The Tony Blair House Journal (editor Alan Rusbridger) reports on Kanye West’s disgusting private performance for the Kazakh dictator and his family, and takes a sideswipe at David Cameron for visiting that country.
But peculiarly they fail to mention that Tony Blair receives US $4 million a year as a consultant to the worker murdering Kazakh dictator, and that Alistair Campbell and Jonathon Powell as well as Blair visit to give this support – which has included a behind the scenes campaign to help Nazarbaev win the Nobel Peace Prize, fortunately with no result to date.
The international community is ‘divided’ according to ITN, as in 5 versus 185. To me that looks like ‘isolated’.
Hitler has been pulled out of cupboard and his skeleton is getting rattled on the bbc “news”, evidently zionistan is thinking to light the fuse and let loose dogs of war, so that Obama’s mind is made up for him pronto.
@Donald
Another interpretation of Russia’s position is that legitimate action through the UNSC can only be taken with Russian consent. Which suggests all UNSC approval must follow Russian policy. That is flawed. A veto is not considered a veto unless you already have consenting votes from nine members of the UNSC to start with. When you do not have consent then there can be pure abstention. A block only happens when a P5 member gets faced with nine others agreeing. Russia’s veto history stacked up during the Cold War, mainly blocking membership applications from former Soviet Bloc countries. An Internet search on vetoes will reveal how the numbers stack up. They paint a good picture. Also see why the UK and French vetoed, when they last did and why. To my mind it shows that the UK and France have very restricted application of the veto than public opinion considers.
@ guano: “Kerry stated that since WW2 just two dictators had dared to use chemical weapons. The script was straight from Disney.”
On Fox News a rightist commentator just thundered, “Assad should suffer the same fate as Saddam, who used gas on his people; hung high from the gallows.” That wasn’t why Saddam was hung.
Fox’s resident leftist dissenter protests he doesn’t believe the polls and the public will rally around their Commander in Chief once they hear his speech Tuesday.
CNN US is marginally worse as action-mongerers. I haven’t seen CNN International, but expect they stick to blandness for their audience.
US faces charge of becoming Qaida’s ‘airforce’
Chidanand Rajghatta, TNN | Sep 6, 2013, 07.00 AM IST
“In a reminder of the possible folly of getting into the middle-east snake-pit, one US lawmaker went so far as to say American strikes in Syria would turn the US military into “al-Qaida’s air force”— a reference to the Sunni-dominated rebels who would benefit from the US attack.
“We certainly don’t have a dog in the fight,” said Ted Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas. “We should be focused on defending the United States of America. That’s why young men and women sign up to join the military, not to, as you know, serve as al-Qaida’s air force.”
More at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-faces-charge-of-becoming-Qaidas-airforce/articleshow/22356507.cms
Syria and Iran – Looking for the truth in a passage of time-
The long and winding road leaves us back to George W Bush, oil PNAC and the Presidential finding of 2007.
Bush ordered a covert ‘black’ operation against Iran:
abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2007/05/bush_authorizes/
Four years into the Iraq war (2007) Seymour Hersh suggested Anti-Syria operations were also in full swing as part of a covert programme that intended to weaken the Bashir Assad government using Saudi funding and logistic support to arm terrorists sympathetic to al-Qaeda.
newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_hersh?currentPage=all
Considering a wider viewpoint, a sweeping statement from General Wesley Clark read the contents of a memo, post 911 Pentagon record of PNAC collaboration marking out the destruction of governments in 7 countries, “Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran.”
salon.com/2011/11/26/wes_clark_and_the_neocon_dream/
http://whowhatwhy.com/2012/09/24/who-exclusive-gen-wesley-clark-on-oil-war-and-activism/
A US Army funded RAND report illuminated the strategy in a scholarly thesis explaining ‘divide & rule’ by exploitation, in its ‘Unfolding the Future of the Long War.'(pdf)
rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG738.pdf
Former French foreign minister Roland Dumas disclosed after visiting Britain in 2009 that Britain was preparing gun-men to invade Syria (in fact Ex SAS trained mercenaries according to a reliable report from UK contractor in Dubai). Dumas would later intend to sue French President Nicholas Sarkozy for crimes against humanity in relation to the NATO bombing campaign against the Gaddafi government as part of the 2011 Libyan civil war.
youtube.com/watch?v=jeyRwFHR8WY
In a secret Chatham house proposal a ‘war by proxy’ formed the way to crush the Assad government by exploiting the then current Syrian civil unrest at escalating food prices and water shortages. The rural town of Dara’a, hit by five prior years of drought and water scarcity with little relief from the government, would be the focal point for mercenary intervention amplifying protests by targeted killing, torture and murder.
