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Friday, August 30, 2013
Despite UK Parliament smackdown, Obama/ White House criminals desperately push for WWIII in order to distract Americans from Snowden revelations, Syrian CIA/FSA chemical attack as Russian warships are deployed into Middle East while White House embarks on "ally" buying spree ala Bush's ludicrous Iraq War "coalition of the willing"
OpEdNews
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
08/26/2013
The face that the West presents to the world is the brazen face of a liar.
Washington and its British and French puppet governments are poised
to yet again reveal their criminality. The image of the West as War
Criminal is not a propaganda image created by the West's enemies, but
the portrait that the West has painted of itself.
The UK Independent reports that over this past
week-end Obama, Cameron, and Hollande agreed to launch cruise missile
attacks against the Syrian government within two weeks despite the lack
of any authorization from the UN and despite the absence of any
evidence in behalf of Washington's claim that the Syrian government has
used chemical weapons against the Washington-backed "rebels," largely
US supported external forces, seeking to overthrow the Syrian
government.
Indeed, one reason for the rush to war is to prevent the UN inspection that Washington knows would disprove its claim and possibly implicate Washington in the false flag attack by the "rebels," who assembled a large number of children into one area to be chemically murdered with the blame pinned by Washington on the Syrian government.
Another reason for the rush to war is that Cameron, the UK prime minister, wants to get the war going before the British parliament can block him for providing cover for Obama's war crimes the way that Tony Blair provided cover for George W. Bush, for which Blair was duly rewarded. What does Cameron care about Syrian lives when he can leave office into the waiting arms of a $50 million fortune?
In a response to the news report that the US, UK, and France are preparing to attack Syria, the Russian Foreign Minister, Lavrov, said that such unilateral action is a "severe violation of international law," and that the violation was not only a legal one but also an ethical and moral violation. Lavrov referred to the lies and deception used by the West to justify its grave violations of international law in military attacks on Serbia, Iraq, and Libya and how the US government used preemptive moves to undermine every hope for peaceful settlements in Iraq, Libya, and Syria.
In his press conference Lavrov spoke of how the ruling parties in the US, UK, and France stir up emotions among poorly informed people that, once aroused, have to be satisfied by war. This, of course, is the way the US manipulated the public in order to attack Afghanistan and Iraq. But the American public is tired of the wars, the goal of which is never made clear, and has grown suspicious of the government's justifications for more wars.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that "Americans strongly oppose U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war and believe Washington should stay out of the conflict even if reports that Syria's government used deadly chemicals to attack civilians are confirmed." However, Obama could not care less that only 9 percent of the public supports his warmongering. As former president Jimmy Carter recently stated, "America has no functioning democracy." It has a police state in which the executive branch has placed itself above all law and the Constitution.
The US, UK, and French governments have not explained why it matters whether people in the wars initiated by the West are killed by explosives made of depleted uranium or with chemical agents or any other weapon. It was obvious from the beginning that Obama was setting up the Syrian government for attack. Obama demonized chemical weapons -- but not nuclear "bunker busters" that the US might use on Iran. Then Obama drew a red line, saying that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrians was such a great crime that the West would be obliged to attack Syria. Washington's UK puppets, William Hague and Cameron, have just repeated this nonsensical claim. The final step in the frame-up was to orchestrate a chemical incident and blame the Syrian government.
Clearly also, the forthcoming Western attack on Syria has nothing whatsoever to do with bringing "freedom and democracy" to Syria any more than freedom and democracy were reasons for the attacks on Iraq and Libya, neither of which gained any "freedom and democracy."
The Western attack on Syria is unrelated to human rights, justice or any of the high sounding causes with which the West cloaks its criminality.
OpEdNews
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
08/26/2013
The war criminals in Washington and other Western capitals are
determined to maintain their lie that the Syrian government used
chemical weapons. Having failed in efforts to intimidate the UN chemical
inspectors in Syria, Washington has demanded that UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon withdraw the chemical weapons inspectors before they can
assess the evidence and make their report. The UN Secretary General
stood up to the Washington war criminals and rejected their demand.
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| Pie-faced coward Ban Ki Moon completely useless |
The
US and UK governments have revealed none of the "conclusive evidence"
they claim to have that the Syrian government used chemical weapons.
Listening to their voices, observing their body language, and looking
into their eyes, it is completely obvious that John Kerry and his
British and German puppets are lying through their teeth. This is a far
more shameful situation than the massive lies that former Secretary of
State Colin Powell told the UN about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
Colin Powell claims that he was deceived by the White House and did not
know that he was lying. Kerry and the British, French, and German
puppets know full well that they are lying.
The face that the West presents to the world is the brazen face of a liar.
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| CIA rag was killed by the Bush illegal wars |
Indeed, one reason for the rush to war is to prevent the UN inspection that Washington knows would disprove its claim and possibly implicate Washington in the false flag attack by the "rebels," who assembled a large number of children into one area to be chemically murdered with the blame pinned by Washington on the Syrian government.
