The conflict in Syria ultimately boils down to natural gas pipelines, religious strife and extremism, the quest for regional power in the Middle East, and the emergence of a new cold war between the U.S. and Russia. Viewing the players and events in Syria with an understanding of those core facets brings us much closer to understanding the truth about what’s really happening in Syria and why. Continue reading
In the absence of any evidence implicating the Assad government in the August 21st chemical weapon attack against Ghouta, and with Assad having strong motives to not use chemical weapons, we must look at other possible culprits. This post will investigate the rebels’ motives and means to carry out the Ghouta attack as a false flag operation with the goal of drawing the U.S. into the conflict on the side of the rebels. Continue reading
Are we honestly supposed to believe that Assad carried out chemical weapon attacks at the exact time and in the exact location that U.N. chemical weapons experts had just arrived to investigate previous allegations? Are we supposed to believe that Assad would risk giving the U.S. an excuse to commence overt military action against him? Are we supposed to believe that Assad would risk losing the moral high ground and with it his Russian re-supply lines? And finally, are we supposed to believe that Assad would risk all these things to carry out an attack of no strategic and negligible tactical importance? Continue reading
The U.S. has once again started the march to a war of aggression. Once again the public is being manipulated through appeal to emotion. Let’s cut through the rhetoric and analyze point-by-point the conclusions made by U.S. intelligence and cited by Secretary of State John Kerry in his August 30th, 2013 speech on the Syrian chemical weapon attacks. The reality is a complete and utter absence of hard evidence substantiating any of Kerry’s claims. Continue reading
Bashar al-Assad is a brutal dictator whose forces are responsible for both long term oppression of the Syrian people and many egregious atrocities during the present civil war.
But the FSA is clearly the greater of two evils. What began as a legitimate uprising by the people has been thoroughly co-opted and dominated by foreign Islamic extremists bent on imposing Sharia law and genocide for all infidels. Continue reading
Lack of tanker support would not have prevented F-16s from AFB Aviano from flying close air support (CAS) in time to prevent the fatal attack on the Annex in Benghazi. NAS Sigonella could have been used as a way-station for these CAS missions. Continue reading
“We shall have world government whether or not you like it – by conquest or consent.” – Paul Warburg to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing on February 17, 1952. When most people in Western nations talk … Continue reading
My last post detailed the deteriorating security situation in Libya in the lead-up to the September 2012 attack that resulting in the deaths of four Americans including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. Today I want to present a … Continue reading
This will be the first in a series of posts looking at various aspects of the attack on the U.S. Special Mission Compound (SMC) and ‘Annex’ facilities in Benghazi on September 11th and 12th, 2012. My goal for the series … Continue reading
Throughout its history, if there’s one thing that’s been consistent about the CIA, it’s the manner in which it has undermined democratically elected governments. This will be the first of many posts that will delve into the history of coups … Continue reading