In response to a clear false flag event in which Assad is alleged to have gassed his own people, unthinking fools on the left and right want Trump to do something.
Guradig writer Matthew d’Ancona moans Don’t Expect the West to Act on Syria’s Latest Horror.
Conscience has become the mayfly of our era: here today, gone tomorrow. For the moment, the world is transfixed by the horrific images from Douma, near the Syrian capital, Damascus. Dozens have died, and hundreds lie injured after what was quite clearly a chemical weapon attack.
Dead children, their mouths flecked with foam, chide us through our screens. Condemnation, calls for action, a global spasm of what Martin Amis calls “species shame”: the pattern of response to the long Syrian catastrophe has become almost ritualised.
Another Rush to Judgement
Fools like d’Ancona demand action, with no evidence as to who did what.
And curiously, this attack happened right as Trump announced he was pulling out of Syria.
Evidence?
Who needs evidence? Warmongers don’t need no stinkin evidence. On the rare occasions they decide evidence is necessary, they make it up or plant a false flag.
War Cries
- i24 reports Military to Present Trump with Syria Strike Options Within Hours.
- Senator Graham, always willing to bomb any country at any time, said a decision to withdraw troops from Syria the “single worst decision” Trump could make. Today he Graham calls Syria a ‘Defining Moment’ in Trump’s presidency.
- Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) demands an International Response to Syria Chemical Attack.
Media Misses the Point
Before jumping the gun, please consider Another Chemical Attack In Syria: But Why Is The Corporate Media Missing Crucial Points?
The Syrian Army in a little more than a month liberated over 90% of the East Ghouta pocket with ease, so why at the final hurdle with every advantage in their favor, would they resort to chemical weapons. The corporate media portrays the Syrian authorities as acting irrationally without thought to consequences, but rather, there has been many examples where Syria could have deployed such weapons to preserve their own soldiers, but has opted not to and risked further casualties to ensure that civilians face minimal harm in any operation.
We must also question why the Syrian air force never put their alarm systems on red alert if they had conducted such an attack. US President Donald Trump has proven he is willing to conduct missile attacks against the Syrian military when mere accusations that it conducted chemical weapon attacks has occurred as the the raid on the Shayrat Airbase on April 6, 2017 just days after the Khan Sheikhoun incident demonstrates. This would be a careless move by the Syrian government, especially just days after Trump announced he wants to withdraw the US military from Syria.
It is known the deep state of the US does not want a military withdrawal from Syria; such an incident could force Trump to stay in Syria despite his openness that he does not want this.
In addition, we must also question why these attacks always seem to kill women and children and never terrorists. The Syrian military takes every precaution that civilians are not killed, so much so that the Syrian government for weeks has been trying to bring a peaceful resolution to Duma, even allowing terrorists to take up amnesty with zero repercussions for their crimes or to be transported to another part of Syria with guaranteed safety, just as their allies in Harasta and other parts of East Ghouta successfully took up.
The article asks “Why is it such a far fetched idea to the corporate media that the terrorists could have conducted this latest atrocity?”
Indeed, it’s extremely unlikely this incident is anything but a false flag operation by Al Qaeda rebels seeking to oust Assad.
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as a vet, I cant help but notice that some of the loudest war voices are also draft dodgers from my generation. Tough guy Trump couldnt serve because of a sore foot.
“War is a racket.” — Smedley Butler …… keep it going ….
Russia Gata is a complete farce. As for being perceived as weak, the voters in both parties our tired of none stop war. This is one of the reasons Trump won the republican party. He called the stupidity of the Iraq war and rightly called Bush 2nd a liar. Case closed- Perpetual war is supported by the beltway group think.
Trump has ceded Syria to Putin and Assad, anything he does now is symbolic. Clinton-style Democrats (Hawks) are seizing on this. The media pulls this story out routinely on slow news nights or when the admin wants to misdirect news from another issue (tariffs and trade wars) but the WH is in chaos so I doubt that. Trump will never get reelected and he may be impeached. He is the Republican flip side of the Carter Admin, one term, notable for their personality and not their accomplishments. Russia Gate may not be the smoking gun but it casts this president in a weak light and even spineless Democrats are jumping on the bandwagon. America’s Malaise2 .,,,
So, why can’t all the popular bloggers, who understand this is simplistic propaganda, coordinate a well-synchronized caravan and occupy DC? They could even add a few more items to the agenda that the majority would agree on, like: throw banksters in jail, prosecute anti-trust laws in the health care industry, balance budget amendment, and short term-limits. One could argue that every patriotic American has a duty to do something, but bloggers already have a sufficient following, that when combined, could at least get the ball rolling.
It’s false flags all the way down. There is no reality left for Occam’s razor to cut, and none of us know anything.
“The Syrian Army in a little more than a month liberated over 90% of the East Ghouta pocket with ease, so why at the final hurdle with every advantage in their favor, would they resort to chemical weapons.” Logically, they wouldn’t. The claim that they did, smells fishy. “Media Misses the Point”. The media is propaganda, so they are not missing any point. They are willing participants.
We’re outraged over what happens in Syria, while the same thing is happening in Yemen without a peep. Anyone with half a brain can see we don’t care about ME civilians and any stance we take in support of ME civilians is total BS. Problem is the majority of the people don’t even have half a brain.
