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In acts of wanton destruction, Netanyahu destroyed the prevailing status quo, which he saw as an American straitjacket Like a smashed antique clock – with its elaborate cogs, ratchet wheels and innards splayed out from the casing – so the mechanics of the Middle East lie similarly exposed and broken. All the region is in... Read More
In a single line expressed through a reporter, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has explained the defeat of Syria as a tactical withdrawal in preparation for the “military conflict with NATO, and in the next 10 years. So, Russia right now needs solutions that will ensure at least a long-term balance in the global confrontation.”... Read More
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Trump has promoted a number of plans to make America strong – at other countries’ expense. Given his “we win; you lose” motto, some of his plans would produce the opposite effect of what he imagines. That would not be much of a change in U.S. policy. But I suggest that Hudson’s Law may be... Read More
Well, this is a good sign. The Guardian: Jeffrey Sachs is one of the only good mainstream voices on thes
It all comes down to serving Israeli interests.
In a move straight out of left field, the incoming Trump administration is slated to recognize Somaliland as an independent state, according to a report by Semafor. Somaliland is a former British colony bordering Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia that declared independence from Somalia in 1991 without receiving international recognition. Under international law, Somaliland is currently... Read More
The year just ended was a tumultuous one for Afghanistan, marked by many significant events that will continue to challenge the country in 2025. ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) carried out at least 19 terrorist attacks, targeting Hazara and Shia civilians, Sufi adherents, foreign nationals and Taliban officials. One notable incident was the assassination of Khalil Rahman Haqqani,... Read More
have complained about the difficulty of acquiring an understanding of Syria’s sudden disappearance. Neither the Western nor Russian media provide a believable account. Recently I came across Finian Cunningham’s article,”Syria after 13 years of US State terrorism,” on the website of the Strategic Culture Foundation. This site is often difficult to access, because Washington stupidly... Read More
The explanations we are given make no sense, neither Washington’s, Putin’s, nor Iran’s. How did terrorists whose leaders had $10 million bounties on their heads become “democratic jihadists” who comprise Syria’s “interim government” with Washington’s and Putin’s support? Interim for who? The most likely answer to the question is for Greater Israel. How does Syria... Read More
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I grew up decades back in the Middle East, when the American Empire was still nascent. Backed by the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), the Arab World was a formidable force. It was neither managed nor handled by the Soviet Union, but, rather, a partner with the USSR in an uneasy balancing act: maintaining... Read More
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Israeli military forces have moved to within 15 miles of the Syrian Capital of Damascus. The IDF has seized large tracts of land in southern Syria it intends to occupy and where it will eventually build checkpoints, military outposts and settlements. The "lightening" invasion has been accompanied by a massive bombing campaign that has obliterated... Read More
Zafar Bangash of Crescent International weighs in.
Rumble link Bitchute link Zafar Bangash of Crescent International, author of Power Manifestations of the Sirah, notes that Syria has become Zionist-occupied territory after Assad’s ouster, and worries that “the genocide of Palestinians may look like a garden tea party compared to what they will do in Syria.” So how should the Islamic movement respond?... Read More
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The Syria story, it seems, is not so simple as ‘President Assad fell’ and the ‘technocratic Salafists’ rose to power. At one level, the collapse was predictable. Assad was known to have been influenced by Egypt and UAE for some years past. They had been urging him to break with Iran and Russia, and to... Read More
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It is some years now since a lot of people began imagining the specter of World War III in the near or middle distance. This kind of thinking has been especially common since the U.S., with determination and purpose, provoked Russia to intervene in Ukraine three years ago this coming February. A few weeks later... Read More
I’m shocked to see Danny Danon of all people threatening to murder random Arabs. Wasn’t he the producer of that song “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, And Understanding”? I mean, I know that was decades ago, but who knew people could change so much? The Guardian: Well, someone appears to be in a “war... Read More
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Rumble link Bitchute link Press TV’s Yemen correspondent Yusef Al-Hamoudi and I discussed Yemen’s successful hit on Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The strike, which “Israel” is denying, came a few hours ago as retaliation for “Israel”’s terrorist attack yesterday on Sanaa International Airport. Excerpts: Yusef Al-Hamoudi: Demonstrations have been held here in Yemen,... Read More
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Syria has been disintegrated and pillaged in the name of ‘liberating’ Syrians from the threat of ISIS, which they – Washington – had installed in the first place. James Jeffrey, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, in a March 2021 interview with PBS Frontline, laid out very plainly the template for what has just... Read More
