Middle East Pretense
Stephen LendmanMiddle East
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WAR: About that War
Rutherford Institute Presents Arguments Before U.S. Supreme Court in...
• https://www.rutherford.orgDefense of Peace Cross, 90-Year-Old World War I Memorial...WASHINGTON, DC -- Denouncing the growing hostility to religion that has manifested itself in efforts to eradicate references to God and religion from public places, The Rutherford Institute
The Syrian War Is Over – It Never Should Have Started
• https://russia-insider.com, Ten SniderThe Syrian government supported and helped the US after 9/11. The US repaid it by helping out al-Qaeda in theirs
US Military Occupations Now Supported By Far More Democrats Than Republicans
• https://www.prisonplanet.com, Caitlin JohnstoneA new Politico/Morning Consult poll has found that there is much more support for ongoing military occupations among Democrats surveyed than Republicans.
"We Don't Take Orders From Bolton": US Withdrawal From Syria Begins
• https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler DurdenContrary to assurances from Trump's National Security Advisor, neocon John Bolton, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who suggested earlier this week that US troops would remain in Syria for at least a little while longer...
PROOF: The Syria "Withdrawal" Plan Was A Ruse For MORE War!
• https://www.youtube.comVideo- why The Syria "Withdrawal" plan was a Ruse for More War!
France Teeters on the Edge of Civil War
• https://www.thecommonsenseshow.comThe CSS reported that the "Empire Strikes Back"! Macron takes action against the Yellow Vests by arresting their leader. Did this change anything? If anything, the Yellow Vests are more determined than ever before. This is a country teetering o
Why China Is Going to Wage War On America
• https://www.thecommonsenseshow.comThe whispers of the coming World War III are turning into a deafening roar. Once considered a remote possibility, China is ready to begin World War III and it will probably center on Taiwan. This will be in retaliation for the attempted destruction o
Forget the Border Distraction-WW III Is Upon Us! Dave Hodges Interviews Steve Quayle-The CSS- Hour 3
• https://www.thecommonsenseshow.comForget the border, this is where the real action will take place. World War III is upon us. It is only looking for a match to start the fire. Dave Hodges interviewed Steve Quayle on this point. Of the 3 hours that Dave interviewed Steve, this is the
Reporter Quits NBC Citing Network's Support For Endless War
• https://www.prisonplanet.comA journalist with NBC has resigned from the network with a statement which highlights the immense resistance that ostensibly liberal mass media outlets have to antiwar narratives, skepticism of US military agendas, and any movement in the opposite di
Episode 343 – Debunking A Century of War Lies
• https://www.corbettreport.comIn the modern age of democracy and volunteer armies, a pretense for war is required to rally the nation around the flag and motivate the public to fight.
Jimmy Carter and Kim Jong-Un Look Ahead in the New Year
Stephen Lendmananti-war - The former US president's op-ed focused on "repair(ing) the US-China relationship - and prevent(ing)" a Sino/US cold war.
Iraqi Jets Strike Terrorists In Syria At Assad's Request As US "Slowing" Troop Pullout
• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdanAs the United States is reportedly "slowing things down" on Trump's announced full troop withdrawal, Syria's President Assad is apparently speeding things up in terms of reasserting sovereign control over all parts of the country, as he's long promis
Did The U.S. Military Just Admit Victory In Afghanistan Is Impossible?
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Jared KellerIn the week before President Donald Trump's reported decision to abruptly withdraw 7,000 U.S. service members from Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there all but admitted that the 17-year-old war there will not end with a military victory for th
Syrian Army Deploys to Manbij in New Alliance With Kurds
• https://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzTurkey says Kurds have no authority to invite Syrian army into major Syrian city
Blessed Are The Warmongers
• https://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig RoberAs life on planet Earth enters its recorded year of 2019 the world has only one leader. He is Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.
Blessed Are The Warmongers
• https://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig RoberAs life on planet Earth enters its recorded year of 2019 the world has only one leader. He is Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.
2019: The Year of Economic Collapse & Big War?
• https://www.newsbud.com, PROFESSOR FILIP KOVACEVICIn the ninety-ninth edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the front-page articles from four Russian newspapers: Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Izvestia, and Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Syria Sitrep - Army To Regain Northeastern Territory - Political Isolation Ends
• https://www.moonofalabama.org, BThe fallout from U.S. president Trump's decision to retreat from Syria develops as expected.
With US out of the Way Syria's Elite Tiger Forces Will Finish off ISIS
• https://russia-insider.com, The Twisted GeniusUS had been preventing the Syrian army from crossing the Euphrates and finishing off the last ISIS enclave
Officials: US Will End Air War in Syria After Troops Withdraw
• https://russia-insider.com, Jason DitzA key question about Trump's withdrawal order answered. It doesn't mean only there will be no "boots on the ground". It means the war as a whole is over for America
Blessed Are The Warmongers
• By Paul Craig Roberts PaulCraigRoberts.orgAs life on planet Earth enters its recorded year of 2019 the world has only one leader. He is Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. There are in office nowhere in the West any real leaders, only servants of the Oligarchy and vassals of the servants. D
Senator Rand Paul Owns the Warmongers in D.C. with an Epic End of the Year Tweet Storm
• https://thefreethoughtproject.com(RT) -- Taking a break from the busy legislative season, US Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) had a field day on Twitter, roasting President Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham and John Bolton among others.
Syria: Mr. President, You Made the Right Move
• https://rense.com, By DevvyThe never-ending screeching out in foggy-bottom aka Washington, DC, over how Trump is everything wrong under the sun, got even louder with his announcement last week to withdraw troops from the self-created civil war in Syria.
Trump makes surprise visit to Iraq with Melania where he declares ISIS 'very nearly defeated
• https://www.dailymail.co, By FRANCESCA CHAMBERSTrump makes surprise visit to Iraq with Melania where he declares ISIS 'very nearly defeated' and says America is 'respected' again -- after being slammed for pulling forces from Syria and avoiding a war zone
Holiday Season Warmaking
Stephen Lendmananti-war - A pause in US, NATO, Israeli warmaking is never in the cards during the holiday season or any other time of year.
Holiday Season Deception and Big Lies
Stephen Lendmananti-war - US-led Western media managed news misinformation and disinformation continue throughout the holiday season with no letup - suppressing what's vital to report, deceiving readers and viewers on virtually all vital issues affecting their live
Syria Withdrawal Enrages the Chickenhawks
• https://www.lewrockwell.comPresident Donald Trump's order to withdraw from Syria has been greeted, predictably, with an avalanche of condemnation culminating in last Thursday's resignation by Defense Secretary James Mattis. The Mattis resignation letter focused on the betr
Syrians Broadly Welcome US Withdrawal
• Antiwar.com - Jason DitzWhile US media coverage of the withdrawal from Syria has been presented as sending the entire world into a tizzy about what will happen next, with the Syrians presented as viewing the pullout as an "American betrayal."
Joy to the World Postponed
Stephen Lendmananti-war, pro-social justice
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