Posted on 06/05/2013 4:48:31 PM PDT by SatinDoll
The catalyst for the next great war will likely occur somewhere in the middle east. The Americans know this. As do the Russians and the Chinese. And as with the last two ‘great wars,’ the groundwork is being laid well ahead of time.
A large American military force disembarked Tuesday, June 4, at the southern Jordanian port of Aqaba – ready for deployment on the kingdom’s Syrian border, DEBKAfile’s exclusive military sources report. The force made its way north along the Aqaba-Jerash-Ajilon mountain road bisecting Jordan from south to north, under heavy Jordanian military escort.
Our sources disclose that this American force numbers 1,000 troops, the largest to land in Jordan since the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2012. They are members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Force carried aboard the USS Kearsageamphibious assault ship, which has been anchored off neighboring Israeli Eilat since mid-May. Upon landing, the marines took to the road in a convoy of armored vehicles including Hummers.
Washington and Amman have imposed a blackout on their arrival.
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According to our US sources, the arrival of the US force in Jordan was not directly related to the regular exercise but decided on at an emergency meeting at the Pentagon on May 31, which was attended by top military and civilian Defense Department officials. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who is away from Washington, took part by video conference.
DebkaFile via Steve Quayle
Just last month the Russians, in response to a multi-year American Naval buildup, deployed the majority of their Pacific Fleet to the Mediterranean, and they are now shifting nuclear submarines to the region.
Sides are being taken, with Russia providing material support to the Assad regime and the United States providing money and weapons to the Free Syrian Army rebels, who sources claim are not only not Syrian, but likely operatives of America’s sworn enemy Al Queda.
There will be no draw down of troops or naval assets in the near future. Russia and the United States, as well as China, have strategic reasons for being in the region, and no one is going to pull back.
A terrible future lies ahead for the people of Syria and the greater world as this conflict continues to escalate.
Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.com puts forth an in depth analysis of the situation:
Using Vietnam and other proxy wars as a reference, here is how I believe the war in Syria is likely to progress over the coming months:
Heavy weapons will be supplied to the insurgency, including anti-aircraft weapons, leading to increased casualties, especially civilian casualties. Assad will respond with expanded and deadly airstrikes and ground troops will advance with the aid of Hezbollah. Iran will begin openly supplying arms, and step up covert supplies of advisors and ground troops. Russia will increase arms shipments even further, including anti-ship, anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles in order to dissuade U.S. and Israeli interests from sending their own forces into the area. Syrian insurgents will begin losing ground quickly. The UN will offer to “mediate” a ceasefire, but this will only be designed to allow the insurgents time to regroup, and for the U.S., EU and Israel to position themselves for attack. The UN ceasefire talks will be a wash, if they even take place. Israel will begin regular airstrikes in the name of stopping Iran and Hezbollah from interfering in the war, or to stop them from obtaining “chemical weapons.” The strikes will be aimed at Syrian military facilities and Syrian infrastructure. There will be many civilian casualties. Syria will respond with ground to air and ground to ground missiles. Israeli cities will see far more precise targeting than the scud missiles used by Iraq during Gulf I and Gulf II. Civilian deaths will be much higher than expected, despite common claims that Israeli missile defenses are the most advanced in the world (Israel has never faced the threat of advanced Russian missile systems). A no-fly zone will be announced over Syria, enforced by U.S. and Israeli planes, along with anti-aircraft batteries. A violent attack will take place in Israel, likely against a civilian population center (I would not be surprised if chemical weapons are involved). The attack will be blamed on the Assad government, or affiliated allies. It might be a real attack or it might be a false flag. In either case, the result will be the commitment of Israeli ground troops. I think it highly probable that Israel will be the first Western country to invade Syria. However, their involvement will immediately draw a declaration of war from Iran, and, increased ship movements from Russia, which maintains a strategic naval base off the coast of Tartus. Israel will be swallowed up in a strategic quandary, and will demand U.S. military action. The U.S. will supply that action. Combat will spread into cross-border battles in countries not directly engaged in the fight (as it did in Cambodia during Vietnam). China will respond with economic retaliation, dumping the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency. Russia will respond by reducing petro-product exports to Europe and staging a massive naval presence in the region. From this point, all bets are off…
Now, the temptation here is for one to immediately take sides and to look at this conflict through the lens of “East vs. West.” This would be a mistake. The Syrian government has in the past acted in tyrannical fashion (though much of the latest accusations appear to be propaganda designed to lure the American public into rallying around another war).
