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Guest Post: The Terrible Future Of The Syrian War

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Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market blog,

The last war America fought openly through proxy was the Vietnam War. The idea was not necessarily “new”; General Smedley Butler’s exposé on his career as a conqueror-for-hire, titled War is a Racket, uncovered a long history of bloodshed by U.S. government and corporate interests in third world countries designed to destroy sovereign nations and plunder their resources. This was done through the use of mercenaries for hire, military men acting covertly or guerrilla forces with a pre-existing agenda supplied through back channels.

After our defeat in Vietnam, our government set forth on a program of private warfare.  The "School of the Americas" was formed, also known as the School of Assassins, in Fort Benning, Georgia.  The combat academy churned out some of the most unstable monsters in third world politics.  The U.S. trained and conditioned agents for violent social change and military overthrow, who were then implanted around the world (mostly in Central and South America).  These agents then initiated war fever in the name of cementing U.S. interests around the globe.  Their horrifying methods were seen as a means to an end.

The sad and disturbing reality is that most wars fought by our country over the course of the past century have not been fought on principle. Instead, they have been fought for profit and for the consolidation of power and oligarchy.

Vietnam was a break in the tradition of secret puppet conflicts, sending the U.S. into the realm of openly admitted proxy. The establishment wanted the American people to know that we were supplying funding and weapons to the South Vietnamese nationalists, meddling in a civil war which had absolutely no bearing on U.S. international relations or domestic policy. The rationalization then was that America had to stop the spread of communism. Ironically, the communists of North Vietnam were a minimal threat compared to the elitist communists within our own borders sitting in positions of political power.

Ultimately, the Vietnam War had nothing to do with fighting communism, and everything to do with manipulating the public into accepting the concept of foreign intervention. That is to say, we were being conditioned to think of interventionism as a perfectly normal U.S. policy.

The war in Vietnam was achieved in stages. First, the U.S. aided then abandoned the government of Ngo Dinh Diem, who was assassinated during a military coup inspired partly by Diem’s despotic mistreatment of the Vietnamese populace. Money was then sent to cement the power of the military junta in the name of countering the rise of the communist North. Soon, weapons and heavy ordinance were being shipped to the South. Then, U.S. “advisors” were sent to train South Vietnamese soldiers.

Full intervention was successfully avoided by the John F. Kennedy Administration until his assassination, after which President Lyndon B. Johnson launched into a full-spectrum U.S. invasion which the mainstream referred to as a “police action.”  This invasion was facilitated by the "Gulf of Tonkin event", which is now openly admitted by officials of the day, including Robert McNamara, as a false flag incident entirely fabricated by the U.S. government in order to engineer a validation for outright war.  Simultaneously, Chinese and Russian interests began supplying the North, though their involvement never officially led to boots on the ground.

I rehash this history because I think it is important to note that the Vietnam theatre seems to have been recycled in Syria today, though the cast of characters has been rearranged slightly. This time, the U.S. and Europe has supported the insurgency. The government of Bashar al-Assad has been cast as the “villain”. Russia and China are now playing the role of mediators and peacemakers, while the West now sends men like Senator John McCain to throw money and weapons into the hands of a rebellion permeated with members of Al Qaeda, who decapitate and eat the hearts of prisoners on video, and who, last time I checked, were supposedly our enemy.

The process and escalation of the conflict has been very similar to our adventures in Southeast Asia. Money has been openly sent to the rebels. Weapons have likely been covertly sent (evidence suggests that this program was perhaps a part of the reason for the Benghazi incident and subsequent cover-up). Now, certain parties within the U.S., Israel, and the EU have suggested open armament of the insurgency, while destabilization of the region is blamed on Assad by the Western media.  A false flag event seems to have already been fabricated in the form of a chemical weapons attack.  Samples of a particular Sarin gas incident have allegedly been collected by French journalists from the La Monde newspaper, and have been supplied to the UN.  The UN of course has identified the samples as Sarin and has immediately led the public to believe that the Syrian government was involved, though they have been forced to acknowledge that the insurgents may also have access to similar chemical weapons.  My question is, who the hell is La Monde?  Are we really supposed to believe that random embedded journalists with no agenda have supplied the UN with substantial proof of chemical weapons by the Assad regime?  Where are these samples?  Where were they taken?  Where is the proof that they were taken during a combat incident?  I smell an Iraqi setup special all over again...

