Syria war just transitioned from proxy war to full-scale regional war
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 02/19/2018 - 12:49pmTurkey's invasion of the Kurdish areas of Syria was always going to be a threat for the region. Yesterday it happened.
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Trump's new Syrian envoy is the same Neocon that lied us into Iraq
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 4:19pmWere you under the impression that America's days of poorly-planned, unprovoked, regime change wars were over? Did you not vote for Hillary because Donald seemed like less of a neocon?
Well, think again!
U.S. proxy war against Iran/Assad may get dangerously hot
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 1:34pmA week ago we bombed Syrian government forces near Deir Ezzor, killing around a hundred troops. Some of them were mercenaries from Russia.
The clash has been framed as "we acted in self-defense".
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 02/11/2018 - 7:23am
Thwarting Peace and Democracy at Home and Abroad
The horrors of our foreign policy have been haunting me this week....along with the media promotion of the war machine. Lots of hand wringing about the budget, DACA, and the market, but not much discussion of our illegal presence promoting an immoral war in Syria, nor Yemen...nor Palestine. No, it's seventy six new nukes in the big parade, and a hundred and ten drones flying right behind. And let's get this straight, we shall not tolerate peace on the Korean peninsula, nor allow the Iranian nuclear agreement to stand. But wait, there's more...we have to shift our attention to China...and of course, big, bad Russia. Why? In order to protect “our” interests. Yeah, right. Well, we are promoting our brand of democracy in the Americas...recognizing fraudulent elections in Honduras and ignoring fair elections in Venezuela. This is nothing new...it just seems to be on steroids.
Stop me before I kill again?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 02/10/2018 - 4:50pm
These were back-to-back tweets on today's Syria Live Map.
Israel had bombed Syria around 100 times since the Syrian Civil War started. Yesterday Syria finally got lucky and shot down an Israeli jet.
Israel then responded en mass.
U.S.-backed forces in Syria launch offensive against Syrian government
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 11:19amThis is happening in the exact same area where we killed 100 pro-Assad troops yesterday.
We just bombed Syrian government forces again
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 10:09amDid we just kill Russian soldiers in Syria? We may have.
JUST IN: Russian contractors may have been involved in pro-regime attack on US military advisers and their partner forces in Syria that led to US counterattack with aircraft and artillery in east of Euphrates. No US wounded.
U.S. and Turkey trade ultimatums
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 9:39pmTrump's promise to stop arming the Kurds in Turkey was not enough.
Trump backs down against Turkey
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 01/27/2018 - 3:15pmThe Donald may pretend to be tough (I guess it's from his WWE background), but when he comes up against someone who is not playing a game, Donald backs down, just like the bully he his.
In this case it is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that forced Donald to cower.
Just two weeks ago, this was the news: U.S.-Backed Force Could Cement a Kurdish Enclave in Syria
Turkey in a proxy war against the U.S.
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 11:22amThe Syria civil war has always been about proxy armies.
However, Turkey's invasion of Syria Kurdistan has taken this to another level.
