I just sat through the entire live feed of the UN Security Council Ceasefire vote and read almost every news article in two languages (Spanish and English) available. Our President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales, congratulated President Putin for his efforts:
America, the Indispensable Nation, is finding itself increasingly "dispensable".
This latest example is today's news from Syria.
With war fever again ramping up, cheered on by the military-industrial complex (MIC), I cannot help but remember spineless Barack Obama (he's undergone a total spinectomy) and his red line in Syrian sand. When push came to shove, the predictable happened, Obummer crumbled. Since then he has been shown great respect around the world.
I'll have to make this one fast.
Last week I warned about this approaching danger.
Today it all started to blow up.
The Syrian city of al-Bab is not very large. It's not very pretty. It's not particularly noteworthy in any way, but one - it happens to be strategically located in late 2016.
Ishaan Tharoor has a piece in WaPo today: ISIS wants to fight a holy war. So do some Trump supporters.
The "rebels" in Syria, fighting to overthrow Assad, with much help from the U.S., have long been fighting alongside an Al-Quaida affiliate called the Al Nusra Front. Last July, they formally cut their ties with Al Quaida (SPLITTERS!) in a move designed to enhance their legitimacy as freedom fighters in Syria.
Two days ago, that all changed. Coinciding, oddly, with Trump's visit to the White House.
My local paper ran an opinion piece by Charles Krauthammer on Sunday. It was called My vote, explained and you can read it here if you're interested. -> Washington Post If you've ever read his stuff you know that Krauthammer is a Neocon for sure and as crazy as any of them. There's never been a war of choice he couldn't get behind and, although he says he won't vote for Hillary I'm sure he'd support her vision of an exceptional America raining death and destruction across the Middle East and elsewhere. Mr. Krauthammer is also, apparently, an imbecile.
This guy is spitting truth and putting together reports, congressional hearing details and what's going on in the ME and how it relates to CIA policy dating back to WWII. I'm really just not seeing this on any other outlet, aside from essays here and over at TOP written by those more informed than me.
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I said a few months ago that A vote for Hillary is a vote for war in Syria. I based this on the statements of virtually all her advisors.
