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Putin G20 Press Conference, Peskov interview on RT and the “Jews Petition Congress”

One more thing: the Ziocrazies are at it *again*!  They are now collecting signatures on Change.org for the “Jews Petition Congress” to convince Congress to attack Syria by using, what else, the “Holocaust” argument.  Your can read the text of their petition here.  All that’s missing is a “Syria’s blood on us and on our children!” slogan to make the picture complete.  And then they wonder about Anti-Semitism…The Saker

Very short bullet style news update

Dear friends,Thanks for all your replies to my latest post.  I will join the discussion later today.  Right now, just a few short “bullet style” news updates The Russian Duma delegation has abandoned its plans to travel to the US to speak with US Congressmen after House Speaker John Boehner refused to meet with them. Russian military sources indicate that the main threat to Damascus will come from cruise missiles

A tentative survey of possible US attack options, Resistance responses and US counter-responses

At this point in time when an overt US military attack on Syria appear certain, it could be interesting to look at the choice of options President Obama has, how the Resistance could respond, and how then the US Empire would react to that.  But before looking into this, I would like to begin with a few basic but important reminders:Reminder one: The Supreme crime of international lawIn international law

Interview to Channel One and Associated Press news agency (very interesting interview of Vladimir Putin)

(Comment: I can only say that the contrast between the calm, pragmatic and yet principled Putin with the insecure, spineless and totally ideological Obama is amazing.  Too bad that Russia has nobody to talk to in the White House right now, as the potential for collaboration between Russia and the USA is actually rather big.  The Saker) On the eve of the G20 Summit, Vladimir Putin gave an interview to

Russian and Chinese warships sent to eastern Mediterranean

Russian sources have confirmed that the Russian heavy missile cruiser Moskva has been sent to the eastern Mediterranean. China, for its part, is sending its amphibious dock landing warship, the 19,000 metric ton Jinggangshan, a 689-foot-long warship can carry 1,000 soldiers, helicopters, armored fighting vehicles, boats and landing craft. Moskva Jinggangshan Officially, the mission of the Jinggangshan is to “observe” the activities of the Russian and US navies.  According to

Obama wanted the “Sissy Option” but he might get the “Kosovo Option” instead

I have been following today proceedings in Congress with absolute dismay.  Sure, this was predictable, but still, to see these clowns trying to “out tough” each other is just sickening.  Already, Obama’s proposed Resolution opened the door for much more than just a “Sissy Option” strike (under 3 days, 50-100 missiles).  But now it appears that the Ziocrazies in Congress want to authorize military operations up to 90 days!  That’s

Russia is sending two large amphibious assault ships to the eastern Mediterranean

Anonymous Lurker has just drawn my attention to a most interesting piece of information (thanks!):  Russia is sending two large amphibious assault ships – the Novocherkassk and the Minsk – to the eastern Mediterranean. Novocherkassk Minsk This type of ship can carry 10 main battle tanks and 200 troops or 12 armored personnel carriers and 340 troops or 3 main battle tanks, plus some artillery and air defense systems.  In

Some clarifying details about this morning’s launch of two missiles by Israel and about the Hezbollah mobilization

Ok, now the picture of what actually happened this morning is becoming clear (thanks to the Russian media which is in a coverage frenzy over this and which has plenty of contacts inside the Russian military).The two missiles fired this morning were not cruise missiles of the Tomahawk type, but Israeli ballistic missiles of the “Anchor” type which are used as targets by the Israeli air defenses and which are

Russian military detects two missiles launches in the Mediterranean – Shoigu briefs Putin

According to Russian media sources, early this morning the Russian early warning radar system Armavir run by the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces detected the launch of two missiles in the Mediterranean.  Both missiles were fired in an eastern trajectory and both eventually fell into the sea.   Russian early warning radars systems   First, nobody admitted firing these missiles, in fact everybody denied it, but eventually the Israelis admitted that they

Have insurgents admitted that they used chemical weapons?

Tonight a good friend send me these links which I would like to pass on to you with a few disclaimers: http://www.crescent-online.net/2013/09/syrian-rebels-admit-using-chemical-weapons-wwwcrescent-onlinenet-4013-articles.html http://www.infowars.com/rebels-admit-responsibility-for-chemical-weapons-attack/ http://www.mintpressnews.com/witnesses-of-gas-attack-say-saudis-supplied-rebels-with-chemical-weapons/168135/ http://www.infowars.com/exclusive-syrians-in-ghouta-claim-saudi-supplied-rebels-behind-chemical-attack/  Disclaimers and caveats: a) It seems to me that these sources quote each other a lot; this might be because everybody else is trying hard to look away from this story. b) I also heard another explanation which says that a group of CIA agents

Russia takes more measures to respond to the threat of a US military attack against Syria

First, the leaders of the Russian Duma have decided to send a Parliamentary delegation to the USA to meet with their counterparts in Congress.  The intention here is clearly to lobby for a ‘no’  vote to Obama’s request for a Congressional approval for a US attack on Syria.Second, the Russian Navy is sending a specialized intelligence ship – called the Priazovie – to the waters off the Syrian coast to

And now, a few words from the Ziocrazies on the Hill

LOL! This did not take too long. According to the WSJ, “two key Republican Senate lawmakers gave notice that despite President Barack Obama‘s pledge to seek congressional authorization for a potential military strike against Syria, they wouldn’t support a limited attack that fell short of changing the momentum on the battlefield.” Hardly a surprise.But this a great way to achieve a complete deadlock. If Obama wants only a “shot across

Obama folds, but this is far from over

Great news!  Obama announced that he is going to go to Congress to seek a vote on military action against Syria.  There is little doubt in my mind that what happened is that Obama’s advisers (possibly Hegel and Dempsey at the JCS) found a way to “spread the blame” for the inevitable accusation of “losing face” with Congress.  From their point of view this is a win-win move: their Congress

Putin dares Obama to bring his evidence to the UNSC

Important note: the word “provocation” in the English voice-over is a mistranslation from the Russian word провокация (“provokatsia”) which, in this context, clearly means “false flag operation”.  Putin is unambiguously stating that he knows that the Syrian military did not use chemical weapons but that this was a staged event.

Kerry’s “here is our evidence” moment: imperial hubris at its most pathological and compulsive

I took the time to listen to the full “here is our evidence” press statement by Kerry (full transcript here).  This was a very discouraging experience.  The bottom line is this: it appears quasi certain that the Americans will attack Syria essentially because “we are America” and because “its just gotta be Assad who did it”.  Imperial hubris at its most pathological and compulsive.It is also rather clear that the

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