To a clueless, well indoctrinated droneling; anything at all is an excuse for why “We” “need to do something.” “We”, of course never referring to we in the proper sense, as in him and his like mindeds. But rather always referring to “The Government.”
Such that all the little droneling in reality ever keeps repeating and regurgitating, is “The Government” should rob someone, and use the proceeds to publicly, on the almighty TeeVee, bomb, kill and maim someone else.
Neither of whom droneling neither knows, has ever met, nor has any clue about whatsoever. Just so that droneling can cheer and feel all warm and fuzzy, that his particular Massa is a special Massa. “Stronger” and “more righteous” than all the other Massas of all the other dronelings. Just like Massa says on TeeVee. Making droneling feel all kinds of special and privileged, rather than just the irrelevance to anyone he really is.
This is how it always is “But we don’t know for sure (in a whining voice)”. Screw it! Let’s get a coalition of Russian, USA and European forces together, dispose Assad and his henchmen and divide up Syria. Chemical attacks cannot be tolerated!
Cue “Money” by Pink Floyd
Mish already nailed it – “Indeed, it’s extremely unlikely this incident is anything but a false flag operation by Al Qaeda rebels seeking to oust Assad.”
So basically I read it as Al Qaeda does not want Americans to withdraw from Syria so they carried out this attack to make Americans stay longer, because Americans are friendly with Al Qaeda there. Or something like that.
Pretty smart, uh? I would like to nominate this article to zerohedge.com. Well done, Mish!
Who else would or could gas these people? Any idea?
The only atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb used in anger was by a Democrat.
@hmk Well, I wanted to suggest that any theory with False Flag argument is probably not deductable with Occam’s razor.
Though, I see your point by changing argument to “whichever side is more barbaric most likely carried out the chemical attack” in an attempt to qualify for Occam’s razor.
However, I would still like to suggest that most likely Occam’s razor explanation is that since Syrian government has besieged the city, then it does not make sense for people there to carry out chemical attack against themselves.
Also, Russian government is in no way better than USA government. Anyone thinking the opposite probably haven’t read the Eastern European history (not the Russian one, but the one of those small countries surrounding Russia). Russians are very well known for false flags operations too.
I guess – us, mere mortals, may never find out who carried out the attack yesterday.
@Mish, I am really confused. Can you teach me how to use Occam’s razor in this particular case? Or do you still think there is false flag? Or maybe there is a false flag of a false flag and it could be that Putin is trying to spur conflict in Syria for some other reasons, for example, to depict The West as aggressor to regular russian citizens in an attempt to unite his country that is economically suffering from sanctions that were imposed after invading Ukraine?
Get out and stay out. The Assad family has been leading coups and fomenting civil wars in Syria since 1963 and playing Russia against the west every foot of the way.
So when the US president make an announcement to leave Syria, and then changes his mind on a whim, might cost serious military hardware, more lives, and maybe the beginning of hot war. Why am I not surprised!? Diversions are desperately needed.
It’s so frustrating, if not most dangerous, as it is clear that the Military Industrial Complex has captured both parties of congress as well as the media. Money (and ratings) appears to be a more powerful motivation than self-preservation. But you have to be most disappointed with the media, as there appears to be not one mass media “journalists” anywhere offering a skeptical or honest appraisal of this obvious false flag. I am angered how all outlets (both right and left) are now without hesitation and without asking any serious questions are simply parroting the MIC narrative. All, in my view, have failed the nation, and I fear that it is going to cost us dearly.
“War Proponents, Democrats Included ….”
Mish! You are forgetting your history. It was Democrats who got the US into World War I. Democrats who lied and finagled to get the US into World War II. Democrats who pushed the US into Vietnam. Democrats love war — just as long as there is no advantage to the American people in getting into the war. History tells us that Democrats are the warmongers we have to watch.
With the White Helmets helping, what could possibly be amiss?
Right on time. Trump was making too much noise about leaving Syria, so we get another nice false flag event. Bolton and the neocons get another round of advocating for a greater war, the US populace is bombarded with propaganda, and the orange dotard is too stupid to see through it. The MIC will get their war, rest assured. History will not be kind to us!
Oscams razor theory would point to the islamic extremists as doing the poisoning much more their style. Unfortunately you don’t know who to believe now adays as the govt is a proven liar and I don’t trust them anymore. Once someone lies to you, you never can trust them again. The timing of this is too coincidental. I just wish there was someway to get unbiased objective news.
I have another conspiracy theory…
Perhaps Putin wants to start WW3 and is setting up everything in a way where motive part make it appear that Al Qaeda did all these attacks and Russia is just defending innocent Syria from USA. Because clearly only Al Qaeda had motives to carry out such chemical attack at such timing when USA was about to withdraw anyway? Once the mess starts in Syria, Putin advances his army in Eastern Europe in pretext of Russian national interests being threatened by Western World by claiming that “Syria was the proof on how bad USA can be”?
Putin’s motives? They are isolated. Just like Nazi Germany was.
My point is simply If you believe in puppeteering, then Occam’s razor should not be used to find the most likely explanation.
It’s certainly possible that Al-Qaeda has chemical weapons that came from Iraq. Just because the US wasn’t able to find them, that doesn’t mean they didn’t exist.
“I am really good at killing people”
— obama 2012