Agenda 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/trump-syria-missiles-assad-chemical-weapons Sy ria airstrikes: US targets airfield in first direct military action against Assad Since early 2013, the American government closely followed by the United Kingdom government and with the French governments padding along at their heels like some well rained and obedient poodle, have been desperately seeking some justification, no matter how tenuous, to become involved in the Syrian Civil war. In this odious quest, they have been enthusiastically encouraged and supported by a media and television machine, frantically baying for the removal of Bashar al Assad and the Damascus government. Hidden amongst the rhetoric and disinformation regarding civil rights abuses, humanitarian assistance, chemical weapon programmes and the rest, all spewed out to advocate Western involvement, lies the real reasoning behind the enthusiasm for military intervention. The first and foremost r...

<iframe src="https://embed.theguardian.com/…/are-you-incapable-of-shame-…" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Samantha Power criticises Syria, Iran and Russia over Aleppo. Samantha Power indulges in the usual mock and overplayed "sincerity" in criticising Russia and Iran in connection with the Aleppo tragedy. It is a bit rich for an America that has on numerous occasions, turned its eyes away from the atrocities inflicted upon the people of Gaza, to ask others the question "Are you incapable of shame?" when they themselves have ignored countless humanitarian crises in other countries. The catastrophe for "the West", is that their allies, "the G ood rebels" in Aleppo have been defeated and that the great plan to bring regime change to Syria with the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has been set back by years, if not completely derailed. Aleppo The t...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/28/pro-assad-forces-seize-third-of-east-aleppo-in-rapid-advance-syria Pro-Assad forces seize third of east Aleppo in rapid advance The battle for Aleppo, which has been raging since July 2012, as just one theatre of the Syrian Civil War, seems now to be drawing to a conclusion as Syrian government forces retake vital areas of the East and North East of the city making rapid advances into rebel held areas. Forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad now control large areas of Syria's second city, having seized much of rebel held East Aleppo, meeting little resistance in their advance northwards. The Americans are of course furious. Furious because the rebels now taking huge reversals in Aleppo are the "good rebels" who have been supported and encouraged by America and Great Britain since the start of this civil war back in 2011. It has always been the American objective, supported by the United Kingdom gov...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/britain-and-us-call-for-yemen-ceasefire-within-hours Britain and US call for Yemen ceasefire within hours Does this also mark the end of the United Kingdom and United States unconditional support for the Saudi Arabian led coalition intervention into the Yemen civil war? Does it also signal the end of the £ billions of armaments and weapons supplied to Saudi Arabia and their allies to continue their aggression in Yemen and the almost daily killing of civilians in the "rebel held" areas? Houses destroyed by Saudi Arabian airstrikes near Sanaa. Somehow I think not as Saudi Arabia, the country that abuses the civil rights of its people on an epic scale, is a "staunch ally" of the West in the "fight against terror" and provides intelligence as well as stability in the area. You may detect a degree of hypocrisy in the stated positions and intent of Kerry and Johnson, which of course is nothi...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-calls-for-demonstrations-outside-russian-embassy-over-moscow-s-role-in-the-syrian-a7356066.html Boris Johnson calls for demonstrations outside Russian embassy  The hypocrisy of conservative politicians, especially now of Boris Johnson, is breathtaking. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he would “like to see demonstrations outside the Russian embassy” he also asks 'Where is the Stop the War coalition?" It seems that demonstrations and those who take part in them are only acceptable when the object of the demo is one which the Tory party agree with and actually promote (an event so rare as to be almost a myth). At all other times, demonstrations are just politically motivated bandwagons (as per Oliver Letwin) organised by extremists and left wing militants (as per any conservative politician you may choose to ask) and are always attended by "Rent a Mob". ...

  http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/russia-helping-is-by-hitting-opposition/ar-BBnDA5V?li=AAaeUIW&ocid=U142DHP Russia 'Helping IS By Hitting Opposition'(says Sky News)   More absolute bollox, enthusiastically reported and endorsed by Sky News. Anything, no matter how absurd, which supports the "Pro Western, Pro Syrian opposition, anti Russian" line will be hyped up, exaggerated and promoted in the hope that some elements of the "gung ho" public will actually accept this claptrap as truth and "spread the word" to others. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and our media, also wish us to believe that all the civilians killed in Syria over the past weeks, have been killed by Russian bombing and that there have been no casualties (apart from ISIS that is) resulting from British, American, French or other Coalition airstrikes. It seems that Russian bombs and missiles are the only ones which have killed Syrian men, women and children. H...