In response to the accelerated armament of what many now consider an entirely fabricated revolution, Russia, Iran, and Lebanon have offered aid to Assad. Russia has supplied Syria with weaponry for years, though shipments have increased in recent months, including a new shipment of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles which has infuriated Israel (Israel has claimed it has no intention to escalate, even thought it has twice used airstrikes within Syria’s borders — their anger over S-300 shipments only shows that they intend to continue such aggression).

Iran has a longstanding mutual defense pact with Syria and has stated that any further direct incursions by the West will result in Iranian involvement (though I think it likely that they are already involved sending arms and advisors of their own). Lebanon has supplied actual ground troops to Assad through Hezbollah. They are aiding the Syrian army in what appears to be a successful campaign against the insurgency. Hezbollah was very effective in repelling an invasion by Israel in 2006, causing the United Nations to step in to provide face-saving resolutions and an excuse for Israeli retreat. I believe their involvement in Syria will be a game changer.

I have been writing and warning about Syria’s potential as a catalyst for an expanded global war for years, long before most people had ever heard of Assad, and much of what I have predicted in the past is now coming true. Whether you believe the Assad regime is good or evil, it is important to realize that our government’s involvement in the region has nothing to do with Assad. This conflict is about setting off chain reactions in the Middle East, and, perhaps, even triggering a world war. You can read more about this in my article “Syria And Iran Dominos Lead To World War.”

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:

  1. Heavy weapons will be supplied to the insurgency, including anti-aircraft weapons, leading to increased casualties, especially civilian casualties.
  2. Assad will respond with expanded and deadly airstrikes and ground troops will advance with the aid of Hezbollah.
  3. Iran will begin openly supplying arms, and step up covert supplies of advisors and ground troops.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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).
  8. A no-fly zone will be announced over Syria, enforced by U.S. and Israeli planes, along with anti-aircraft batteries.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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).
  12. 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. It has been the habit of the public to ignore most past proxy wars and then flip on the patriotism switch during the rare occasions that American troops are actually deployed. Given time for adequate contemplation (as well as significant American losses), the citizenry eventually turns sour against the paradigm and demands a change. This time, however, there may be no time for such contemplation. I believe that any forward ground action in Syria on the part of the U.S. or Israel will result in a very fast moving global war.

Such a war would seem like insanity, but it serves a vital purpose for certain special interests. It would provide perfect cover for a global economic crash which is about to occur anyway, except in the midst of war, international bankers can divert blame away from themselves. It would provide a rationalization for overt domestic security and the reduction of civil liberties in the name of public safety. It would allow an excuse for a government crackdown on activist groups, who can be labeled “traitors” who aid the enemy simply by speaking ill of government policy. It would give credence to the ideology of globalization and centralized governance. The elites could claim that sovereignty must be erased and all nations must come together under a single banner so that such a “terrible catastrophe” will never happen again.

The war in Syria will not be about Syria. It will not be about the freedom of the people. It will not be about dethroning Assad or establishing democracy. It will not be about defusing violence in the region. Syria will not be the target; we will be the target — our society, our rights, our nation.

America is in the middle of the most insidious consolidation of power in history and Syria is merely a stepping stone in the game. If we cannot maintain our vigilance and allow ourselves to be sucked into the proxy war façade, the elites will get their global conflict with little to no home opposition. The globalists will win, and everyone else will lose.

