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Shadow of an Israeli/US Attack Grows Larger by the Day

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By Edward Curtin

Last week I wrote that “all signs point toward an upcoming large-scale Israeli/U.S. attack on Lebanon and Syria, and all the sycophantic mainstream media are in the kitchen prepping for the feast.  Russia and Iran are the main course, with Lebanon and Syria, who will be devoured first, as the hors d’oeuvres.”  Those signs are growing more numerous by the day.

Israel’s mainstream newspapers, Haaretz, and the more conservative Jerusalem Post, both announce in headline news that Iran has built a new base in Syria with missiles capable of hitting Israel. One look at these newspapers with their talk of Israeli war preparations and the potential in assassinating the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah makes it very clear that an expanded Middle Eastern war is fast approaching.  Russia, Syria, and Iran are being demonized as mind control propaganda spews forth.  The mainstream corporate media in the United States and other countries are sure to follow.

In Lebanon, the Prime Minister Saad Hariri has returned to Saudi Arabia to meet with his Saudi patrons for the first time since his shocking resignation on November 4, 2017, which he later withdrew.  The timing of his visit suggests another anti-Iranian and anti-Hezbollah announcement will follow.  Will Hariri issue another statement accusing Iran and Hezbollah of destabilizing Lebanon to add to the war rhetoric coming out of Israel at the same time that Lebanon is making a military agreement with Russia?  The moves on the chessboard are happening fast and furious. Divide and conquer is clearly the strategy of Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United States.

Here in the United States, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity,  a group of retired intelligence workers, has just issued a public warning, or what they call a memo, to Donald Trump ( Why bother?  Do they actually think he is listening or is in charge?) Growing Risk of U.S.-Iran Hostilities Based on False Pretexts. This group, which shares some suspicions regarding Iran and is therefore not its apologist, nevertheless says the following:

There is considerable anti-Iran rhetoric in U.S. media, which might well facilitate a transition from a cold-war type situation to a hot war involving U.S. forces.  We have for some time been observing with some concern the growing hostility towards Iran coming out of Washington and from the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia.  National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is warning that the ‘time to act is now’ to thwart Iran’s aggressive regional ambitions while United Nations Ambassador Nick Haley sees a ‘wake-up’ call in the recent shooting incident involving Syria and Israel.  Particular concern has been expressed by the White House that Iran is exploiting Shi’a minorities in neighboring Sunni dominated states to create unrest and is also expanding its role in neighboring Iraq and Syria.

VIPS also suggests that because Netanyahu may be indicted on corruption charges:

“it is conceivable that he might welcome a ‘small war’ to deflect attention from mounting political problems at home.”

One may say the same of Donald Trump, but as history has taught us ‘small wars’ lead to large wars, and as is well known, the ultimate target of these warmongers is Russia, and such a war would be far from small.

One of the signers of the VIPS’ aforementioned article is Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer who in a separate article, Donald Trump’s foreign policy: Made in Israel? (No need for the question mark), rightly says that Trump is aligned with the most hardline elements in Israel and that “some pretext for war [with Iran] will surely follow with the United States having to bear much of the burden as well as most of the consequences, including what is likely to be a large casualty list as the Iranians will surely fight back.”  Furthermore, Giraldi says that the U.S., with an active presence on the ground in Syria aimed at destabilizing the country and ousting Assad, is supporting alleged Israeli intelligence that allows it to bomb another sovereign country under the claims it is protecting Israel by attacking Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian targets.

While the American public is inundated with news about Jared Kushner and Hope Hicks, propaganda about how the Syrian government is slaughtering civilians in East Ghouta (see Jonathan Cook’s excellent article, The Authoritarians Who Silence Syria Questions, and is further depressed by news of  the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School, shares are rising in the US military-Industrial Complex and the Academy Awards ceremony will soon give a Hollywood deluded society a “needed distraction” from all the news.  Meanwhile, the bloodthirsty warmongers are licking their lips in anticipation.  They are beating the war drums, and not very slowly right now.  The beat has quickened.  You can hear it if you listen.

Perhaps the propaganda film The Post, about the CIA’s favorite newspaper, The Washington Post, will take home the golden fetish at the Oscars while Israel and the U.S. assumes their responsibility to protect the innocent by killing more of them and expanding their deadly arms toward their ultimate targets.