                  http://thefreethoughtproject.com/saudi-arabia-100000-empty-tents-ac-3-million-people-refugees/ Saudi Arabia Has 100,000 Empty Tents with AC for 3 Million People – They’ve Taken Zero Refugees The tents, which measure 8 meters by 8 meters,are air conditionedand fire proof.   Saudi Arabia is a country run by the evil and despotic Al Saud family. The Saudi Arabian "justice" system, executes (beheading) more of its citizens than any other country and is a serial violator and abuser of human rights and civil liberties. Saudi Arabia arms, finances and supports ISIS in its terrorist activities in the Middle East and in Europe. Saudi Arabia is a dangerous and destabilizing regime in the region and in the world. The United Kingdom is a major supplier to Saudi Arabia with arms, munitions, weapon systems and aircraft being at the top of the list of exports. ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-says-the-media-should-have-covered-attacks-in-beirut-and-ankara-as-well-as-paris-a6736381.html The media should have covered Isis attacks in Lebanon and Turkey more prominently Lebanon after deadly Beirut blasts A bomb in Turkish capital   Yesterday, I posted a very similar story and I asked the same questions. There were a number of responses to the post in Guardian, Independent and even here of Facebook, which were in the same vein. These nasty, ignorant, pathetic "comments" actually suggested, or even stated, that the atrocity in Paris was the only story which should be reported because the bombings in Lebanon, Turkey and the continuing attacks in Syria and Gaza were  the victims own fault. I can tolerate being labeled by some as "stupid" or  "a worthless piece of Corbynista trash" or "scum like you" and other, even more colourful descriptions, but ...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/30/syria-us-deployment-troops-obama-special-operations#comments   Obama orders US special forces to 'assist' fight against Isis in Syria White House press secretary Josh Earnest. In 1950, Truman sent "military advisers" to assist the French in their fight against Viet Minh forces. In the 1960's newly elected Kennedy sent more "advisers" to assist (prop up) the Saigon government in their fight against the Viet Cong.  Now, Obama sends US special forces into Syria to “Advise and assist” rebel armies in the northern Syria who are fighting Isis. This western generated mess becomes even more complex with the North FSA/Turkish/Kurdish/Isis conflict with the American advisers supporting 3 of these factions all fighting each other! Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. This time however, the United States is making a complete mess even more insoluble.

  http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/oct/20/steel-crisis-grows-as-tata-unveils-job-cuts-business-live Steel crisis grows as Tata unveils job cuts Hundreds of SSI workers try to find work at a jobs fair in Redcar for steelworkers made redundant . China continues to dump its state subsidised steel onto our markets as another 1200 people at least are made redundant to join the 5000 already announced from the closures of SSI and CAPRO. Against this background Cameron begs for Chinese money for other United Kingdom projects (which will undoubtedly cause even more redundancies for British workers) by welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping on a state visit to this country. President Xi Jinping and his wife arrive in London for a state visit to Britain The Buckingham Palace ballroom set for a state banquet This evening, the Chinese President and his delegation together with Cameron and other "dignitaries" are being entertained at a l...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-seeks-chinese-support-6654559#ICID=sharebar_facebook   David Cameron seeks Chinese support to bomb Syria in talks with president    This is bloody incredible. The British Prime Minister seeking support for intervention in Syria, from the President of a torturing regime, steeped in the blood of hundreds of thousands of people, serial abusers of human rights and civil liberties. Seeking support when the House of Commons has not debated the issue of UK intervention. Seeking support when the Chinese dump steel onto the markets and cause thousands of British workers to be made redundant. The Prime Minister of this country. leaning over backwards in the hope of getting some financial benefit from China in the form of a few more contracts, which will eventually lead to even more British workers being made redundant. A pathetic Prime Minister demonstrating all of his Tory philosophy where money is the ...

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/heres-how-syria-became-hell-on-earth/ar-AAf8uJ1?li=AAaeUIW&ocid=U142DHP     Here's how Syria became hell on earth Bashar al Assad   One of the many sides             Civil War  "The US and its allies have spent the past four years trying to figure out who to support in the conflict, and how. " That phrase sums it up in a nutshell and even right up to now, the US and its allies still have no idea what they are trying to do, or how to do it. The House of Commons may soon be asked (again) by the government to authorise British military involvement in this conflict. Any United Kingdom politician  voting in favour of authorising such intervention, no matter how limited, will be guilty of committing our service personnel to a civil war where there are numerous hostile combatants all fighting against each other and where ther...