 

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Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:32 | 3628468 translator zero
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shit

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:52 | 3628524 maskone909
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Im not too religious but this shit is going to be biblical

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:14 | 3628558 BKbroiler
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or, like waiting for the market to crash, it...will....take......forever.

obama's not getting into a ground war, assad's backed by people who don't want to be embarrased by Israel wrecking their entire military in an afternoon, and china's too smart to be overtly involved.  skermishes and mercenaries fighting with an occasional drone for the next 2 1/2 years before another puppet occupies the white house, after that it's anyone's guess.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:47 | 3628644 otto skorzeny
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If the US economy totally goes to shit(with gas spiking it may soon) these sociopaths will say fuck  it and go for broke to keep the US from breaking apart- diversionary tactic.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 11:07 | 3629833 tango
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ZH is like Revelations - the crash/Messiah is coming soon - all we gotta do is believe in our hearts and it will happen...but it never does. Instead, markets recover, the dollar strengthens, folks go back to work, revenues rise, blah blah.   Unlike Syria, where the majority Sunni finally tired of the Assad religious family dynasty, the vast majority here are perfectly content with the status quo.  Those getting rich via debt are elated, the half living off gov't largess is happy, those with jobs are fairly content.  Think about it,  are folks who reelect a charlatan like Obama with 18% real employment itching for a revolution - or even a change?  

No, it will take a LOT to get the attention of the American people and even as we are truly going down the drain I can hear the same old explanations - what we really needed was more government spending, more regulation and rules, a stronger safety net, nationalized health care and gun control.  

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 13:43 | 3630633 Eveverything
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I was with this article until it said Syria would launch a chemical weapons attack on an Israeli city.  Ask yourself: is Assad suicidal?  Like would he literally put a gun to his head and pull the trigger?  I don't think so.  Yet he would be doing exactly the same thing if he were to launch an attack on Israeli civilians and cause mass casualties.  And to say that the Israeli gov't would set off a WMD in their own city... well, that's a helluva black swan to predict before the fact.  

Then to go on and say that China will decouple from the US economy and throw hundreds of billions of dollars of the economic development their population has come to enjoy and expect  out of principle for the rights of a little country thousands of miles away?  Or that Russia will throw away billions in energy sales to Europe for the same reasons?  You think the leaders of those countries could sell those policies to their own oligarchs?  No way.

Of course, anything could happen, but the most likely scenario is a slow burn war that ends with the rebellion effectively quashed within a year or two without any Western boots-on-the-ground intervention.  Assad ends up living in a villa somewhere with a billion in a Swiss bank, Syria holds sketchy elections and elects a Morsi type Islamist.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 18:54 | 3631627 runningman18
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He didn't say that Assad would launch a chemical weapons attack.  He merely said that an attack would take place, and mentioned false flag.   

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 09:58 | 3629484 thestarl
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"Israel wrecking their entire military in one afternoon",cast your mind back to Lebanon 2006 Hezbollah just itching to take on the jew again.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 11:11 | 3629859 tango
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Oh god, why did Tyler have to mention Israel and bring out all the crazies?  It all sounds like some alternate universe where the ignorance of the Dark Ages suddenly takes hold.  

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:11 | 3628699 Lordflin
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'the globalist will win, everyone else will lose'...

No winners here, just survivors... maybe...

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:58 | 3628539 mick68
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Two years and these incompetent buffoons still haven't figured out that the other side is serious and isn't going to back down. In earlier days when men were men, we said what we were going to do regardless of what anyone thinks and we did it, better or worse. Even world domination.

 

Now that the world is run by panty waste she-men like Obama, they need approval from the "in crowd' before they move a muscle. Weak country = Weak leaders who can't make a decision.

 

 

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:05 | 3628559 maskone909
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What you are not understanding is that you will never see or hear who is pulling the strings. They are all working in unison. War is just part of the theatrics. The real prize is your slavery.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:35 | 3628741 thewhigs
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As Dave Mustaine of Megadeth sings: "Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?"

 


 

 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 09:50 | 3629439 johnQpublic
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symphony of destruction

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtPQ_QJpFIU

 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 03:08 | 3628906 mick68
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The real prize in this case is the port of Tartarus, where Russia ships its extremely lucrative natural gas through to Europe....actually. 

 

I know very well that Obama isn't pulling the strings, but he and those who do pull the strings are still panty waste she-men.  Even the average twit on the street knows these tools want to run the world, do they think their motives are hidden from major world powers like China and Russia? 

