The offensive against rebel-held Idlib looms, and even though there is no real evidence that a chemical weapons attack might happen there, US officials have been making near daily accusations that this will be the case, and offering ever-more-bellicose threats.
US officials are now saying that President Assad has personally approved such an attack already, and that the US military response will be “stronger than ever before” once this happens.
John Bolton went on to add that the US has been in talks with Britain and France, who joined the previous US attack on Syria, and that both of them also agreed to the need to carry out even bigger attacks this time.
Syria has denied that such a chemical attack was ever going to happen in the first place, but there have been reports that Western special forces, British forces in particular, have already begun working around that problem. There are allegations that the British forces have been helping rebels “stage” an attack in Idlib that would release some chlorine gas and provide a pretext for the US-led intervention.
Conveniently Bolton knows when the Chemical attacks will occur so he has time to get Britain and France onside for the grand event.
With only 54 days to the Mid Terms and probably only 40 days left to engineer a “War bump” time is short.
Since Bolton is doing the talking I suspect Netanyahoo is in the background, he knows well enough how to milk a war bump.
After the Kavanaugh confirmation… but before Mid-Terms. So predictable. Trump is worse than Jeb Bush.
Since we paid for the “chemical attack” movie, we do not need to wait and investigate. We paid for it, so we can bomb. What if this time the agressiin is met with response? Is it really the aim? To get some American soldiers killed, pushing Trump into bellicose posture, and finally neocons will get what they wanted: white Trumpean America being “patriotic” again? Waving flags, demanding nuclear war with Russia? Russia will respond this time, depending on the situation. But one can bet it will be assimetrical — getting at US interests where vulnerable. As for Syria — no amount of “action” can change the facts on ground. But if the objective is to maintain quagmire — that game can be played many ways. But it is US and UK economies that are running out of tricks to extend financial mirage and pretend all is well. This is the cause of screaming coming out of London and Washington — or should I say New York. It would be much better to get some of the money monsters sacrificed through bankruptcy, and alleviate the financial pressure. But instead of bailing out the minsters, taxpayers need to bail out the victims such bankruptcies will cause. If only there are some grown ups in Congress.
Once again, a “chemical attack” that is so transparently a false-flag event. It will only be believed by the MSM and the deranged neocons who always push for more war in the Middle East. Oh, did I forget to include a certain rogue bankster-controlled entity that stands to gain the most from all of this?
Trump will not risk escalation with Russia, so the attacks will not be “stronger” except possibly in number of cruise missiles used. They will nonetheless hit the same empty buildings and other inconsequential targets the last two attacks hit. It will all be for show for the Republicans in the mid-terms.
Mattis knows that nothing the US does short of a sustained full-scale air campaign can change the facts on the ground that the insurgents have lost, and eventually the US and Turkey will be forced to leave Syria. Mattis will advise Trump not to risk escalation with Russia over a fait accompli, so there will be no sustained air campaign.
The use of the weasel word “response” pretty much shows that is the case.
The new attacks will not be against ISIL but against the legal government of Syria which has neither declared war on us nor is it a credible threat to us. Of course our Congress will remain silent. Our constitution has been flushed down the Washington toilet. By Congress AND Presidents. One consequence will be a further strengthening of the executive. We are creeping towards a semi-constitutional royalty in which only one man can decide on war and peace without the required congressional consent. If we are not already there.
John Bolton is not “deep state” hence the argument that Trump is waging war in Syria to assuage “deep state” is now untenable. Unfortunately the die-hard supporters of Trump on AW.com do not (yet?) understand that their idol is waging war because he wants to wage war and tries to make peace when he wants to make peace. The real world nor the wish of our nation has any bearing on his decisions.
All of this reminds me of the scene of Chaplin’s “The Dictator” in which Hynkel kicks around an inflated globe of the Earth.
Absolute kingdoms have failed. An absolute presidency will fail too. Unfortunately only after it has engendered enormous misery and death.
Rand Paul is the lone sane voice in Congress.
The madness goes on, and the UN has been warned by Russia about the false flag (again). Syria STILL has NO CWs and has been certified as such by the OPCW, yet this keeps being repeated by the belligerent F/UK/US and even Germany getting in on the act. How can this help the Syrians?
Syrian government claimed attrocities are just more thread bare excuses for the US and Western lackey states to virtue signal. The populace that pays the ticket is getting wise to the con. Too late for those maimed and murdered by the rapacious policy of the DC (Death Cult). Not hard to see the hypocrisy. One word alone should dispel the illusion of benevolence: Raqqa.
Is it just me or does this seem like a weird kind of threat? “Invade Idlib and gas attacks will happen that will totally be all your fault.” Is this an attempt to stall or limit the Syrian/Russian offensive? Maybe a false flag won’t even be necessary… Yet.
Indeed comrade, it is astonishingly weird.
I looks like to me to be an ultra-maximum effort-by-threat. They are trying to put together a threat so fierce that it will scare off the Syrians and Russians. But the very severity of the threat suggests that they are desperate to prevent the offensive with rhetoric alone, which means they don’t really want to have to follow through with an actual attack. Their sphincters are at maximum tightness. They are scared of what might happen if Russia calls their bluff.
And Russia will. The offensive will proceed, undeterred. The “gas attack” false flag will happen. Then we shall see who does what.
Yeah, probably. I’m getting tired of this sh*t. Nuclear chicken, it’s making me uneasy.
In the end, the US is probably out of cards to play. I have faith that someone will stop the red button from being pushed, probably some mid-level officer with half a conscience. But even without the apocalypse, a lot more poor people are gonna die.