Havenât checked this thread for a while, what a great interview that is. So refreshing at last to see someone, on the MSM, cutting right through the bullshit propaganda and brainwashing that has been going on over the past few years of the Syrian conflict. It is being significantly ramped up at the moment, with the ongoing siege in Eastern Ghouta. To a man the MSM are following the US/UK line, studiously ignoring the inconvenient truth that the âOppositionâ they are all wringing their hands over are Islamic Jihadist Al Qaeda terrorists, made up of fighters from, at the last count, over 80 different countries. Civil war my arse. This mixed bag of insurgents have been shelling civilians in the, government held, rest of Damascus, on a daily basis for years now, no nation on earth would put up with that. The civilians in Eastern Ghouta are effectively hostages to headchopping jihadist nutters from all over the world, who are occupying a city in a sovereign, secular country. Headchopping jihadist nutters who the US and UK have been recruiting, training, arming and supplying. All of this is studiously ignored in any debate on the crisis on the MSM. A classic example just this lunchtime on the BBC. An interview with a UN guy who had gone in with the aid convoy yesterday. He said many people they met on the streets pleaded to be rescued, but ârebelâ soldiers and particularly snipers made it impossible. âThank you very muchâ said the presenter hurriedly moving on. Minutes later he was repeating the accepted line that the World condemned Russia and Syria for not rescuing civilians. So much for the Beeb being an impartial conduit of news. Of course what is happening to the civilians in Eastern Ghouta is awful, it just doesnât bear thinking about. But what would be infinitely worse is if the US and NATO sponsored headchoppers are allowed to win. The only swift end to this conflict is for the legitimate government forces to defeat the illegitimate jihadist insurgents and take back control from them. In the long run it would limit civilian casualties. Let the legitimate Syrian army finish off the terrorists as quickly as possible. But of course this is not in Western interest so they will do their damnedest to frustrate this outcome. They wonât be happy until Syria has decended into chaos, broken and ungovernable like Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Yemen. This has been the American/Israeli strategy all over the Middle East for decades because they want to reduce any likelihood of support for Iran when that country is attacked.
Good post @nottarf-krap
Youâd hope that the media would be reporting impartially, but I guess that might uncover an inconvenient truth or two, not least that Russia may not be the bad guys after allâŚ
Itâs annoying as fuck to be:-
- A savvy Sotonian
- Anywhere near current affairs coverage
Due to the increased âcoverageâ of Syria on the news at the moment, Radio4 is getting switched off within minutes. Iâve often said I only listen to hear which lies they tell. It gets difficult to do that after prolonged exposure, when the whole edifice is built on a platform of fucking lies, and the context theyâre providing today is a lie they told two years ago.
Isnât that Brianâs mum?
In a sense, yes.
The rebels are not the messiahs. Theyâre very naughty boys.
Poxy proxy war.
Munzer very nicely pointing out the games being played. Chemical weapons, white helmets and the same State players burning innocent women and children the world over(as long as itâs far enough away that we donât have to face the reality of it).
I like this bit a lot.
He expressed astonishment that some states still insist to consider themselves as the custodians of the future of peoples, meantime, their political and colonial history reveal flagrant human rights violations made by these states against all peoples.
Munzer wondered how could the US, Britain and France claim to be keen on achieving justice, while they have a long shameful record of ferocious aggression against people and infrastructure in Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and Africa and previously in Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada.
I have been reading that the Syrian army has captured upto a dozen western special forces over the last couple of days and now just as Assad has won, him and Russia have apparently been stupid enough to gas civilians.
Thatâs convenient.
Reports from terrorists, one man in his front room(uk) and an American NGO(never ever trust these).
Hereâs the only honest bit of reporting from the article.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports.
More convenient than any Sane person might find believable.
Medical relief organization SAMS said a chlorine bomb hit Douma hospital, killing six people, and a second attack with âmixed agentsâ including nerve agents had hit a nearby building.
Not for the first time it would appear that Peter Hitchens is the lone voice of reason in the MSM. Itâs very confusing for an old âleftieâ like me! He is particularly scathing, and, (sadly) correct about The Guardian. Could you do the honours if the link doesnât work Modboy.
A âgoodâ read that Hitchens piece NK.
Now that 2 of the Salisbury 3 are out of hospital and the other expected out soon our blessed Govt moves their attention to hammering the Ruskies over Assad apparently using chemical weapons in Syria. Seems May is being urged to use force without a vote in Parliament. Just goes to show to show the Govt is morally bankrupt. (has the chemical attack been independently verified as being perpetrated by Syria? Thought. Not.)