 

Get on with it already. The US and Israel easily have the most advanced weaponry in the world, Russia and China wouldn't last 6 months against them. 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 03:45 | 3628921 PhilofOz
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"Get on with it already. The US and Israel easily have the most advanced weaponry in the world, Russia and China wouldn't last 6 months against them. "

 

Oh right! Israeli and US nukes are better than Russian and Chinese nukes. The planet would not last 6 months, nevermind Russia and China.  I've never read a more stupid comment on ZeroHedge and there have been plenty.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:04 | 3629005 Ronaldo
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Nobody is going to launch a nuke over this.  That would defeat the purpose of the event.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 08:26 | 3629196 Urban Roman
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Dear China: 

You have been identified as a target of our war. Capitulate now. 

Oh, and by the way, can we borrow another 1000 tons of Neodymium? 

-- your buddy, 

 The USA

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 04:44 | 3628943 Urban Redneck
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No. The US and Israel don't have "easily have the most the advanced weaponry in the world"

The SS-26s deployed to Iran's northern border are a testament to this.

The prize is in the eye of the (paticipant) beholder, and the different participants have different objectives, this is old-school geopolitics aka herding (man-eating) cats.

 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 07:46 | 3629133 SimMaker
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You really are a stupid prick.

 

Yeah, use your super advanced killing machines to win a war......then some groomed and pissed off Koran holding teenager will walk in to New York with a suitcase sized thing, and Whamo!

 

Your "HiTec" don't mean shit........look how you were brought to your knees by some box cutters..........allegedly.

 

Try talking peace and understanding you dickweed.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:19 | 3629576 silvermail
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If the U.S. can easily win the war against Russia and China for 6 months, why the U.S. can not win in Afghanistan for so many years?
Or do you think that Afghanistan is stronger than Russia and China combined?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 11:15 | 3629880 Saq
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actually, these wars we have been fighting since WWII, we were never meant to win. The globalists like perpetual war. Thats why they always fund both sides of every conflict. Remember that our soldiers are no more than cannon fodder. The globalists could care less how many people die.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 11:15 | 3629881 Saq
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actually, these wars we have been fighting since WWII, we were never meant to win. The globalists like perpetual war. Thats why they always fund both sides of every conflict. Remember that our soldiers are no more than cannon fodder. The globalists could care less how many people die.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:28 | 3628967 Go Tribe
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It would provide a rationalization for overt domestic security and the reduction of civil liberties in the name of public safety. It would allow an excuse for a government crackdown on activist groups, who can be labeled “traitors” who aid the enemy simply by speaking ill of government policy.

If this war spills over to US streets, we might finally get to rid ourselves of our overreaching, globalist government.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:23 | 3628719 tsx500
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+1000 you had me at "panty-waste she-men" !

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:40 | 3628756 putaipan
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ssshhhh!  there goes another year of SEC's productivity.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:48 | 3628773 Anusocracy
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The result of psychopaths making 'decisions' is invariably a disaster.

Better that they twiddle their thumbs than make a decision.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 09:37 | 3629391 Sunshine n Lollipops
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It's "pantywaist", mick. "Panty waste" is something entirely different.....

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:41 | 3628628 TheReplacement
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Iman, "Have you heard anything I've said?"

Riddick, "You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?"

Iman, "That's right."

Riddick, "Had to end sometime."

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:35 | 3628473 kito
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vietnam was a proxy war??? really?? last i checked, there were good ol fashioned american boots getting wiped in the jungles of vietnam.....what proxy is he speaking of? perhaps the lower socio economic class who were doing the bidding of the congressfolks (and their children of the national guard) were the proxies??????

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:45 | 3628497 LetThemEatRand
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Vietnam was a proxy war against the Soviet Union.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:50 | 3628852 Treason Season
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Dumb and dumbers.

The so-called Vietnam war was fought with the full cooperation of the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A.

It's always all about the banksters, not  their proxy countries.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:46 | 3628503 runningman18
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It started off as a proxy war with both the East and West feeding supplies and funds to the North and South.  Then it became a proxy war against the communist Chinese and Russians who were feeding supplies to the NVC.  So, yeah, the word "proxy" fits pretty well, don't ya think?

