Posted on 04/09/2018 7:57:38 PM PDT by WisconsinRep
As establishment neoconservatives, liberals, and globalists all demand deeper U.S. involvement in Syria's establishment-fueled civil war, much of President Donald Trump's base continues to advocate a total withdrawal of U.S. military forces from the region. Meanwhile, Trump said he is considering all options for how to deal with Syria after the reported chemical weapons attack. But first, the president suggested he wanted to know what happened in the highly suspicious attack, which came not long after Trump suggested that American troops in Syria would soon be coming home.
Previous chemical weapons attacks in Syria, after first being blamed on Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad, were later shown to be probable “false-flag” attacks staged by establishment-backed jihadist rebels. More than a few voices have suggested the latest reported attack may again be deception, including a former United Nations weapons inspector. Foreign powers warned just last month that false flags were being prepared in Syria to justify military intervention. But some especially unhinged voices in Congress and the Swamp have actually blamed the attack on Trump, citing his refusal to obey globalist commands to keep America permanently embroiled in illegal war.
So far, Trump's public comments since the attack have seesawed between open warmongering vowing to punish the “animal” Assad, to more circumspect remarks suggesting he wanted to find out what was really going on before making a decision. “I’d like to begin by condemning the heinous attack on innocent Syrians with banned chemical weapons,” Trump said at a cabinet meeting the morning of April 9. “It was an atrocious attack. It was horrible. You don’t see things like that. As bad as the news is around the world, you just don’t see those images.”
However, in contrast with some of his earlier comments on social media, Trump suggested that he wanted to know exactly what was going on before deciding what to do. “We are studying that situation extremely closely,” the president continued. “We are meeting with our military and everybody else, and we’ll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours. We are very concerned when a thing like that can happen. This is about humanity. We’re talking about humanity. And it can’t be allowed to happen.”
Trump promised his administration would be “looking at that barbaric act” and “studying” what has been happening there. “We’re trying to get people in there,” he continued. “As you know, it’s been surrounded. So it’s very hard to get people in because not only has it been hit, it’s been surrounded. And if they’re innocent, why aren’t they allowing people to go in and prove? Because as you know, they’re claiming they didn’t make the attack. So if it’s Russia, if it’s Syria, if it’s Iran, if it’s all of them together, we’ll figure it out and we’ll know the answers quite soon.”
A White House statement issued after Trump's conversation with globalist French President Emmanuel Macron, who backs officially designated communist terrorists in Syria, sounded even more confrontational. “Both leaders strongly condemned the horrific chemical weapons attacks in Syria and agreed that the Assad regime must be held accountable for its continued human rights abuses,” the joint statement said. “They agreed to exchange information on the nature of the attacks and coordinate a strong, joint response.”
More than a few voices, though, have suggested the attack was more likely a “false flag” attack similar to two others that were almost certainly perpetrated by establishment-backed jihadist “rebels.” The goal: Try to bring U.S. military might down on Assad. The Syrian dictator, who has protected Christians and other minorities from jihadists, is on the verge of total victory after a long and brutal civil war, fueled primarily by jihadist forces led by al Qaeda and supported by Western governments, Sunni Arab dictators, and the globalist establishment.
In fact, in an official 2012 document by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the U.S. government even admitted it was supporting the rebellion, that the uprising was led by al Qaeda, and that one of the goals was to create a “Salafist principality” in Eastern Syria. Today, that Salafist principality is better known as ISIS, or the Islamic State. There are no exemptions from federal terror laws for U.S. intelligence agencies or military departments that provide material support to designated terror organizations. And yet, nobody has been prosecuted so far despite smoking-gun evidence.
Many of Trump's strongest supporters in the campaign have expressed shock and horror that Trump appears to be falling for the trap. Ann Coulter, who was a top Trump backer from the start, has filled social media with posts suggesting the chemical attack in Syria was a false flag, that Trump was betraying his supporters, and that swamp creatures were trying to mislead him into supporting perpetual U.S. military intervention in Syria and beyond. “How many Americans have been killed by Mexicans in the last 10 years vs. Americans killed by Syrians?” she asked rhetorically.
Indeed, the circumstances are extremely suspicious. At the end of March, Trump announced that U.S. troops would be “coming out of Syria very soon.” “Let the other people take care of it now,” he added. Assad has all but crushed the globalist-backed jihad against his regime, too. In short, everything was going great for the Syrian dictator — all he had left to do was a mop-up operation, followed by rebuilding his war-torn nation.
Instead, the globalist establishment expects people to believe that Assad decided to throw it all away by using chemical weapons, essentially signing his own death warrant. In solving crimes, the old Latin expression “Cui bono” is among the first questions asked. In this case, obviously, Assad had everything to lose, and nothing to gain.
