Alex Krainer. Video or text version with maps:
Turkey strongly condemns âIsraelâs violation of the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreementâ and its entry into the separation zone in Syria - Ankara
âIsrael is once again displaying its occupation mentality,â the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
Are you sure this was not Jimmy Dore or another comedian?
Is this the Dmitry Orlov interview in which he tells us that all Syrian minorities have always hated each other and that Lebanese Arabs know only how to betray each other?
The superiority of European civilization - and especially its recent history - obviously qualifies him to speak with authority on the moral debasement of all Arabs.
We used to rate him. Now we know heâs just another twat.
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Not Dmitry Orlov!
Also, see the videos below in PCRâs post from RT and the video link to the Hal Turner Radio Show. (Warning: the videos are extremely graphic). My emphasis in bold/italics parts below.
Seven Countries in Five Years
Seven Countries in Five Years
Paul Craig Roberts
The media brothel has presented the HTS terrorist/democratic opposition as Syriaâs 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 enemies.
The borders of Arab countries were created by European colonists like the countries in Africa that combined hostile tribes into a country. So Middle Eastern countries contain Shia and Sunni populations.
The two sects have been at swordâs point for centuries, enabling the West to use one against the other. Here are a few of the videos of the democratic oppositionâs brutal violence.
The truth is in the videos, not in the media staged scenes of Syrians celebrating the downfall of Assad:
https://www.rt.com/news/609310-blinded-by-propaganda-syria/
Iran is largely Persian, not Arab and more unified. But there are progressive, pro-Western elements, and among the young there is desire for lessening of religious restraints. There are always those who prefer sin to righteousness. The US works on the progressive elements and now Iran has a reform government. Isolated as Iran now is, thanks to Putinâs betrayal of Syria, there will likely be increased pressure for accommodation to the West. However, Iran might not be given a chance. Trumpâs Zionist appointees are pressing him to attack Iran, claiming that Iranâs nuclear facilities can be changed from peaceful uses to military uses, thus enabling Iran to defend itself. Trumpâs Zionists expect Putin to desert Iran just as he did Syria.
If Iran is overthrown, the CIA will begin sending jihadists into the Muslim areas of the Russian Federation, and the same forces of disorder used against Middle Eastern countries will be used in the effort to break up the Russian Federation. It is a puzzle what Putin was thinking when he agreed to Syriaâs destruction.
The Arabs have always been their own worst enemy, and now they have managed to destroy the Arab world with only Saudi Arabia remaining.
Recently, the Israeli Zionist government added a large part of Saudi Arabia to the map of Greater Israel.
The Zionist neoconservatives agenda of 7 countries in 5 years took longer but has been essentially accomplished.
The âSyrian Democratic Oppositionâ at Work
As has long been the case, Muslims had rather murder each other than to kill their mutual enemies.
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We reckon this bloke nails it:
Makes Andrew Napolitano, Nima Alkhorshid & most of their guests look a bit like limited hangouts no?
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I know right? This really is a Stooge outfit. The guy apparently has a red flag, wanted sign and even a bounty (many many thousands of Dollah) that has not actually been rescinded.
So Iâm guessing this Mr Jewlani is not built to last?
I take issue with this. Putinâs administration did decide to recognise the sunk costs in Syria were not sufficient reason to take the bait. Syria was undone by decades of subterfuge, but not least sanctions and outright theft. Butcher Assad was just too timid. Too nice, maybe, even?
Russia has got bigger fish to fry, and has things sizzling at just the right time.
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Well, exactly. How more obvious does it have to be lol. Juan Guadio (maybe wrong spelling?), Zelenskyy, this dude with the beard and two weeksâ worth of being less stinky, and whoever ends up in charge in the next Sock Puppet country.
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He may have been too nice, but I really think his downfall was due to his stupidity. Remember that he got his position courtesy of his dad, not because of his political acumen or track record.
His first mistake was to allow âextraordinary renditionâ to a Syrian prison and allow the CIA to torture all those bad, bad Muslims who knew about the 9/11 plot. Irrespective of the rights or wrongs of this, what a way to give the CIA an easy inroad to the Syrian military.