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:57 | 3628534 jeff montanye
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but the last proxy war?  all that carnage in iraq had nothing to do with saddam's offer of $25,000 to families of suicide bombers' of israel?  ditto the many acts of war committed against iraq?  

to my mind, were it not for the sad fact of israel, the u.s. would not be fighting in who knows how many foreign countries today.  that feels a lot like a proxy war: we're fighting israel's enemies for them.  we're the proxy, or perhaps the patsy.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:58 | 3628541 otto skorzeny
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Ding ding ding... we have a winner.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:40 | 3628758 runningman18
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The last proxy war in which the U.S. sent in ground troops, yes.  Iraq was not a proxy war, though Bush tried to use the Kurds like Obama is using the Syrian insurgents. 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:32 | 3628971 Go Tribe
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Israel: a sickly, phobic nation that should have gotten some backbone and left the nest decades ago. Why mama and papa birds continue bringing it food and placing it under their wings is beyond me. These are NOT God's chosen people.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:11 | 3628572 kito
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a proxy war is one where the country is not directly involved....rather supplies arms and expertise...........afghan war with soviets was a proxy war for us......many central american and south american conflicts were proxy conflicts for the u.s.........vietnam was not a proxy war when it was american lives directly engaged in military action...........dont ya think????????

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:42 | 3628763 runningman18
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We fed supplies and funds to the south for years before we supplied troops.  By your own definition, that is a proxy war.  You haven't really thought this through, have you?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 07:33 | 3629116 kito
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Again, since you have difficulty with comprehension, boots on the ground doesn't qualify as a proxy war...not hard to understand....

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 18:59 | 3631637 runningman18
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I think you missed the author's point.  Vietnam STARTED OFF as a proxy war which then EVOLVED into boots on the ground.  This is exactly what he is warning about in Syria.  Is this really that difficult to understand? 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:55 | 3628856 Treason Season
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All wars are proxy wars for the banksters.

 

“If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” Gutle Schnaper Rothschild
Thu, 06/06/2013 - 02:53 | 3628896 Harbanger
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You're right.  A proxy war means no ground troop involvement.  What's to think?  you're arguing with people that don't even know the definition.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 04:30 | 3628937 runningman18
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Yes, because proxy wars NEVER turn into full fledged wars over time.  We should always apply black and white definitions to all historic scenarios, because that is how the world works after all...

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:04 | 3629003 BigJim
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@Kito & Harbanger

You're all arguing past each other.

The way Brandon Smith's worded the first couple of paragraphs is a bit confusing.

If you reread the article carefully, you'll see he says Viet Nam started as a proxy war, then step-by-step turned into a full-blown, US boots-on-the-ground operation. His key assertion is that this was the first time the 'proxy-war' phase was conducted with public knowledge (prior to this the proxies had been unpublicised). He's not asserting that the Viet Nam conflict was a proxy war in its entirety.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 09:14 | 3629314 Mesquite
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In the world of 'proxy wars' and 'bankers' wars'- solders, pumped up with nationalist propaganda, are sadly, merely collateral damage...Ask Kissenger...

Suggest folks 'zoom out' with their perspective...

And look at the overall picture, aka 'the grand chessboard'..

In fact, there was a book, by this title...,

As I said, over 50 years ago, 'Take care to stay aware..'

Stay safe all..

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:40 | 3628475 LetThemEatRand
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Syria is a pawn.  America is one King, Russia is the other.  China is a queen.  Maybe Isreal is the other, not sure.  All of us are sawdust used to make the board.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:53 | 3628526 otto skorzeny
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It is nice to see the Russians step it up- perhaps seeing their chance to re-ascend to a world superpower with the US on shaky economic ground.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:56 | 3628531 LetThemEatRand
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We may as well be Ruskies.  Half the country thinks a shirtless prick wrestling a Polar Bear is what we really need as a leader.  The other half wants the Polar Bear.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:00 | 3628545 otto skorzeny
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Putin seems to act in the best interests of Russia- I can't say that for any of the other assholes running countries in the world right now.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:10 | 3628570 LetThemEatRand
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So you are in the shirtless prick camp. Duly noted.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:36 | 3628616 otto skorzeny
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Yes-shirtless prick camp- as opposed to queer kenyan camp.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:46 | 3628639 LetThemEatRand
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Yes, those are the two options.  Incidentally, anyone who has a man love for Putin is by definition Gay.  Do you sometimes wonder about your sexuality, or is it just everyone you know who does?