Another reason for the rush to war is that Cameron, the UK prime minister, wants to get the war going before the British parliament can block him for providing cover for Obama's war crimes the way that Tony Blair provided cover for George W. Bush, for which Blair was duly rewarded. What does Cameron care about Syrian lives when he can leave office into the waiting arms of a $50 million fortune?
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| Obama owned CIA Al Jazeera will suffer the same fate |
The Syrian government,
knowing that it is not responsible for the chemical weapons incident,
has agreed for the UN to send in chemical inspectors to determine the
substance used and the method of delivery. However, Washington has
declared that it is "too late" for UN inspectors and that Washington accepts the self-serving claim of the al Qaeda affiliated "rebels" that the Syrian government attacked civilians with chemical weapons. See also here.
In an attempt to prevent the UN chemical inspectors who arrived on the scene from doing their work, the inspectors were fired upon
by snipers in "rebel" held territory and forced off site, although a
later report from RT says the inspectors have returned to the site to
conduct their inspection.
The corrupt
British government has declared that Syria can be attacked without UN
authorization, just as Serbia and Libya were militarily attacked without
UN authorization.
In other words, the
Western democracies have already established precedents for violating
international law. "International law? We don't need no stinking
international law!" The West knows only one rule: Might is Right. As
long as the West has the Might, the West has the Right.
In a response to the news report that the US, UK, and France are preparing to attack Syria, the Russian Foreign Minister, Lavrov, said that such unilateral action is a "severe violation of international law," and that the violation was not only a legal one but also an ethical and moral violation. Lavrov referred to the lies and deception used by the West to justify its grave violations of international law in military attacks on Serbia, Iraq, and Libya and how the US government used preemptive moves to undermine every hope for peaceful settlements in Iraq, Libya, and Syria.
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| Lavrov laughing at Cameron, Obama |
Once again
Washington has preempted any hope of peaceful settlement. By announcing
the forthcoming attack, the US destroyed any incentive for the "rebels"
to participate in the peace talks with the Syrian government. On the
verge of these talks taking place, the "rebels" now have no incentive to
participate as the West's military is coming to their aid.
In his press conference Lavrov spoke of how the ruling parties in the US, UK, and France stir up emotions among poorly informed people that, once aroused, have to be satisfied by war. This, of course, is the way the US manipulated the public in order to attack Afghanistan and Iraq. But the American public is tired of the wars, the goal of which is never made clear, and has grown suspicious of the government's justifications for more wars.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that "Americans strongly oppose U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war and believe Washington should stay out of the conflict even if reports that Syria's government used deadly chemicals to attack civilians are confirmed." However, Obama could not care less that only 9 percent of the public supports his warmongering. As former president Jimmy Carter recently stated, "America has no functioning democracy." It has a police state in which the executive branch has placed itself above all law and the Constitution.
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| Obama using Syria "crisis" as cover for numerous scandals |
This police state is now
going to commit yet another Nazi-style war crime of unprovoked
aggression. At Nuremberg the Nazis were sentenced to death for precisely
the identical actions being committed by Obama, Cameron, and Hollande.
The West is banking on might, not right, to keep it out of the criminal
dock.
The US, UK, and French governments have not explained why it matters whether people in the wars initiated by the West are killed by explosives made of depleted uranium or with chemical agents or any other weapon. It was obvious from the beginning that Obama was setting up the Syrian government for attack. Obama demonized chemical weapons -- but not nuclear "bunker busters" that the US might use on Iran. Then Obama drew a red line, saying that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrians was such a great crime that the West would be obliged to attack Syria. Washington's UK puppets, William Hague and Cameron, have just repeated this nonsensical claim. The final step in the frame-up was to orchestrate a chemical incident and blame the Syrian government.
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| Obama tries, fails to imitate Bush/Cheney |
What is the West's real agenda? This
is the unasked and unanswered question. Clearly, the US, UK, and French
governments, which have displayed continuously their support for
dictatorial regimes that serve their purposes, are not the least
disturbed by dictatorships. They brand Assad a dictator as a means of
demonizing him for the ill-informed Western masses. But Washington, UK,
and France support any number of dictatorial regimes, such as the ones
in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and now the military dictatorship in Egypt
that is ruthlessly killing Egyptians without any Western government
speaking of invading Egypt for "killing its own people."
Clearly also, the forthcoming Western attack on Syria has nothing whatsoever to do with bringing "freedom and democracy" to Syria any more than freedom and democracy were reasons for the attacks on Iraq and Libya, neither of which gained any "freedom and democracy."
The Western attack on Syria is unrelated to human rights, justice or any of the high sounding causes with which the West cloaks its criminality.
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| Obama psycho sycophant Hollande |
The Western media, and least of all the American presstitutes,
never ask Obama, Cameron, or Hollande what the real agenda is. It is
difficult to believe than any reporter is sufficiently stupid or
gullible to believe that the agenda is bringing "freedom and democracy"
to Syria or punishing Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons against
murderous thugs trying to overthrow the Syrian government.