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/02/us-coalition-warns-russia-putin-extremism-syria-isis Obama says Russian strategy in Syria is ‘recipe for disaster’   Obama says Russian strategy in Syria is ‘recipe for disaster’. A statement presumably made to convince a skeptical world that the American "strategy" is the only strategy which will resolve the Syrian civil war and bring peace to that troubled area. What President Obama actually means of course, is that any "strategy" which does not recognise and accept the American interpretation of who are the "good guys" in this conflict and therefore should be supported, armed and financed by  the "international community", is wrong and doomed to failure. On the other hand, those groups involved in the civil war of whom the United States disapprove of politically or more likely see no prospect of gaining economic, military or influential advantage from in the "reconstruction...

                      http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2015/sep/08/fallon-says-more-british-jihadis-in-syria-could-be-attacked-by-raf-drones-politics-live#comment-59032405 David Cameron under pressure to explain legal basis for drone attack in Syria        A renegade government, led by Cameron and a small clique of maverick ministers who believe that they have the right to administer state executions where ever and when ever they choose. Leaving aside the deaths of these two Isis terrorists, there is a more fundamental issue at stake. The execution was of two British nationals (who may or may not have been planning something) in Syria, a country who we are not at war with. The House of Commons had rejected British military involvement in Syria. (Notwithstanding this, Cameron has within the last few mo...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/david-cameron-migration-crisis-will-not-be-solved-by-uk-taking-in-more-refugees David Cameron: Britain should not take more Middle East refugees David Cameron: "try to bring peace and stability to that part of the world". "Cameron insisted the best solution to the crisis was to bring peace and stability to the Middle East" It is indeed ironic, that Cameron should use this phraseology, at this time. It would appear that the vast majority of those refugees locked out from Budapest's Keleti  railway station, thousands more in Greece and Serbia and yet thousand more crossing the Mediterranean (and many being drowned in the process), are in fact from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.  Perhaps Cameron and other members of his government could explain how a long term solution, like bringing "peace and stability to the Middle East", will solve, or at least improve the current crisis, today or tomorr...

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/war-against-isis-its-started-but-do-we-know-what-were-doing-9760131.html It's started, but do we know what we're doing? Cameron and Obama at United Nations   A contrived "threat", manufactured, exaggerated and hysterically hyped up to suit the hidden agenda of Washington and London to attack Syria via Iraq and ultimately overthrow Bashar al-Assad. "It's started, but do we know what we're doing?" The answer is "No. We have no idea what we are doing. We only know that al-Assad must go and this might be one avenue to help us get rid of him," IS or ISIL or what ever other label you may choose to put on them, is an organisation now controlling in excess of 5 million people, thousands of square miles of territory, significant infrastructure and an industrial and commercial capability which would be envied by many countries around the world. It is also an organisation which until ...

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/west-poised-to-join-forces-with-assad-in-face-of-islamic-state-9686666.html West poised to join forces with Assad in face of Islamic State Bashar al-Assad   While we will be giving weapons and support to the FSA at the same time presumably. A truly remarkable piece of hypocritical contrivance. This is not the first time,nor will it be the last, when the arms trade has managed to sell weapons in this case via the UK government, to all sides in a conflict. Eighteen months ago we were arming a group, which is now called the Islamic State, as well as the Free Syrian Army, and numerous other splinter groups because they were opposing and seeking to remove Bashar al_Assad, a dictatorial President, who we said, who had "lost all credibility and legitimacy" as the leader of Syria. The British and the American governments were desperate (and still are, but that will have to wait as circumstances have now changed), ...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/iraq-crisis-us-britain-rescue-yazidis-mount-sinjar    Obama was not talking about Palestinians in Gaza.   Barak Obama   The words of Barak Obama demonstrating a true example of the double standard. If we did not know better, we could actually think that he was talking about Palestinians in Gaza. No, he is actually talking about a christian Kurdish minority, seeking refuge on top of Mount Sinjar. He would certainly not wish to upset the Israeli's with comments like,"where countless innocent people are facing a massacre" or even, "when we have the ability to help prevent it – the United States can’t just look away". When it comes to Israel, there is no such word as as hypocrisy. What Obama, "Mr Sincerity" himself actually said was: “When there’s a situation like the one on this mountain – when countless innocent people are facing a massacre, and when we have the ability to help pr...

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/iraq-evacuation-of-yazidis-on-hold-as-us-says-situation-has-stabilised Evacuation of Yazidis on hold as White House declares siege is over things are not as bad as initially feared says a Pentagon spokesman On top of Mount Sinjar things are not as bad as initially feared says a Pentagon spokesman. That is good news for the Yazidi's. Gaza hospitals in dire need of supplies Meanwhile elsewhere, the siege of Gaza continues. The 500,000 Palestinians remain without shelter, the hospitals remain bursting at the seams with thousands of injured civilians, many of which are children being treated two to a bed, the supply of medicines and medical essentials remains critical and food, water and shelter remain in short supply. wards filled beyond capacity and a never-ending stream of injured In Gaza, it is as bad as feared, but nobody in Washington, London,Paris, the UN security Council or Berlin gives a damn. Sh...