His second mistake was to ignore (or perhaps not understand) the extraordinary benefits of having a government controlled central bank and use this to rebuild the economy and the military.
His final mistake and perhaps nail in his coffin, was to dismiss the recent offer of advice and assistance from both Russia and Iran.
He may be a decent human being as shown by his acceptance of all the different groups in Syria and his lack of ego but he really was stupid and Syrians will live to regret not having an intelligent leader since the last route of ISIS.
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Hi folks, my view for what its worth is that if Iran can stop Israelâs offensive against them by merely lighting up their bombers as they did not long ago ( when Syriaâs so called air defences made no difference to Israelâs moves against Iran) then it will be the same for US aircraft if they join with Israel.
The missile force is not under the control of the President but the Ayatola, so this remains a major problem for Israel and the US - assuming they donât go nuclear.
I think, as they did with Russia, the West underestimates the military strength of Iran.
cheers
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Thatâs a great piece. The author is a longtime Covidiot in the very best sense of the word.
Yes I think that puts it very much better than I did. Bought-and-sold since Rendition days then? Easy to steer, and to push.
The Syria they didnât tell us about
December 21, 2024
This is the testimony of a Syrian who fought for his country and his people and who now suffers the most terrible defeat in life.
This article stems from a conversation I had with an old friend who was a commander of the Syrian Armed Forces, whose courage was appreciated and recognised throughout the Middle East. A true socialist from another era, who was never afraid to speak his mind and who, despite contradictions and different political views, never betrayed his country and support for his government.
As he has no pleasure in revealing his name, as he is still engaged in institutional activities abroad, we will call him by his fictional name Ram. Whether one agrees with his words or not, this is the testimony of a Syrian who fought for his country and his people and who now suffers the most terrible defeat in life.
The reunion with Ram
In Ramâs private study there is an air of life lived to the full. Hanging on the walls are various paintings of Syrian landscapes, along with some Koranic invocations and terracottas commemorating the battles he took part in. A few old books in Arabic can be glimpsed on the bookshelf, along with many posters of documents in various languages. Here and there are now faded photographs of men in camouflage uniforms in the desert. Looking towards the entrance, a Syrian flag with Bashar al-Assadâs face still full of dust, dirt and a few rips, as if it had been taken from the battlefield and immediately put on the flagpole. In the centre, a photo of his father, a wise and good-looking Arab man, with a black mourning keffiyeh on top.
We had known each other for years: I was a kid who read the classics of geopolitics and looked at the world with the desire to understand it, he was a fighter who had lived through incredible situations and retired to private life, continuing to work for his country in other ways, out of the spotlight. I loved listening to the anecdotes he would pull out of his memory each time, it was like plunging into a different world, almost improbable for how âotherâ it was from the West. Above all, a world in which the war, the struggle for freedom and a different political situation were not something decades away, but fresh events whose scars were still open and bleeding.
He has always had great respect for me and my support for the Syrian cause, which is why he allowed me to meet him. He welcomes me with the warmth, respect and depth that belongs to the Syrian people, famous for thousands of years for their ability to welcome and integrate. He offers me a long coffee and we start talking.
âRam, what do you think?â I ask him.
The happiness of our meeting suddenly disappears. His face becomes serious and his head tilts forward as if in deep thought. After a few seconds, he looks up: âI have never told anyone. Perhaps the time has come to tell what I knew, what I sawâ.
What follows is her testimony, delivered to me with great emotion and palpable pain from the first to the last word.
We already knew everything
âWhat happened was not expected by anyone, except those who, like me, had already glimpsed the plot of events as far back as 2011 and perhaps had had anticipations from trusted contacts. We already knew everything. We knew that Bashar al-Assad was preparing something with the rulers of other countries, arranging his good exit the moment support in the Middle East collapsed or things went badâ. The seriousness of the conversation does not admit of irony or sarcasm. Ram is serious and tries to make me understand the gravity of his words, trusting in my professionalism and the trust that binds us.