Dissociated Press Conspiracy theorists have been proven right once again, as Representative Jeff Van Drew’s claim that an Iranian mothership was behind a rash of drone sightings has been confirmed by the CIA, FBI, NASA, Project Blue Beam, Project Jim Beam, and other government agencies. Official confirmations of the Iranian space vessel’s identity followed the... Read More
My doubts about Putin’s ability to think strategically go back to 2008. I have always been a defender of Putin in that the aggression is from Washington to Russia, not vice versa, and that Washington, not Putin, is responsible for the conflict in Ukraine. Nevertheless, I had early doubts about Putin’s strategic vision. He spoke... Read More
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Tehran and Moscow harbor no illusions – and are preparing accordingly. The war on BRICS is just getting started. Syria as we knew it is being eviscerated in real time – in geographic, cultural, economic and military terms – by an appalling confluence of mercenary Rent-a-Jihadi mobs and psychopathological genocidals praying at the altar of... Read More
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Whistleblowers and other government activists need to be heard
The early November detention of Asif Rahman, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, indicted in a federal national security court in the Eastern District of Virginia on two counts of “willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act,” was largely downplayed in the national media. He was arrested by the Federal... Read More
What’s happening in Lebanon: interview with former British Ambassador Craig Murray 11 December 2024 – 19:00 The current situation in Lebanon is more delicate than ever. Despite the entry into force of the fragile cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel, the Jewish state continues to violate the terms of the agreement, claiming that it is only... Read More
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Israelis generally are celebrating their ‘victories’. Will this euphoria weigh with U.S. business élites? Syria has entered the abyss – the demons of al-Qa’eda, ISIS, and the most intransigent elements of the Muslim Brotherhood are circling the skies. There is chaos, looting, fear, and a terrible passion for revenge scalds the blood. Street executions are... Read More
The media brothel has presented the HTS terrorist/democratic opposition as Syria’s rescuer promising peace and friendship. But videos emerging reveal a campaign of violence, hangings and machine-gunning of people. It is Muslims killing Muslims, Arabs killing Arabs. The reason Arabs are powerless is that they had rather kill each other than fight against their common... Read More
This drone hoax is the worst hoax I’ve ever seen. The federal government is saying “we don’t know what they are (but we know they’re not a threat).” They’re literally just drones. I know what they are. Everyone with any basic sense looking at them knows what they are. The government has to be the... Read More
Rumble link Bitchute link . Note: Kevin has been canceled by Stripe—workarounds are Spotfund and Paypal. Market analyst and investor Alex Krainer wonders whether by suddenly giving up Syria without a fight, Iran and Russia may have set a trap for the Zio-American Empire: “This surprised nobody. The (claim) that they came by surprise is... Read More
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Syrian land will be annexed into “Greater” Israel
My former CIA colleague Larry Johnson has a real ability to clarify the significance of the constantly growing deep dark hole that Joe “Mumbles” Biden, he of failing mental capacity, has hurled the American people into. Larry wrote on December 12th that “There is still plenty of time before Donald Trump is inaugurated for Joe... Read More
Ahmad Al Khaled sends this information about himself: After a four-year freeze in the conflict established as a result of negotiations between Turkey and Russia, the situation in Syria has changed dramatically. Within ten days of a rapid offensive, the fighters of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group established control over most of the country, forcing... Read More
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The latest report is that Israel has carried out 480 air strikes on territory of the former Syria and Israeli troops are moving deeper into the country. Netanyahu claims credit for Syria’s overthrow which he said is “a historic day in the history of the Middle East.” It certainly opens up the Middle East to... Read More
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In the famous lines of Tacitus, Roman historian, “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” In our age, it is Israel and the U.S. that make a desert and call it peace. The story is simple. In stark violation of... Read More
The illustration of power coming out of the barrel of a gun is from a comic book. Contemplating the reality of Russia’s position in Syria, no one in a position to know believes in cartoon captions, the credibility of the gun, or the direction in which the horse is now running. Military sources in Moscow... Read More
“Space Moslems” We didn’t think Iran was a threat. Then they released the mothership to deliver the motherlode to innocents in New Jersey. New York Post: A New Jersey congressman claimed Wednesday that the mystery drones over the Garden State are from Iran, and they’re being launched by a mothership parked off the East Coast.... Read More
Donald Trump is back, and so is the “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran to “drastically throttle” Tehran’s oil sales. But 2025 is not 2018. Although Iran was on the ropes then, things are different now. America’s support for Israel’s campaigns against the Palestinian and Lebanese people has eroded local support for U.S. moves, as many... Read More
Discussing Mideast chaos with Richie Allen
