17-Apr-18 World View -- As Syria's al-Assad attacks Idlib, he may consider chemical weapons essential

[John]

17-Apr-18 World View -- As Syria's al-Assad attacks Idlib, he may consider chemical weapons essential



Russia ties itself in knots diplomatically over Syria chemical attack

** 17-Apr-18 World View -- As Syria's al-Assad attacks Idlib, he may consider chemical weapons essential
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e180417


Contents:
Russia ties itself in knots diplomatically over Syria chemical attack
Syria blocks OPCW inspectors from visiting site of chemical attack
As Syria's al-Assad attacks Idlib, he may consider chemical weapons essential
Syria TV says that its Shayrat airbase has been attacked by missiles


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Russia, Sergei Lavrov,
Douma, White Helmets, Britain, Steven Sachur, John Kerry,
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW,
Idlib, Aleppo, Ghouta, chlorine,
Shayrat airbase, Dumair military airport

[Guest]

"Well I think it's worse because during the cold war there were channels of communication, and there was no obsession with Russophobia, which looks like genocide by sanctions."

The sanctions are lethal. Bleed the Russians white. They have no economy, just oil and second rate weapons. The oil fields have been entirely financed by foreign oil companies because the Russians don't have the money to do it themselves. Putin and his cronies have stolen everything they could. Now the trough is empty and the Russians are eating themselves. Keep the boot on their backs and keep their heads underwater. Drown them all. Make the Russians pay for their crimes.

[sue]

Thumbs up to you, Guest.
We draw ever closer to war. Russia has never recovered from fall of the USSR. Even military wasn't paid when the Berlin Wall failed and nations broke free. The twits who advocate socialism/communism can't seem to admit the systemic inner rot and failure. Do not forget that Russia has its own muslims with which to deal.
That America and Israel are not sole allies is fascinating. Historically speaking, I find France's participation "iffy". A nation without a pretence of moral core or spine. At this point, May is merely a self-serving come-along with a fractured people, one step beyond our own occupied nation.
I am taking a page from my late intel Dad's book and searching out a shortwave radio. Communications are getting dicey, and the current FTC head seems to be toadying to big business. Assad may be smiling, but Putin is having vodka inspired night sweats.

[John]

> Read something the other day and I am not sure how accurate it was
> but did raise a valid concern, at least for me. Apparently, Al
> Assad's gov't, whether intentionally or not, is shielding a large
> number of Syrian Christians and Jews. They have been under the
> gov't protection for decades and would risk total slaughter if or
> when the Assad regime falls. Keep in mind that all of the forces
> aligned against Assad are either the ISIS types or one of the many
> imitators. What a suck situation, if true.

There's no doubt that this is true. Not only are the Syrian
Christians and Jews at risk, but so are all the Shia/Alawites in
al-Assad's community. Given the chance, the Sunnis will get total
revenge on the 12% of the population that are Alawites. The same
logic doesn't apply to the Christians and Jews, so it's possible that
they're safer than the Alawites.

The politics of genocide is very cruel. It's impossible for one
politician or one leader to commit genocide without the support of a
lot of people. Hitler could not have killed the Jews unless he had
enormous support and popularity from the rest of the population. A
genocidal leader essentially splits the population into two parts.
There's the group that are being tortured, massacred and cleansed.
And there's the group that support the genocidal leader and, whether
they want to or not, would not dare to criticize the leader for fear
of being shot and killed.

I keep coming back to what I've written many times in the past. There
is no war today of Muslims versus Christians and Jews. The jihadists
like to describe it that way, the media likes to describe it that way,
and the politicians like to describe it that way. But that's not
what's going on. The number of Christians being killed is minuscule
compared to the number of Muslims being killed. The wars in the
Mideast today are Muslim versus Muslim. They're replaying centuries
of war between Shias and Sunnis, between Arabs and Turks, between
Arabs and Persians. And there's a new major regional war on the way.

That doesn't mean that the Christians and Jews are safe. To the
contrary, at the very least they'll be caught in the crossfire.
Al-Assad may be protecting the Christians and Jews today so that
they'll support his genocide, but he doesn't give a sh-t about any of
them. He wouldn't hesitate to kill them all in a minute as soon as it
suited his purpose.