*Edward Curtin is a writer whose work has appeared widely.  He teaches sociology at MassachusettsCollege of Liberal Arts. His website is http://edwardcurtin.com/

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    • IAMPEACE

      Putin has announced: nuclear-powered cruise missile, nuclear powered drone underwater drone, hypersonic missile, that has no equivalent anywhere in the world which makes NATO’s U.S. led missile defense useless. You (U.S,) have failed to contain Russia. Putin further stated the nuclear power cruise missile has a practically unlimited range and high speed and maneuverability allowing it to pierce any missile defense. Putin also said the underwater high speed drone also has an intercontinental range and is capable of carrying a nuclear war head that could target both aircraft carriers and coastal facilities and be immune to enemy intercept.
      Take a deep breath, think of this reality-calmly. Who has invaded SYRIA? Why. Putin further said: “No one has listened to us”, “You listen to us now”. “we aren’t going to take anything from anyone”. (Here I inject my respect to Putin) : Putin: ” The growing Russian
      military might will guarantee global peace.” If there was ever a time in the world as we know it, Pray for peace. President Assad told the U.S. did NOT have permission to be in Syria. Elevate your thoughts, get wisdom and understand greed and evil for what
      they are. Pray for peace. WALKINGWATER

    • TC

      The Deep State needs a final world war to fulfill the prophecy of “1984”. Two of the three great communist states were formed in the last two wars and the plan is for the third one to be established in this one. The last century saw over 100 million killed by communist governments. The plan for this century is many, many more.

      Can we change this direction? Our free media, our means of communications, is being shut down as we speak and soon we will hear only the many voices of Big Brother, assuming of course we have permission to access their net. Logical analysis indicates we have gone too far down the road to change our destiny ourselves and the only force that may be able to change anything may be absolute catastrophe or divine intervention.

    • unidentified

      the middle east is old news and people are sick of hearing about them

    • truck driver

      Muslims is doing all the killing so stop the killing,

    • The Watcher

      IRAN WILL COMPLETELY DESTROY ISRAEL. GOOD RIDDANCE!

      • Rockledge

        I suspect you to be quite young.
        Isreal is a pit bull. That country has kicked a LOT of asses in its’ brief existence.

        Israel will not go down without taking everyone with them. Do some research and learn some history.
        Learn about the Masada Complex. Learn about the 6 day and Yom Kippur war.
        Iran might be able to bring us down, given our wide open borders, but Isreal will make them shit themselves then feed it to them.

    • harry

      Did someone forget that Iran wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth? If your neighbor waved a gun at you and said he was going to shoot you – would you wait for yourself to be shot?

      • THOTH

        Israel kills Iranian civilian scientists. Israel infected Iran’s civilian nuclear station with the student virus. Israel operates an illegal nuclear facility in dimona and harbours hundreds of illegal nuclear weapons. It was Israel and America that conspired in the past to overthrow the Iranian government, not the other way around. Israel is the one that constantly expands it’s illegal territory in the region by way of military force. Israel is the aggressor, not Iran. Plain and simple.

        • THOTH

          Correction: “…with the Stuxnet virus.” F’n auto-correct BS.

    • beLIEve

      $atan$ SNOWFLAKE$…….GENOCIDE THEFT WAR & CHAOS…..It is the only agenda they know. :evil:

      * *

      Moscow Slams “ILLEGAL US PRESENCE In Syria” Following Pentagon’s “Defensive” Airstrikes
      Dated 9th February 2018

      Moscow lashed out at the US this morning, after the US-led COALITION in SYRIA CARRIED OUT SEVERAL “defensive” AIR$TRIKE$ AGAIN$T SYRIAN FORCES ALLIED WITH PRESIDENT Bashar al-ASSAD ON WEDNESDAY IN Syria’s DEIR al-ZOR PROVINCE – purportedly in retaliation for what the coalition said was an “unprovoked” attack on the US-backed left-wing rebel group.

      In response, during a CLOSED DOOR MEETING of the UN Security Council in New York, RUSSIAN UN AMBASSADOR Vasily Nebenzya reminded his colleagues that THE US PRESENCE IN SYRIA IS….. :idea: “ACTUALLY ILLEGAL.” :idea: …..
      “NOBODY INVITED THEM THERE,” :idea: …. Nebenzya stated, emphasizing that the coalition’s actions were jeopardizing the region’s hard-fought stability.