Top foreign officials warned almost a month ago of an impending false flag attack using chemicals to be blamed on Assad. “According to our sources, new provocations are being prepared in Syria with the use of chemical weapons,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose government supports Syrian authorities. “There will be stagings... The attention of the international community will be attracted, using as always a tragic aspect, on the sufferings of civilians, innocent victims. This will be used as a pretext for the coalition to use force, especially against the Syrian capital.”
Experts in the field have also cast doubt on the narrative being peddled by the establishment's propaganda organs. “With great criticism from the international community, Assad and Russians bombard Ghouta bit by bit, and that they would add the opportunity to be criticized for using chemicals – it feels strange,” said former director of UN weapons inspections in Syria Ake Sellström, pointing to numerous “other explanations” for the attack. “They do not need it, their tactics are already successful.”
Speaking to Swedish media, Sellström noted that if the UN were to investigate the attack, it would be difficult to ascertain the truth. “We would have to meet people and doctors themselves and, in particular, need samples from the environment and poisoned persons,” he said, adding that recordings and testimony would not be enough and that chlorine exposure is tough to measure because it evaporates quickly and does not leave clear evidence in the body.
UN experts also disputed the narrative after a previous chemical attack was similarly blamed on Assad by the war-mongering globalist establishment. “This was use [of chemicals] on the part of the opposition, the rebels, not by the government authorities,” said Carla Del Ponte, the former attorney general of Switzerland and a member of the UN independent commission of inquiry on Syria, after UN investigators probed a previous attack. An MIT study also found that Obama used bogus "intelligence" to try to justify war.
Former U.S. diplomat Jim Jatras, who served as an advisor to the U.S. Senate GOP, said on social media that the “false flag worked like a charm,” adding that Trump was “dancing to their tune.” Jatras also noted that a strike on Syria ordered by Trump would be a “dream come true” for Democrats, the Deep State, the GOP establishment, the “mainstream” media, and more. “They get their agenda (endless war in the Middle East and permanent enmity with Russia) AND torpedo his #MAGA agenda,” Jatras concluded, urging Trump not to fall for it. “If Trump falls for it he's finished. If it unleashes WWIII maybe we're finished too.”
As if to confirm those suspicions, leading Deep State swamp creatures and establishment warmongers were foaming at the mouth demanding more war based on the dubious attack. “President Trump last week signaled to the world that the United States would prematurely withdraw from Syria,” fumed Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), a neocon globalist widely ridiculed by conservatives as a “Republican in Name Only” (RINO). “Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers have heard him, and emboldened by American inaction, Assad has reportedly launched another chemical attack against innocent men, women and children, this time in Douma.”
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), McCain's globalist neocon partner in crime, was also banging the war drums. “I think now [Assad] is a legitimate war criminal in the eyes of the international community,” Graham said on “Fox & Friends,” which has also been advocating war by trying to rile up and deceive conservatives. “And that Assad and his inner circle should be considered war criminals, legitimate military targets. If you have the opportunity to take him out, you should.”
Fox has gone into overdrive demanding more war. CNN, which Trump has properly identified as one of the worst purveyors of “fake news,” is also busy banging the war drums. No doubt Trump's new neoconservative National Security Advisor, John Bolton, a member of the globalist swamp known as the Council on Foreign Relations, is also demanding war. Trump's military advisors are reportedly calling for more war, too. So basically, Trump is surrounded by establishment swamp creatures who want war, while his embattled base, already stung by the "omnibus" fiasco, desperately calls on him to stick to his campaign promises.
If Trump decides to illegally launch a war against Syria, it may well be the end of his presidency, according to many of his supporters. The globalist establishment demanding war will still hate him and do everything to crush him. But much of what remains of his base is likely to abandon him, leaving him totally alone to face the Deep State. When he launched a few missiles last year, practically all of his staunchest and most prominent supporters lashed out. Fortunately for Trump, leading members of Congress, including Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), have pointed out that the president has no authority to launch a war without permission from Congress, giving Trump a potential way out of the trap.
Americans and especially Trump supporters should make their voices heard. That is the only way to ensure that Trump does not make a mistake that would be disastrous to his presidency, what remains of the Christian population of Syria, the Constitution, and the United States. America cannot possibly be made great again as it drowns in debt and feeds its children to the war machine. If Trump truly believes in his campaign promises, he must resist the Deep State and its calls for war. And even if he does not, Congress must ensure that he does not drag America into another illegal war.