Here Wikileaks revealed the contrivance:
blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/syria-spooks-wikileaks-military/5502
wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/1671459_insight-military-intervention-in-syria-post-withdrawal.html
Plethoric exposure of the perfidious blueprint, miscalculation of Hezbollah assistance and high resolve from the Assad army lead to more dangerous ‘Pipeline Geopolitics’ involving Russia, endorsing funding from Saudi and blatant use of terrorism setting their sites on civilians and killing Syrian children.
thenational.ae/business/energy/qatar-seeks-gas-pipeline-to-turkey
aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201285133440424621.html
alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/20/267257.html
oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Middle-East/IRAN-IRAQ-Pipeline-to-Syria-Ups-Ante-in-Proxy-War-with-Qatar.html
Clearly blackmailing and expropriating ‘the Bear’ together with pouring water on ‘the Dragon’ in a self-serving oil focus from the UKUSIS alliance with Saudi, will not only expose the string pulling, it will ‘bring to light’ the heartless, cold blooded and inhumane nature of Saudi ‘royalty’ and the scheming, brutal and callous methods of Western governments; indifference and contemptuous towards individual human suffering and the sanctity of human lives.
The string was exposed when ibn Saud Asked Thomas Edward Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia; If he could call himself the King!
The latest Shia consensus is a US strike is a once in a lifetime opportunity for overthrow of the saud/wahabi regime, Iraq may be expected to make lightning move onto eliminating the 5,000 saud princes – to revenge the bombing deaths of thousands on its own territory. There are 5m guest workers who may be persuaded to take up arms too, in which case the US will surely have lost its ME hegemony. The Iranians it is said have planned for the small arms/food required to underpin such a massive about turn in the Arabian peninsula, the Omani kings recent visit was part of this planning.
“The string was exposed when ibn Saud Asked Thomas Edward Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia; If he could call himself the King!”
I’m not sure that’s true, but if it is imagine the difference. He truly had the respect of the Tribes.
He did not, but he made sure that the tribe elders knew who they should defer to. Also he was a user of exotic substances, and there is a hint at this in the movie too. In the scene of Lawrence arriving at the HQ the dialogue goes:
Officer; Probably you were as usual off your head.
TEL; Oddly enough no I wasn’t!
However, it must be acknowledged that TEL was the very first anthropologist whom understood the Arabs.
The B2 stealth which carries a payload of 80 JDAMS has a 550mph cruising speed, easy meat for an on sight confrontation with a Syrian fighter pilot, this is why the US has installed patriot batteries in Jordan, the ground war will spread into Jordan as the Syrians attack the patriot batteries with Iskanders. The stealth has no place to hide from overhead Russian satellite detection and may be easily chased and shot down by scrambling/stand by fighters in the air.There are only 20 B2s just a couple shot down will mean the entire US bombing strategy will lay in ruins.
Forgot to add the tradition of the Arab “leaders” paying fealty to UK Monarch is a given. Kuwaiti King understood that the UK Ambassador is his boss, and there are letters sent by the ambassador instructing the king that he should consult the ambassador before deciding to meet any foreign representatives.
Fedup; I had no idea you were an aficionado. My knowledge is only from the movie. What exotic substancesn and why was he so passionate about uniting the disparate tribes. Brit HQ thought he was daft.
Ben You are kind.
Just full of useless information!
His favourite exotic substance was opium, and derivative; ie the burnt opium with a much higher potency than the standard opium, and far more addictive.
He understood the Arab culture and immersed himself in it, however his unorthodox proclivity for the solitude of desert somewhat put him in the “eccentric” category, added to which was his stubborn and strong nature compelling him to be operating at his own pace and no one else’s, making him an outsider. The nail that stands out gets hammered in principle applying.