Russia is just as restrictive an oligarchy as the U.S. or the EU. China’s society is a communist nightmare state and the average globalist’s aspiration for what they want America to become one day. Iran has many oppressive policies and is certainly not the kind of country I would ever want to live in. The Syrian insurgency is a mixture of immoral and unprincipled death squads and paid covert wet-work agents. The U.S. government is immorally supplying the cash and weapons for them to operate in the name of fighting the same kind of tyranny that is being instituting here at home.
The point is, there are no “good guys” in this story. There are no heroes; only the insiders, the outsiders, and the general public.
Very few, if any, major conflicts throughout history erupted overnight.
Chess pieces were positioned for years, sometimes decades, before all-out conflict took place.
These people – our dear leaders in America, Russia, China, Syria and Iran among others – are actively pursuing a strategy that is going to get hundreds of millions of people killed.
They are going to take the world to war… again.
Get ready for it, because we are going to see it in our lifetimes.
Bet they're happy to be on the plane out of Atlanta (my kids were at the game this afternoon).
LOL, no doubt about it!
Debts has been reliable, often reporting stuff you find out much later from other sources.
Debka’s the source quoted in the blog. A theory based on multinational military exercise Eager Lion 13. Last year’s was Eager Lion 12.
“0bama’s going to finish establishing the Muslim Caliphate he’s been nurturing since the moment he took office.”
I’m not so sure. Depends on whether this becomes “The Big One”, meaning nuclear weapons and/or WMD is used.
One thing is for sure — if our force is wiped out by either type of weapon, BHO2 may find himself thrown out of office.
Yeah, I noticed it when rereading. Must have skimmed too quickly.
15,000 troops from 18 nations will be taking part in a military drill in Jordan in ten days.
The Iranian election is June 14th, if no candidate wins 50% (and they likely won’t) the will be a runoff election (expect chaos) on June 21st. The may well be a repeat of protests that were put down violently in 2009.
You should expect chaos in Iran, Syria, Turkey and maybe elsewhere in the middle east in the coming weeks.
Jordan to Host Military Exercises: US, UK, Canada Among Participants
May. 25, 2013
AMMAN, JORDAN — More than 15,000 troops from 18 countries will take part in a joint military exercise in Jordan in the coming weeks, a military official said Saturday.
Jordan’s armed forces will host the exercise, Eager Lion 2013, with troops from “friendly countries,” including the United States, taking part, the official Petra news agency cited the official as saying.
They will participate in battlefield, logistics and humanitarian exercises alongside troops from Britain, Bahrain, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, he added.
The official did not say when the maneuvers were due to begin but said they would run for two weeks and would follow last year’s “successful” operation.
Jordan is a major beneficiary of US military and economic aid, with Washington granting $2.4 billion (€1.85 billion) in the past five years, according to official figures.
The war games will be held as Jordan is currently hosting around 500,000 refugees who fled the civil war in neighboring Syria. Amman has repeatedly called on the international community for more support in dealing with the influx.
Thanks, SatinDoll for this post.
Start (continue) praying and hang onto your hats.
Perhaps 0bama needs to get certain divisions in our military on foreign soil and ‘out of the way’ before he drops the hammer domestically. I don’t think the DHS’ ammunition is designated for them to use anyway.
I think this is a double proxy play.
USA - Saudi - Rebels.
Russia - Iran - Assad.
We don’t really care about the rebels except Saudi cares about them so therefore we do. Russia cares about their port in Syria but I think mostly cares about Iran.
This will be his excuse to hold onto the office past 2016 if we don’t get him out now with the current scandals. This is Russia, China and the ME’s excuse to take on the US and make it “The Big One”. This time, folks, this won’t be somewhere else but in the middle of the heartland. Mr. Won-derful may only be shown the door by his good muzzy bros. Doesn’t look good.
Not the last two series'
Ain’t that the truth.
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