Of
course, the question wouldn't be answered if asked. But the act of
asking it would help make the public aware that more is afoot than meets
the eye. Originally, the excuse for Washington's wars was to keep
Americans safe from terrorists. Now Washington is endeavoring to turn
Syria over to jihad terrorists by helping them to overthrow the secular,
non-terrorist Assad government. What is the agenda behind Washington's
support of terrorism?
Perhaps the purpose of the wars is to radicalize Muslims and, thereby, destabilize Russia and even China. Russia has large populations of Muslims and is bordered by Muslim countries. Even China has some Muslim population. As radicalization spreads strife into the only two countries capable of being an obstacle to Washington's world hegemony, Western media propaganda and the large number of US financed NGOs, posing as "human rights" organizations, can be counted on by Washington to demonize the Russian and Chinese governments for harsh measures against "rebels."
Another advantage of the radicalization of Muslims is that it leaves
former Muslim countries in long-term turmoil or civil wars, as is
currently the case in Iraq and Libya, thus removing any organized state
power from obstructing Israeli purposes.
Secretary of State John Kerry is working the phones using bribes and threats to build acceptance, if not support, for Washington's war crime-in-the-making against Syria.
Washington is driving the world closer to nuclear war than it ever was even in the most dangerous periods of the Cold War. When Washington finishes with Syria, the next target is Iran. Russia and China will no longer be able to fool themselves that there is any system of international law or restraint on Western criminality. Western aggression is already forcing both countries to develop their strategic nuclear forces and to curtail the Western-financed NGOs that pose as "human rights organizations," but in reality comprise a fifth column that Washington can use to destroy the legitimacy of the Russian and Chinese governments.
Russia and China have been extremely careless in their dealings with the United States. Essentially, the Russian political opposition is financed by Washington. Even the Chinese government is being undermined. When a US corporation opens a company in China, it creates a Chinese board on which are put relatives of the local political authorities. These boards create a conduit for payments that influence the decisions and loyalties of local and regional party members. The US has penetrated Chinese universities and intellectual attitudes. The Rockefeller University is active in China as is Rockefeller philanthropy. Dissenting voices are being created that are arrayed against the Chinese government. Demands for "liberalization" can resurrect regional and ethnic differences and undermine the cohesiveness of the national government.
Once Russia and China realize that they are riven with American fifth columns, isolated diplomatically, and outgunned militarily, nuclear weapons become the only guarantor of their sovereignty. This suggests that nuclear war is likely to terminate humanity well before humanity succumbs to global warming or rising national debts.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/
Dr. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan Administration. He was associate editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He is a contributing editor to Gerald Celente's Trends Journal. He has had numerous university appointments. His latest book, The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Failure-Capitalism-Economic-Dissolution-ebook/dp/B00BLPJNWE/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1362095594&sr=8-17&keywords=paul+craig+roberts
Perhaps the purpose of the wars is to radicalize Muslims and, thereby, destabilize Russia and even China. Russia has large populations of Muslims and is bordered by Muslim countries. Even China has some Muslim population. As radicalization spreads strife into the only two countries capable of being an obstacle to Washington's world hegemony, Western media propaganda and the large number of US financed NGOs, posing as "human rights" organizations, can be counted on by Washington to demonize the Russian and Chinese governments for harsh measures against "rebels."
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| The one thing now defunct rag was right about |
Secretary of State John Kerry is working the phones using bribes and threats to build acceptance, if not support, for Washington's war crime-in-the-making against Syria.
Washington is driving the world closer to nuclear war than it ever was even in the most dangerous periods of the Cold War. When Washington finishes with Syria, the next target is Iran. Russia and China will no longer be able to fool themselves that there is any system of international law or restraint on Western criminality. Western aggression is already forcing both countries to develop their strategic nuclear forces and to curtail the Western-financed NGOs that pose as "human rights organizations," but in reality comprise a fifth column that Washington can use to destroy the legitimacy of the Russian and Chinese governments.
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| Obama won't be doing any more of this in prison after being sentenced to life for war crimes |
Russia and China have been extremely careless in their dealings with the United States. Essentially, the Russian political opposition is financed by Washington. Even the Chinese government is being undermined. When a US corporation opens a company in China, it creates a Chinese board on which are put relatives of the local political authorities. These boards create a conduit for payments that influence the decisions and loyalties of local and regional party members. The US has penetrated Chinese universities and intellectual attitudes. The Rockefeller University is active in China as is Rockefeller philanthropy. Dissenting voices are being created that are arrayed against the Chinese government. Demands for "liberalization" can resurrect regional and ethnic differences and undermine the cohesiveness of the national government.
Once Russia and China realize that they are riven with American fifth columns, isolated diplomatically, and outgunned militarily, nuclear weapons become the only guarantor of their sovereignty. This suggests that nuclear war is likely to terminate humanity well before humanity succumbs to global warming or rising national debts.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/
Dr. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan Administration. He was associate editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He is a contributing editor to Gerald Celente's Trends Journal. He has had numerous university appointments. His latest book, The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Failure-Capitalism-Economic-Dissolution-ebook/dp/B00BLPJNWE/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1362095594&sr=8-17&keywords=paul+craig+roberts
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