Back to the Future in Syria: “Moderate rebels” with support from Israel, US & Turkey attacking Assad’s forces, want to keep weapons from Hezbollah, exacerbate Shia-Sunni hostility. Israel’s attitude: “Let them hemorrhage to death; then no threat to Israel”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/12/02/ray-mcgovern-neocons-try-again-in-syria/
Will new offensive in northern Syria get rid of Assad 10 years after Obama’s edict: “Assad must go!” Money? No problem. Congress gave then-Gen Lloyd Austin $500 million to train/arm “moderate rebels” ( https://youtube.com/watch?v=pm3j_Ea7V5o ) Only 4 or 5 got “in the fight”.
“The Lost Interview” (just found by Judge Napolitano) for your weekend enjoyment. Yes, that’s I, talking from inner-city Washington where I had found my dream-job, before we set up the Tell the Word non-profit to free me to do full time what I still do.
Putin adviser bemoans fact that, amid the exchange of public threats, “the absence of secure backchannel communication” raises pressure on BOTH SIDES to carry out such threats. And of course, the lack also greatly increases danger of accidental escalation.
Why now more dangerous than Cuba 1962? Putin adviser: “Absent secure back-channel communication, BOTH sides now face greater pressure to act, to maintain credibility”
https://news-pravda.com/world/2024/11/28/884571.html
Also lacking is a Russian expert to play key role of Amb Llewellyn Thompson during Cuba
Giving Thanks for John F. Kennedy: On the 61st anniversary of his assassination, Randy Credico asked me to comment (w/poem, but no song), out of my own experience, on why he died and why it still matters. See James Douglass’s book JFK and the Unspeakable.
A HISTORY OF HUMILIATION. Must Reading. My Take? We have more to fear from Blinken than from Putin. Russia is riding high, not likely to be provoked. Blinken/Sullivan/Biden are much more likely to up the ante, to avoid utter humiliation in Ukraine.
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/11/26/joe-lauria-a-history-of-humiliation/
UKRAINE ESCALATION & Adieu Netanyahu, with Scott Ritter, Ray McGovern & Ted Postol: Consortium News’s Joe Lauria asks the tough questions, and no one pretends to have all the answers. A lot of context as well as stories, good repartee. PLS JOIN US ON NOV 7