The thesis he supports and which he explains to me in many details, some of which I cannot report due to the delicacy of the information cited, is that Bashar al-Assad was too friendly with Westerners: his banker wife, the dinners in the United Kingdom, the smell of Freemasonry, a certain passivity in the face of the corruption of politicians and the high ranks of the armed forces. Too many elements that many Syrians did not like and that already in 2000, when he came to power, had aroused suspicion and disappointment among those who, like Ram, had risked their lives for the revolution.
The events of 2011-2013, the internal uprising, the jihadist terrorism, had all been consequences of previous mistakes. Assad had winked too much at the WestâŚbut also at the East. To Russia, for example. âI confess I had believed it, I had hoped for it. Putin could really make a difference. I never trusted any other ruler, but I did, because he had really provided essential help in defeating terrorism and had guaranteed Syria at least a minimum of international security,â he tells me, exploring his many memories. âBut it didnât help, because Russia was also involved in the agreement. We have been betrayed twice: as a country, by Russia who let the enemy assault us; as Syrian people, by our president who sold out all of us to save his own skinâ. There is anger in Ramâs eyes. A solemn anger that admits of no lies.
âAnd I will tell you more: for me, the agreement was signed in concert with Israel and the US. American Jews are interested in the Middle East to realize the Greater Israel project and the construction of the Third Temple, Russian Jews are interested in Ukraine, the old Khazaria. They win either way. Israel won even before sending troops to invadeâ. Strong and precise words, as befits a commander who has been at war for real.
He then explained to me that information had already been circulating for a couple of months about Assadâs escape and the handover of Syria without effort, but these were not rumors that were given much credence and the versions of events were sometimes contradictory and inaccurate. But it was clear that something was moving.
He tells me some anecdotes of when he was fighting, of the cities he defended and when he also took part in conflicts in other countries: âI have seen in my life the enemy arrive in Beirut, in Damascus, in Aleppo, in Hama, in Homs. I have seen the enemy succeed in making us believe they have won, but then be swept away by the courage of our men. There were times when I thought it was the end, that we were losing the war, but then something happened that gave new impetus to the Resistance. This time â the first time in my whole life â I saw defeatâ.
This is the most painful point. âWe did not lose, we were defeated. This is much worse. âWoe to the vanquished!â said the Latins.â Defeat is the most terrible thing for a long-standing commander. The Syrian people have always shown heroic resistance, but something went wrong somewhere.
âDo you know what I saw over there the last time I went? Poverty, hunger. There is no electricity, no water, no food supplies, not even fuel. The army is left to fend for itself in absolutely precarious conditionsâ. He tells me that some 700,000,000 young Syrians have given their lives to fight against the enemy.
Blood, blood, blood. Is it possible that the Middle East has to be constantly bathed in blood?
Then he explains to me the corruption he has seen, from checkpoints where the military took bribes without checking up on them to high officials bought with the luxury of private cars, villas, Western souvenirs.
âOnce when I was driving out of Damascus towards Homs, I met two very young boys in uniform along the road. They were thin and were smoking. I stopped them and asked them what they were doing there in that condition. They replied that they had no money to go to Homs, to spend the 24 hours of leave they had, nor did they have money to eat. I loaded them into the car with me and we left. During the journey we talked, they told me about the misery they lived in at the base. Their daily ration of food was a tomato and a potato. Once a week they were given a chicken to share among eight people. In my time there was food and the troops had to be well fed to be ready to fight. How can this happen? In the last 13 years, the government has completely destroyed the army: corruption of officers, lack of supplies, disengagement in the fight for the national causeâ.
Soleimani, Raisi, Nasrallah. Someone betrayed
âWhen General Soleimani â whom I knew as a young soldier â was killed by the American demon in 2020, I immediately sensed that something was starting to go wrong. He was much more than a General, he was a real Man, a leader, a living example. After him, unfortunately, the Resistance did not have another soldier capable in the same way of coordinating thousands of men from different countries, religions and ethnicities. This was an enormous strategic disadvantageâ. We briefly reviewed the history of the Axis of Resistance and reasoned together about the geopolitical implications for the entire Middle East.
âWhen I heard about Raisiâs death, I didnât want to believe it. It seemed impossible. From that moment on, everything went downhill. Every day I watched the news with the fear that something even more terrible might happen. And so it was: one after the other, they took out all the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamasâ. A tragic truth, which I could only confirm.