[thomasglee]

I am still dubious about the chemical attacks. I understand the position you posit and can agree with it, to some extent, but then again, call me cynical, but I just do not trust the jihadists or our media to tell us the truth. It is sad that we can no longer trust our media.

[Guest]

"Well I think it's worse because during the cold war there were channels of communication, and there was no obsession with Russophobia, which looks like genocide by sanctions."

The sanctions are lethal. Bleed the Russians white. They have no economy, just oil and second rate weapons. The oil fields have been entirely financed by foreign oil companies because the Russians don't have the money to do it themselves. Putin and his cronies have stolen everything they could. Now the trough is empty and the Russians are eating themselves. Keep the boot on their backs and keep their heads underwater. Drown them all. Make the Russians pay for their crimes.

From the Daily Beast:

Putin encourages rivalry and fear among members of his elite, especially when the Kremlin is facing difficult challenges such as those that arose in the wake of the Skripal poisoning in Britain and then the new sanctions, which came as a huge shock. (As Navalny commented when the sanctions were announced: “Everyone laughed at the Forbes list in January, but today it is not so funny.”) The sanctions are hitting Russia’s financial markets hard. Last Monday the ruble plummeted to December 2016 levels, and Russian stocks had their worst day since 2014. According to Kirill Tremasov, head of research at the Moscow firm Loko-Invest: “We have found ourselves in a new reality, and it is very, very serious.”

[Guest]

I am still dubious about the chemical attacks. I understand the position you posit and can agree with it, to some extent, but then again, call me cynical, but I just do not trust the jihadists or our media to tell us the truth. It is sad that we can no longer trust our media.

This only shows how effective Russian sponsored 'fake news' has become.

[thomasglee]

I am still dubious about the chemical attacks. I understand the position you posit and can agree with it, to some extent, but then again, call me cynical, but I just do not trust the jihadists or our media to tell us the truth. It is sad that we can no longer trust our media.

This only shows how effective Russian sponsored 'fake news' has become.

No, it shows people can and still use critical thinking skills. I said I am "dubious" and I laid out legitimate reasons for why. We cannot trust our media and we cannot trust the jihadist. If you think otherwise, you're the one being influenced by "fake news".

[CH86]

I am still dubious about the chemical attacks. I understand the position you posit and can agree with it, to some extent, but then again, call me cynical, but I just do not trust the jihadists or our media to tell us the truth. It is sad that we can no longer trust our media.

This only shows how effective Russian sponsored 'fake news' has become.

No, it shows people can and still use critical thinking skills. I said I am "dubious" and I laid out legitimate reasons for why. We cannot trust our media and we cannot trust the jihadist. If you think otherwise, you're the one being influenced by "fake news".

Globalists know that Americans Born after about 1953-1955 or so; thoroughly distrust the globalist Narrative of the inherent good of democracy, the narrative that democracy is compatible with all culture and the globalist narrative that Americans should have a inherent loyalty to democracy that supersedes loyalty to the United States Constitution. As a result globalists deliberately disenfranchise the postwar generations and rely solely on Silent and Aquarian boomer (generations who agree with the globalist narrative) in order put policy in place. Sorry Globalists, you claim to love democracy but I have to break it to you; that is NOT democracy. In Genuine democracy policy is put in place only after everyone's input has been received and a vote has been held. But globalists know that their ideals could never be implemented if genuine democracy is allowed in America, therefore they instead implemented a system of velvet tyranny.

[Guest]

I am still dubious about the chemical attacks. I understand the position you posit and can agree with it, to some extent, but then again, call me cynical, but I just do not trust the jihadists or our media to tell us the truth. It is sad that we can no longer trust our media.

This only shows how effective Russian sponsored 'fake news' has become.

No, it shows people can and still use critical thinking skills. I said I am "dubious" and I laid out legitimate reasons for why. We cannot trust our media and we cannot trust the jihadist. If you think otherwise, you're the one being influenced by "fake news".

It's arrogant and stupid like you that make 'fake news' so effective.