it intends to shoot down not only US missiles but their sources – including ships and fighter jets – what happens in the next several hours could unleash World War III. Which would be bizarre if the only purpose for that is for Trump to prove to Mueller that he is not, in fact, a Russian puppet, even as the Military Industrial Complex enjoys its final victory.
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‘Not in my name’: Galloway calls on British public to reject calls for Syria military action
https://www.rt.com/uk/423805-galloway-syria-war-uk/
“If Theresa May takes Britain to war in Syria as the ally and the air force of ISIS and Al-Qaeda, Great Britain will die of shame and our brave pilots will be shot down over Syria by Russian anti-aircraft missile batteries. It’s time today to tell your MP: ‘Not in my name.’”
Urgent: “Not in my name”#Syria#Trump#Russia#May#Blair#Douma#Ghouta#warpic.twitter.com/BNorcNYj9Q
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) April 11, 2018
George Galloway: “Syria and Russia deny there was any chemical weapons attack in Douma by anybody and guess what? There is absolutely zero evidence any chemical weapons attack took place.” Watch again ▼@georgegalloway | https://t.co/sv3MZUm41cpic.twitter.com/o2KgVurpwX
— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) April 10, 2018″
We could all wish the Brits backing away from military involvement is a sign of cooler heads. I’m afraid it isn’t. The last time there was a call to get militarily involved, the parliament said no. They played their part in whipping up more hatred against Russia with their fake nerve agent poisoning. Right on its heels was the fake poison gas event in Syria. These are not simply spontaneous, unrelated events. This appears to me to be a contrived plan of action. Since Trump stated U.S. troops were leaving Syria soon, to let others take care of it, I’ve been warning there is no way they are pulling out. The western leadership, and I mean the shadow rulers in particular, seem to have no high moral values. I suspect they rather want to see a massive reduction in human population. And they definitely are determined to be rulers of the slave planet. Trump, according to some, is the brilliant, 4D chess player with a secret plan. Maybe he used that when he played everyone who voted for him when he promised a new era of peace and cooperation. I pray in particular for Russia who is one of the few sane, moral voices involved in this mess. And in particular the Russian Orthodox Church, of whom I recently became a baptized and chrismated member. Along with St. John the Theologian and Apostle, my patron saint, I voice agreement with the prayer near the end of Revelation: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus Christ.
May needs parliamentary approval – or somebody’s approval to go to war… She does not have the executive power held by the president of the US (which, as far as I know, started in Johnson’s presidency, as he did not seek Congress approval for escalating the Vietnam war).
Trump couldn’t spell 4D.
I can’t imagine Trump playing even traditional 2D chess. There is nothing about him that showed that. One of his early acts was to demote and the fire the one smart guy behind his winning campaign, Steve Bannon. He’s the only one in that crowd who’s shown any sign of strategic thinking ability.
From the duran
“The Commander of the FSA (Free Syrian Army, aka Al-Qaeda/ISIS) announced they will begin a new offensive in Syria. This comes on the heels of Trump’s announcement that he will likely give the green light to strike Syrian government and Russian targets in Syria.
He also claimed that possible US strike will weaken Damascus’ position and will allow to start “real talk” for a peace agreement.
The FSA will attempt to regain lost areas, while conquering new ones, just as the Syrian army, with Russia’s help, reclaimed most of the territory controlled by the Islamists.” Sounds like this lot needs to be directly targeted too.. no more nice guy to moderate rebels…..?
As someone said: Why The FUCK Is Trump On Twitter WARNING Putin Before He Strikes Putting US Servicemen In Danger?
Why is he signalling all this in advance??? What’s the benefit?
Trump’s “experience” is being involved in pro wrestling promotion. He thinks that this what one always does before a fight. He can’t figure out that this isn’t about boosting pay-per-view sales.
He also isn’t smart enough to figure out that if such bluffs didn’t work agains Kim in North Korea, then no way would they work with the Russians and Chinese.
I’d say I’m sorry I voted for Trump, but Hillary would have started this war last year, so its not like there was much real choice beyond which hairstyle does one want to see on the telly as the world ends.
I was also surprised with May – but I would not trust them. Like the Orange Clown – they are just playing Good-Cop/Bad – Cop with the world. Always lying, always plotting psychopathic tricks and fraud – they cannot be any other way even if they wanted to.