TEL was in fact pretty much influential in shaping up the then future of the mid east.
Very interesting iro the chemical attack, (& apologies if already posted);
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/29/verify-chemical-weapons-use-before-unleashing-the-dogs-of-war/
http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/your-labor-day-syria-reader-part-2-william-polk/279255/
(h/t the ever excellent Medialens)
Sun Tzu, in the ‘Art of War,‘ explains the importance of understanding your enemy. But what if your enemy is a ‘psychotic, neurotic and perpetual warmonger himself?’
“Ben You are kind.
Just full of useless information!”
The equal of your social skills. 🙂 Thanks for the info on TEL.
An easy solution to all this saudi orchestrated Syria nonsense (including going as far as offering to underwrite the entire costs of any bombing campaign) would have been for the Russians to have apprehended Chemical Bandar on his recent trip to Moscow, as the criminal behind the rebel CW attacks in Northern Syria, of which the Russians have a confirmatory 100 page report. To hand him over to the ICC at the Hague. Entirely unorthodox but we are facing the kind of devils here who gave the native americans smallpox infected blankets as presents, after smoking peace pipe with them – Chemical Bandar Bush has had 20 years training with the Southern Baptist descendants of the Jedidiah who thought up that biological weapon trick 200 years ago !
@ Macky,
Thank 4 the links.
Excerpt: “However, the original communication intercepted by Unit 8200 between a major in command of the rocket troops assigned to the 155th Brigade of the 4th Armored Division, and the general staff, shows just the opposite.
The general staff officer asked the major if he was responsible for the chemical weapons attack. From the tone of the conversation, it was clear that “the Syrian general staff were out of their minds with panic that an unauthorized strike had been launched by the 155th Brigade in express defiance of their instructions,” the former officers say.
According to the transcript of the original Unit 8200 report, the major “hotly denied firing any of his missiles” and invited the general staff to come and verify that all his weapons were present.
The report contains a note at the end that the major was interrogated by Syrian intelligence for three days, then returned to command of his unit. “All of his weapons were accounted for,” the report stated.”
It’s the same as the “Wipe Israel Off Map” BS.
“The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem (een rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods) must vanish from the page of time (bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad).”
The word “wipe” does not translate to Farsi.
The word “map” was never used.
LINK
Most of the world against.
Half the bureaucracy against.
What’s a plunderer to do?
http://members5.boardhost.com/medialens/msg/1378509625.html
Comical Shlomo seems to be having a propaganda contest with his cousin Comical Ali as to who comes up with the more ludicrous propaganda. There are two further intercepts by the israelis, one purporting Syrian High Command giving instructions to a commander on the ground (meaning Assad is the culprit), who complies after being threatened with execution. The second was a Hezbo official lamenting to his Tehran boss that Assad had been reckless in his gas attacks (putting both Iran and Hezbo in the frame). Really the only person who given even an ounce of credence to these obviously designed conversations by the highly deceitul israelis, has to be just another dershowitz from the synagogue of satan or another dumb goy ! So which are you Ben?
Komodo @ 9;20 am …Lol
A Node @ 1;48pm
Agree with your thoughts on Mr Brand, i have only recently started to like the Guy, watched the youtube vid of His apperance on Moring Joe video, it was Cleaver stuff indeed. He is well Sharp….BUT
Air Travel with the Famous, with John’s research on that topic in mind !!!
Also A Node…Shame about Whatreallyhappened, great wee site, hope they come out of it all OK.
