NIKK..this was a nightmare because of Jack playing games and when I would click some of the information wouldn't be there until I clicked again. Folks they are really trying hard to discourage us from reporting information.
Carlos Osweda
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For @HeshmatAlavi
Iraq has entered the Sudan paradigm. It's now the army versus the internal-security forces.
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For @HeshmatAlavi
Iraq has entered the Sudan paradigm. It's now the army versus the internal-security forces.https://t.co/ByrIim89rG— Carlos Osweda (@COsweda) January 30, 2020
These are the Iran-backed forces.
They're the ones firing on protestors.
And here's the army, who THE PROTESTORS CALLED when the internal-security forces burned the tents.
You and I spoke earlier about the difference between the Sudanese, Iranian, and Iraqi cultures.
What's happening in Iraq and Iran is that the forces for regime change are moving slowly and carefully in order to avoid civil war.
The real story is being deliberately suppressed.
Today's journalists (present company excluded!) are easily fooled. They're stenographers.
Tell them something, and they'll report it uncritically.
This video, for example.
Today's journalists (present company excluded!) are easily fooled. They're stenographers.
Tell them something, and they'll report it uncritically.
This video, for example.https://t.co/uPn9pKlrqq— Carlos Osweda (@COsweda) January 30, 2020
What we're ACTUALLY seeing is the Sudanese army firing on internal-security forces who had fired on the crowd.
Army gun trucks drove to the place where the protestors were taking fire, and then the army suppressed the fire with heavy machine guns.
This is a truck-mounted gun firing horizontally at the internal-security forces.
You see the muzzle blast and then the red-hot gun muzzle.
This is the gunner on another truck, firing at snipers higher up in the building.
So what happened is exactly the opposite of what was reported.
In Iraq, the army is very cleverly saying that they can't act because they haven't been ordered to act.
But they're acting.
In the videos I'm watching, the gunfire is clearly suppressive gunfire.
Someone is firing on those who are trying to kill protestors.
All the senior army officers in the background are masked.
This is so the security forces don't identify them.
In this strange era, people take things at face value without even thinking.
Look at this video.
In this strange era, people take things at face value without even thinking.
Look at this video.#FakeNewshttps://t.co/nxrkD2jUve pic.twitter.com/FioixUFef9— Carlos Osweda (@COsweda) January 30, 2020
The real story?
She's a model named Sarah al-Kandari, and he's a "fashion influencer" named Ahmed al-Anzi.
They WERE arrested, but not for the reason by multiple Websites.
"Initial investigation of the couple showed that they intentionally released the video in a provocative manner to arouse their followers so that they would receive insults and sharp criticism, and then they would follow up by filing lawsuits against the critics."
They were charged with abuse of the legal system, NOT releasing a provocative video.
They were charged with abuse of the legal system, NOT releasing a provocative video.https://t.co/svO4AWMlzL— Carlos Osweda (@COsweda) January 30, 2020
In fact the majority of viewers were not offended.
They said the wife was "chubby," and the video was embarrassing.
That's the dark side of fake news.
On the other hand, the right people can easily fool the press into providing cover.
@realDonaldTrump is a student of Sun Tzu AND the Thirty-Six Stratagems, which originated with the Chinese general Wáng Jìngzé.
THIS is what multiple forces around the world are doing:
"Hide behind the mask of a fool, a drunk, or a madman to create confusion about your intentions and motivations. Lure your opponent into underestimating your ability until, overconfident, he drops his guard. Then you may attack."
The smart people have discovered that it's better to be underestimated than it is to try and intimidate.
I'll never forget a video I saw from the Battle of Mosul in 2017.
There was a young man carefully watching refugees. He was unarmed.
When he saw that he was being filmed, he broke into a goofy smile and waved at the camera, as happy as a child.
The camera moved on to a different subject.
Later I saw that young man armed with a rifle, wearing body armor.
He was recruited because he LOOKED simpleminded.
Brilliant strategy.
This one-eyed old man was one of the 550 commandos who went into Mosul to digitally map every building and tunnel in the city.
With a long beard and a cane, he'd be invisible
And he could kill us with one hand, I'm sure.
"All warfare is based on deception." --Sun Tzu.
And all will be well in the Middle East.
Guaranteed.