As Putin said – they are impossible to to do any agreements with – and it’s not just the psychopathic western ‘leadership’ – most Americans I have met during my 13 years there were also very quick both to make all kinds of ‘promises’ and agreements – and to break them as soon as they steal your business idea or achieve some other kind of hidden agenda. This happened so many times to me I have lost count – even my ‘best’ American friends did it – I don’t even take it personally – it’s a cultural sickness they all seem to have. They can’t help it.
As soon as the time comes for them to put some skin in the game – they disappear and change their mind ( no matter how enthusiastic and ready to cooperate they seemed just a few days before).
IT’s a nation/culture of lost, confused, fearful psychopaths – where nobody trusts anyone and all they have is mania and Stockholm syndrome. They want everything and give nothing apart from manic cheer-leading
Also take into the account that mostly they are dumb, misinformed, greedy and slave-like (due to lifetime of brainwashing)
The USS Donald Cook is in the news here again. Note that the US denies anything happened to the destroyer in the Black Sea; it was not “shut down” by a Su 24.
It would be nice to have a confirmation…
FYI, when the Saker posts something new, Google often times out trying to access.
L.
With regard to May resisting calls to join US military action against Syria, she obviously has chickened out, thank goodness!
Not yet …war cabinet meeting tomorrow also with report from OPCW re Skripal…. what a synchronicity .
> I really wonder what is behind this British u-turn
UK profession is making others fight.
Remember Germany/Russia in 1914 or Germany/Poland in 1939
Putin/Trump would negotiate some spectacular but practically irrelevant show, like Tomahawks destroying some long-abandoned Syrian airbase like year ago.
Then it would be scripted both parties declare victory and go away.
….except that at this point Mi6/SAS blows up some Russian military installation, right in the middle of American tomahawks raining. And hell unleashes.
Tweet to Tweet- win for Russia
“Russia wasted no time and hit back at Trump’s direct threat against them. However, rather than threatening back, Russia showed a high level of diplomatic maturity. A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said: “Smart missiles should fly towards terrorists, not legal government [of Syria].”
So among other things we could say it’s a class war- The Russians again trump trump with real class.
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Okay so this quote comes from a British tabloid, however the infographics are first rate.
“this morning defence committee lawmaker Andrei Krasov said the Kremlin would treat a US airstrike on Syria ‘not just as an act of aggression but a war crime of the Western coalition.”
Instead of “an attack on one is an attack on all”, its “an attack from one is an attack from all”
So the punitive measures will apply across the entire alliance including to include UK, France Israel, MBS, Jordan and quite possibly Diego Garcia? (I would hope they are watching that) regardless of whether the US alone commits the attack.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5604471/Deadly-Russian-S-400-ring-steel-protects-Assad.html
Asia Times coverage of the “Syria Reality Show” (Trump probably wishing he was back on The Apprentice instead). Good article, explains how the elements of grand strategy are playing out and who is winning the great game for the middle east and including some insightful new nuggets of revelation I have not yet encountered anywhere.
http://www.atimes.com/article/syrian-reality-show/
Really?
I went hoping to find a good article, but it starts with some whopping lies. It claims that Assad is repsonsible for all the deaths and all the refugees. I guess ISIS and Al-Qaeda never killed anyone and everyone in Syria was so overjoyed at having them as the local government that no one fled to Europe for that reason.
I was trying to move on and read past that since the article had this recommendation. But then the next paragraph is the whopping lies about the gas attack and the 500 victims that no one seems to be able to find any evidence existing. So, I gave up on the article at that point. Reader be cautious seems like good advice here.
You are quite justified in that response.
I probably round-filed the same parts of the article in disgust that you did. It opens up with that crap about Assad killing millions which is complete fabricated western propaganda. Throw that out. One thing that stuck out the most in this article was how little thought out the relationship between the strikes and the price of oil actually works out in Russias favor (thanks to the rising oil prices that were artificially held low to adversely impact Russias energy revenues). Or the long term effects of the sanctions. Both ways that work against the West that I have to guess would be part of Putins calculus, but probably overlooked entirely but the Western alliance.
If you look at most of the articles on that site, it is very globalist, and at least on Syria, Western in its outlook. One might even confuse it as was the Asian mouthpiece of the CFR, especially noting who took out ads for what over time.