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Interesting guy on Fox news tonight -— a journalist who was held captive by rebels for two years. He basically said that none of the rebel groups could be trusted, and that all the factions in Syria share everything with each other. None can be trusted. I hope Trump doesn’t send any troops. When will we learn that they, like everyone else, just use us for what they can get?
Good post.
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When will they ever learn?
Agree. There isn't any apparent reason for Assad to have done this attack. But radical Islam- Assad's opponents- would gain from chemical bombing their own people, in order to blame him for it.
They have a long history of hiding themselves, weapons, exc in hospitals and schools .
They do not value life.
IMO-Too many uncertainties about the details of what happened, who is responsible, and that the dark side pushing for it -Any one of these is reason enough to not rush to war.
I trust president Trump will make the right decision in any case.
Correct. Assad needs to stay - he’s no angel, but he’s the least bad option and he protects Christians in Syria
US military does not need to be used to fight for the national interests of Saudi Arabia & Israel against the national interests of Iran and Russia. This war is over land and control over a natural gas pipeline. I don’t care that Israel & SA are our allies.
These parties need to go to the UN to negotiate a resolution. This pipeline will provide natural gas to Eastern European nations. Make the UN earn its funding for once! We do not need to be militarily involved. Why not two pipelines?
Im sure we will find out that the bastards gassed their own people and blamed it on Assad to keep us there
Trump's initial statements was to get the Brass actually planing an exit strategy and to come up with a list of ramifications under varying conditions - since the "game plan" seemed to be "hang around for the foreseeable future" this type planning was likely a set of empty file folders with "Syria Exit Plan - TBD" on the labels.
Yup. I miss candidate Trump. The one who was going to put Hillary in jail.
“This country will not tolerate another false pretext war.”
The ever baying war cultists can’t see the writing on the wall. Of the four principle candidates to actually finish the general election, three out of four were anti-war. Stein, Johnson and Trump. Only hag Hillary was stridently calling for more endless war. Despite their money, pravda press, and intrenched machines, ALL of the warmongers failed. Bush. Graham. Hillary. ALL OF THEM FAILED.
I’m so sick of foreign scum and domestic profiteers battening off of America’s blood and gold. We are so weak and deteriorated from what we were, all at the behest of foreign trash and ideologies. I’m so sick of AMERICAN interests being set aside for global posturing, and foreign advantage and manipulation.
This isn't the first time. Remember the first time it happened? The argument why it had to have been Assad is that ISIS didn't have the skill to use or obtain chemical weapons! Then there's the more recent one where some here on FR are saying that Mattis said it was rebels. That got NO publicity. Then there's the logisistics. Didn't this "attack" happen in the small area of that town Syria didn't control?
I sleep on my thoughts, and during that time they get sharper focus. I'm thinking about President Trump falling for this. I do not understand at all how these hasty judgements make any sense considering his resume. He builds things....beautiful structures and golf courses that will last for the ages. He considers every detail and every obstacle as part of his planning. He makes careful plans and implements them carefully and with great knowledge. These hasty decisions against those who stand up to the globalist *astards? It's way out of character from what we expected.
President Trump, if you're reading this. PLEASE stop this snowball leading to horrific consequences in the ME and beyond. Assad and Orban (there is a handful of others) are the good guys! You're batting for the wrong team!
(If anyone knows what President Trump's FR name is, could this be forwarded to him?)
Wonderful article and propitious from Pat Buchanan. He stands with truth. Does trump know who gassed those people and based on what real evidence? Is this snother false pretext by the war crowd. Why is trump apparently not getting the facts here? If you have clout with your elected officials stop this war based on another lie!!is trump breaking another campaign promise?? Surely not!!
So far, no evidence of chemical weapons or dead bodies have been discovered and unlike previous incidents the Syrian military now controls the scene of the alleged crime.
If the 'war mongers' refuse to investigate and/or ignore the clear evidence that this incident was staged, then they'll be exposed as the cowardly frauds they really are
We'll see if Briar Trump avoids the tar baby.
very long winded drivel
Supposed chemical attacks in Syria are used in kind of the same way school shooter attacks are used in our own country.
No longer odd that in both places, the very same people and their motley crew are behind the attacks in order to try to justify and change policy to their agenda.
Either way, the US is violating its Constitution and the elected representatives are shirking their responsibility.
As is often the case, Trump had the right initial instincts on this - he suggested withdrawing from Syria and not getting involved further in their civil war. Then representatives of the political establishment started whispering in his ear, and he started coming around to their side.
Unfortunately, this has happened before on issues other than foreign policy too - Trump shows the right instincts on trade or immigration, and then retracts his proposal to something much more toothless and watered-down once the establishment shoves its oar in.
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