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:52 | 3628661 otto skorzeny
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Your communistic faggotry is apparent to all on ZH.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:08 | 3628694 LetThemEatRand
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And only capitalist non-fags uparrow themselves.  Repeatedly.  In the dark.  To pictures of Putin wrestling something.  Shirtless.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:15 | 3628705 otto skorzeny
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I thought that after a few billion down-votes douchebags like you are kicked off of ZH. Now resume your fantasies of being the meat in a Lenin-Marx sandwich(who were Zionist tools similar to yourself)

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:42 | 3628764 LetThemEatRand
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I don't upvote myself and I don't have multiple accounts.  Unlike you.  Douchebag.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:12 | 3628798 otto skorzeny
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I don't give a shit if you upvote yourself or downvote yourself or shove your vote up your ass sideways and I never said you had multiple accounts. Get over yourself already-always playing the victim.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 02:36 | 3628884 Nikao7
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Putin was/is KGB/FSB.  He is not the knight on the white horse.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:16 | 3629016 MisterMousePotato
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@LetThemEatRand:

"So you are in the shirtless prick camp. Duly noted."

Wow. You even sound like a statist, commie thug.

Don't you people ever look in the mirror? You're parodies of yourselves. Ever juxtapose in your mind Harry Reid and the political officer from Hunt For Red October? Or Hillary! and the block captain in Dr. Zhivago's house?

Always that underlying air of menace: "Duly noted." (Yes, My Pretty, we'll get you and your little dog.)

Ugh.

 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 03:13 | 3628909 Harbanger
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"I don't upvote myself and I don't have multiple accounts.  Unlike you.  Douchebag."

Funny, you've accused many others who disagree with you of the same thing.  From a leftist tool like you, I'll accept that as a confession of guilt.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:33 | 3629640 silvermail
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Putin without a shirt - it a lot better than Obama with no brains.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 02:58 | 3628897 Harbanger
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"Your communistic faggotry is apparent to all on ZH."

LMFAO!!!  You have him pegged! .

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:33 | 3628736 FeralSerf
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What happened to the polar bear? I was just beginning to think you were offering something I could believe in and then you go and dump him in favor of some damned mudpacker.

Bait and switch -- just like a damn democrat.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:11 | 3628799 LetThemEatRand
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Otto has the Bear.  In his room.   With a gag.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:13 | 3628801 otto skorzeny
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You're a fucking tool.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 07:40 | 3629129 ISEEIT
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The point numbskull is that Putin (as totalitarian as he is) does at least appear to act in the best interest of Russia. That VS obozo who quite clearly views America with passionate disdain.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:29 | 3629614 silvermail
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Do you like Obama and you feel yourself like a normal person - not gay? And not an idiot?

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:15 | 3628577 kito
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so long as the best interests of russia serve the best interests of putin...............................

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 02:38 | 3628887 Nikao7
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Exactly

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:10 | 3629009 BigJim
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Yes, I expect if the zionists could offer him enough he'd switch sides like any other high-ranking sociopath. But he already 'owns' 11.4% of the world's landmass - what more could they realistically offer him? A Bar-Mitzvah?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:32 | 3629627 thestarl
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Absolutely, one chilling SOB.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 09:51 | 3629450 dtwn
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Assad actually seems like a halfway decent person.  Watch a few of his interviews, he is very articualte and seems to speak genuinely (as opposed to some other lying leaders we might know).  Now, I'm not saying he is a saint, but he has led one of the most progressive Muslim countries out there.  It is really quite sad that the US et al is explicitly funding the destruction of a country.  

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:34 | 3629644 thestarl
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The guy is an eye surgeon.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:11 | 3628567 Ignatius
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One step closer to getting Iran, so that would make Israel the Grand Wizard?

Murderous psychopaths are in charge, regardless.