      :idea: ACCORDING TO THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY, :idea: THE SYRIAN MILITIA WAS ADVANCING AGAINST A ……… :idea: “SLEEPER CELL” OF ISLAMIC STATE TERRORISTS NEAR THE FORMER OIL PROCESSING PLANT OF al-ISBA, WHEN THE UNIT WAS SUDDENLY FIRED UPON BY AIR STRIKES. :idea: …. AT LEAST 25 MILITIAMEN WERE INJURED IN THE ATTACK, the Russian Ministry of Defense said, adding that pro-government troops targeted by the coalition did not coordinate their operation with the Russian command.

      As has been the case for years, DAMASCUS CALLED THE ATTACK a “WAR CRIME,” while Russia’s military asserted that
      :idea: WASHINGTON’$ TRUE GOAL I$ TO CAPTURE … :idea: “ECONOMIC A$$ET$” :idea: … IN SYRIA.
      The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova affirmed that the US MILITARY PRESENCE IN SYRIA poses A DANGEROUS THREAT TO THE POLITICAL PROCESS and TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTRY, while Foreign Minister Sergey LAVROV CALLED THE STRIKE ANOTHER VIOLATION OF SYRIA’S SOVEREIGNTY :idea: BY THE US.

      The US, however, remained unmoved, promising to continue to support the US-allied forces in Syria at any cost.

      “We continue to support SDF with respect to defeating ISIS… ISIS is still there, :twisted: and our mission is still to defeat ISIS,” Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said Thursday. “We will continue to support them. Our goal is to ensure that our diplomats can negotiate from a position of strength, with respect to the Geneva process.”

      :idea: Video available on the ORIGINAL Zero Hedge report.

      https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-09/moscow-slams-illegal-us-presence-syria-following-defensive-airstrikes

      * * *

      ZIONISM = TERRORISM; THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING; AMERICAN TROOPS IN A CIA DEATH WISH; PANDEMONIUM IN TERRORIST RANKS

      https://syrianperspective.com/2018/02/zionism-terrorism-the-proof-is-in-the-pudding-american-troops-in-a-cia-death-wish-pandemonium-in-terrorist-ranks.html

      * * *

      Downed Russian Warplane Illustrates Enduring Danger of US-Backed Terrorism

      https://journal-neo.org/2018/02/10/downed-russian-warplane-illustrates-enduring-danger-of-us-backed-terrorism/

      * * *

      :idea: ONE SURVIVOR :!: of the “jooz” ATTACK on The USS Liberty….interviewed on the video linked below

      *

      Survivor of Israeli Attack on USS Liberty: It Could Not Have Been a Mistake

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMzvgCLtCG8&t=2s

      * * *

      SHORT video…a few minutes……

      Israelis killing Americans in Iraq. Anyone surprised?

      US Servicemen/Marines and Iraqi civilians being TARGETED by pI$$raHELL IDF & I$raeli “Zapata” MERCENARIE$ in Iraq. :evil:

      http://tapnewswire.com/2018/02/israelis-killing-americans-in-iraq-anyone-surprised/

      * * *

      SYRIA…….Prime REAL ESTATE…….RICH RESERVES of OIL & HIGH VALUE A$$ET$. :!:

      * * *

      History of Israeli Regime’s Military Aggression against Syria

      http://alwaght.com/en/News/123791/History-of-Israeli-Regime%E2%80%99s-Military-Aggression-against-Syria

      * * *

      Syria: Putin Makes an Offer to Israel, Will Israel Refuse?

      /alternative/2018/02/syria-putin-makes-an-offer-to-israel-will-israel-refuse-3596222.html

      * * *

      Well……..would you….Adam & Eve it…..the FAUX/FOE “joo$………

      perpetrated the ……HOLLOW-HOAX. :roll: :?: :idea:

      * *

      Adam & Eve it….Cockney (London) rhyming SLANG…meaning……believe it !

      * * *

      Poland PM Says Jews Perpetrated the Holocaust

      /opinion-conservative/2018/02/poland-pm-says-jews-perpetrated-the-holocaust-3362955.html

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