i worry that –
NR has a point, ” He may be in more trouble than he knows,”
The nasty shits really are hounding tellers of truth and Decent souls with a Conscience
TALKING OF CONSCIENCE
President Obama Urges Congress to Vote Conscience on Syria, Even If Public Opposed
“It’s conceivable that, at the end of the day, I don’t persuade a majority of the American people that it’s the right thing to do,”
The conscience of the U.S – WELL, here’s a wee reminder of that – From my post of 1;34 am yesterday
” AND THEN WE HAVE THE MORE HORRIFIC U.S. USE of CM WMD’s / nuclear WMD’s ….Evil Bastards ”
Ten Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn’t Want You to Talk
http://www.globalresearch.ca/ten-chemical-weapons-attacks-washington-doesnt-want-you-to-talk-about/5348230
Small reminder – Libya was a band of CIA/Hillary gathered Al-Qaida forces in Eastern Libya and Benghazi. But to advance against Gadaffy they needed air cover, so the Russians and Chinese were conned into agreeing to a no-fly zone at the UNSC, which basically turned out to be a six month NATO cluster bomb turkey shoot of 50,000 Gaddafy men after they were laser guided out on the ground by MI5/CIA operatives. AND ALL BECAUSE THIS DEVIL OBOMBER CONNED THE WHOLE WORLD WITH HIS SINCERE SPEECH ABOUT SAVING THE “MUSLIMS” OF BENGHAZI, whilst it was a CIA op from start to finish all along, with command & control from a US warship out in the Med. The gloating Hillary – we came, we saw and he died gave away the whole game later.
@ Macky
Meant to Second Daniel re your CM links.
Some great posts on Dailycaller Cheerz
Also re you’re Second link
A UN inspection team that visited the site of the massacre on Monday, August 26, almost 5 days after the event.
Why was the inspection so late? As a spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pointed out (Gareth Porter in IPS, August 27), the request to the Syrian government to authorize an inspection was not made until August 24 and was granted the next day. In any event, according to the spokesman, the delay was not of fundamental importance because “Sarin can be detected for up to months after its use.”
What was the American government position on inspection? Secretary of State John Kerry initially demanded that the Syrian government make access to the suspected site or sites possible. Then it charged that the Syrian government purposefully delayed permission so that such evidence as existed might be “corrupted” or destroyed. On the basis of this charge, he reversed his position and urged UN Secretary General Ban to stop the inquiry. According to The Wall Street Journal of August 26, Secretary Kerry told Mr. Ban that “the inspection mission was pointless and no longer safe…” To emphasize the American position, according to the same Wall Street Journal report,“Administration officials made clear Mr. Obama would make his decision based on the U.S. assessment and not the findings brought back by the U.N. inspectors.”
Cheerz Again
You’re the Voice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkOZTSvrHs
@ BrianFujisan,
I can smell sakurajima’s sulphate. What I great way to start the day.
side note/off topic: “Whatreallyhappened, great wee site…”
I used to think so too, until I noticed a few things:
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED {Micheal Rivero] claims on HufPo to be ‘humble and concise‘ [ scroll down a bit], something you [ordinarily] don’t claim about yourself, but [if you’re lucky] others will express.
When a web site starts to omit news, I become very suspicious. WRH will tell you about every snowstorm and any raindrop that occurs or falls anywhere on the planet, but when the Ozzies had to add a new color to their weather map to grade heat, not a word. I have noticed how WRH ignores nature’s wild mood swings when it doesn’t suit its agenda. It is still a great source for links/news/articles, but I’ve become skeptical of a man who consistently talks about ‘Carbonazis’ without informing his audience of ‘What Really Happens.’
I still wonder why hardly anyone realizes how fortunate we are with the opposite phenomenon of global warming, global dimming.
Dre nice one, been too long since i heard that Choon
On a more heartbreaking note though,
Just came across this video, and stunning speech too by Dahlia Wasfi…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LCOqF8gZeh8
To the Alien’s out there…WE NEED HELP.
But as Carl Sagan once said –
” The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, THERE IS NO HINT THAT HELP WILL COME FROM ELSEWHERE TO SAVE US FROM OURSELVES “
Daniel
Perhaps the next eruption is just around the corner to add to Japan’s problems
Wonder if HARPS can get Fujisan to blow as well…Ahh technology
i see pacific whales have been found Cooked on some beaches.
There is so much Nazi waving going on in the media (can’t imagine for a moment why though) that Google news now has ‘Adolf Hitler’ along with ‘Vladimir Putin’, ‘Tony Abbot’, ‘Iran’, ‘Taliban’, ‘Egypt’ etc. on their World news ‘topic list’. I’m sure Adolf would be glad that he is still serving a purpose so long after his death.
Love this
JOHN MCCAIN ATTACKED BY MAN IN TOWN HALL MEETING:”‘I’D HAVE YOU ARRESTED FOR TREASON!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l2H8XDIJ2yE#t=21
The awakening of the people, must have the elite Worried