The speed with which the enemy exterminated the military leaders of the Lebanese resistance one after the other was unbelievable, proving that agencies like the CIA, MI6 and Mossad did a great job. This is an incontrovertible fact. In the space of a few months, the entire political geography of the Middle East underwent a mutation that had not succeeded in years of trying.
âWho knew the coordinates of Nasrallahâs bunker**?** Maybe three people in the world: Khamenei, Soleimani, Assad. Khamenei rather than betray would be ready to die with rifle in hand. Soleimani has already been taken out. There is only one leftâŚâ. At these words I stand open-mouthed: the commander had never spoken ill of his president, although I knew that politically he was not a supporter of him in everything, but had always supported his leaderâs battle, for the good of the whole country. Anger, disappointment and pain brought out the truest words. A gamble, but still true.
Because one of the big questions that remain open is âwhoâ revealed Nasrallahâs exact location: an intelligence tracker? A spy? A paid-for piece of information? Or a traitor? The fact is that Nasrallah is no more and this, in Ramâs words, means that Lebanon will be the next to fall and Palestine, consequently, will no longer exist except in the memories of the last Arabs scattered around the world.
âSyria fell in a matter of days because it had already fallen to the will of its rulers who had sold it out. 70,000 soldiers migrated within hours, taken in taxis (which cost a lot of money), not military vehicles, to the border with Iraq. It was all planned. Not a single bullet was fired in this invasion. This is not the Syrian army I know. This âthingâ is a perversion without dignityâ.
He points to a photo behind him, I catch a glimpse of a soldier in uniform, one of those postcard photos you send to your parents when you do your military service: âLook at that boy there, 22 years old. Slit his throatâ. He froze for a few moments, his eyes swollen with tears. It was the son of a close friend of his.
What will happen now?
Ram does not feel like talking about the coming days or weeks or months. Arab and secular Syria no longer exists. The word of the defeated has little value.
âSomething unthinkable is happening these days. There is no information in the media about it because it would be something terribly raw. Imagine 70 years of ethnic, cultural and religious hatred: they are getting even. There is almost fear in uttering these words. I remember that he has a brother in the Islamic clergy and several nieces and nephews, and with some concern I ask him what about them, so he replies: âI am trying to get my relatives out of Syria, but since 8 December I cannot even get in touch with them. A tragedy that is the common sentence of too many thousands of people in those lands.
In concluding our conversation, which lasted about an hour, Ram ventures an almost âpropheticâ projection: âI say it: yesterday Palestine, today Syria. Tomorrow Lebanon for good. Then Yemen. Once Yemen and Lebanon have fallen, Iran will be next. In between there is nothing left, Iraq is a gas pump surrounded by American gunmen, it will fall soon. President Trump is ready to destroy Iran, the intelligence community already knows this. If Khamenei dies, Iran collapsesâ. A few seconds of silence. Khamenei is the last remaining âglobalâ Islamic authority and the last patron of the Resistance.
âThen it will be Russiaâs turn. Millions of Sunni Islamic immigrants in the odor of extremism are already on the streets of Russian cities. They let in indiscriminately, they will pay the consequences. Then it will be Romeâs turn. Then Beijingâs. I await the day when the âlong beardsâ will come marching into Red Square and St. Peterâs Square. I hope to die before that terrible dayâ.
Here ends our conversation. A deep silence that lasts a few minutes. We stand up to say goodbye. Sighing, I take my formal leave and look one last time at the relics of the patriotic war Ram fought. I try to ask myself if I too would be ready to give my life as so many heroes and martyrs did who are no longer here today, but whose example will remain forever.
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Bleak.
So Syria was a long game with COVID and Ukraine attracting all the attention. And then the game was ended and (a traitor? Yes that feels right) Syria was wound down.
Trump gets to pick up the ball, excoriating the Ukraine thing (but nothing else) and bringing out the likes of Trudeau to stone. But maybe not Britain?
Tail. Dog.
Thanks for sharing this great piece @Rich
Edit: to atone. Not stone.