Rumble link Bitchute link I have been debanked by Stripe, so please: Donate through Paypal Donate through Spotfund Richie Allen, a leading candidate for best host in international talk radio, has returned from his sabbatical refreshed and well-informed. (He must not have been on a news fast!) Below is a transcript of our conversation. -KB... Read More
Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are complaining about Israel’s occupation of parts of what was formerly Syria. Turkey is hypocritical as Turkey has occupied parts of northern Syria for eight years. The US occupies the oil area of what was Syria. The US and UK describe Israel’s occupation as self-defense and temporary. The media,... Read More
Will the collective West rise to defend the remaining Syrian Christians when the Black Flags come to purge them? The standard modus operandi of the Hegemon is always Divide and Rule. Cornered by the inexorable rise of the multi-nodal (italics mine) reality, they saw an opening for an imperial reboot, betting everything on establishing the... Read More
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When westerners see ‘enemy’ governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel to topple the Syrian government, mainly through their rebranded al-Qaeda allies, succeeded at lightning speed.... Read More
Previously: Russia and Iran Couldn’t Have Saved Syria After the fall of Syria, popular game show host Donald Trump claimed on the internet that this had happened because Vladimir Putin stopped supporting Syria. It’s one of the worst internet posts I’ve ever seen. If one wanted to respond to all of that, it would be... Read More
Syria no longer exists. The Russian news service RT reports that Israel has launched the largest attack on Syria in history with Israeli warplanes hitting more than 250 military targets. Other reports put the number at 300. The Israeli Defense Force reports it has destroyed 80% of Syrian military capability. This is after Syria’s fall.... Read More
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The NATO-Israeli cabal cheering on Damascus's fall will get more than they bargained for. Power struggles and infighting among extremist militias and civil society, each backed by different regional and foreign actors who want a piece of the pie. The short headline defining the abrupt, swift end of Syria as we knew it would be:... Read More
John Helmer’s December 8 report from Moscow substantiates my conclusion that the Russian government’s inability to acknowledge reality, instead relying on agreements with Russia’s enemies, results in failure . In Ukraine by trying to minimize conflict, the Kremlin maximized conflict. In Syria relying on diplomatic rather than military means resulted in a massive strategic defeat... Read More
As with any big event, there is a lot of nonsense swirling in the narrative around the fall of Syria. Some people are going around claiming that this is a failure of Russia and Iran, that these allies should have swooped in and saved Assad. People are so gay and retarded. Russia was already bombing... Read More
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To avoid Marxism’s economic pitfalls, China studied the collapse of the former Soviet Union with great interest, which resulted in “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” In similar fashion, China needs to examine the sinking US Ango-Zionist Empire and predatory capitalism’s role in the hegemon’s decline to better anticipate Trump’s second term as well as learn from... Read More
The swift fall of Syria raises an uncomfortable question – has the Russian intelligence been asleep at the wheel as the protector of the Syrian state? Why hasn’t Russia reacted more strongly to push back the advances by the terrorists? When Iran was attacked by Israel in the most recent exchange in October, Russia clearly... Read More
The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, ending a 55-year dynasty begun by his father, dramatically shifts the pieces on the chessboard of the Middle East. The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, is armed and backed by Turkey and was once allied with Al Qaeda. It is sanctioned as... Read More
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The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria marks a turning point. Prior to the start of the 2011 civil war, Syrians were among the most highly educated people in the Arab world. Syria’s flourishing middle-class, high quality universities, and advanced pharmaceutical industry allowed them to punch above their weight class in influencing the Middle... Read More
The third front that Washington opened against Russia had immediate success. Putin’s inability to ever finish a task has cost him Syria. Putin stupidly repeated the mistake he made with the Minsk Agreement with the Astana Agreement which permitted Washington to maintain illegal military bases in Syria, steal Syria’s oil, and route it to Israel... Read More
Previously: Welp. Syria is Done. As soon as I saw the Jews invading Syria as the government collapsed, I thought “these Jews are trying to expand their territory again.” I hesitated before I posted it in a chat, because I thought it might be too extreme. But of course, it was not. Of course they... Read More
If you see a guy crying outside of the casino, do you run up to him and have a meeting? LOSER rubs off on people. It will rub off on you if you cahoot with LOSERS. RT: Assad screwed this all up. The
I think not. There is a bureaucracy, an office, and someone with a title, but there is no intelligence. Putin did not know that a US trained and equipped Georgian Army was about to invade South Ossetia and went to the Olympics in China. Putin didn’t know that the US was about to overthrow the... Read More
Interviewed by Tucker Carlson Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov showed that he and the Russian government are relying on legalistic arguments and the right of self-determination in the UN Charter. In view of the world’s tolerance of Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestine, Lavrov’s legalisms are the weakest possible reed. Lavrov even goes so far as to... Read More