We're bringing 'democracy', which is funny coming from a place where a kid can't open a lemonade stand without drawing state attention.  

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:40 | 3628977 CHX
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Israel is the king's beloved secret dominatrix.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:38 | 3628478 otto skorzeny
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The stakes are higher for the Russians in Syria than in the Nam because the Qataris want to break Russia's hammerlock on European NG supply. And of course the douchebag Zionist Israelis love a destabilized region for their own reasons.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:18 | 3628551 nonclaim
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And the article sounds like it was handwritten by none other than Putin himself ...

[this is not sarcasm, I mean it]

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:36 | 3628745 FeralSerf
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Funny how the REALLY important resource is now customers with money rather than hydrocarbons, eh?

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:39 | 3628483 medium giraffe
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Man's inhumanity to man on scale never before witnessed.  It's unforgivable, and wittingly or unwittingly, I'm as much an agent of it as any other.  It's disgusting.

 

Just let it burn, let it all fucking burn.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:15 | 3628709 Ignatius
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A friend suggested that we'll know things are changing when we see a mob chasing Hannity down the street with a rope.  Not to pick on Shawn, but I do recall him saying that his political awareness came alive during the Iran-Contra hearings (oh, the injustice of it all, huh Shawn).  Well, an LA Times reporter just came out and issued an open apology to Gary Webb who got all the essentials of CIA drug trafficking right and admitting that he was part of a group that ruined Gary's career and drove him to suicide.

For Gary I'd like to say to that reporter... Fuck You!

Cliche' alert:  the lunatics are in charge of the asylum.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:01 | 3628787 Anusocracy
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Worse than that: the lunatics are in charge of the armory.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:41 | 3628978 Go Tribe
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Hannity? Your fucking friend is worried about Hannitry? Your friend can end him by simply turning off the BOOB TUBE!

Good grief, tell that bastard we'll know things are changing when the mobs with ropes and chain-whips are chasing Obama, Mrs. Sunstein, Boehner and Dimon down the streets and there are no cops intervening.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 08:23 | 3629195 Ignatius
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The statement was made atleast 10 years ago and refered to 'Hannity' as exemplar, not primal cause.

You struggle with abstract thinking?  You able to listen to a short story without frantically throwing your arm out of place like an attention starved grade-schooler?  "That bastard" is a 40+ year friend that could rhetorically fly you like a kite.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:42 | 3628485 lolmao500
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And then the Lebanese war and then the Iranian war... then who knows... Korea? Africa? Venezuela?

The world powers need a big red wedding where the leadership of every country is wiped out. There's not ONE good government across the entire world. NOT ONE.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:37 | 3628617 GoldForCash
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The best one is Israel...

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:15 | 3629018 BigJim
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Yes, the government of Israel sure does look out for its citizens! Even if they're Arabs!

And Jews all over the world should be especially thankful for the resugence of anti-Semitism that Israel's behaviour inspires.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:43 | 3628634 Dull Care
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Liechtenstein isn't too bad. Point taken though on the whole, they're universally horrific.

Democracy, what a joke.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:03 | 3628789 Anusocracy
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Humanity, what a failure.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:20 | 3629023 MisterMousePotato
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@Dull Care:

"Democracy, what a joke."

In California, democracy is 139 wolves and 100 sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

(No way can we predict the outcome of that.)

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:47 | 3628487 Muppet Pimp
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This piece strikes me as propaganda, no different than any of his other pieces.  Can anyone point to the more precise agenda contained above?

 

 

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:51 | 3628512 runningman18
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The question is, can YOU point to the supposed agenda?  Or, do you just enjoy making baseless accusations? 

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:53 | 3628525 NotApplicable
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Wow. Just don't get it, huh?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:34 | 3628738 Randall Cabot
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The agenda of Brandon Smith is to state what is happening and what could happen but to cover for the jew supremacists who are actually behind it-just like Alex Jones does.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:44 | 3628767 runningman18
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The NWO isn't affiliated with ANY religion or ethnic group.  Saying it's "all the jews" is just laziness on your part.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:08 | 3628796 Anusocracy
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Precisely. NWO is just a mindset. The enemy is not a race or religion, but how some people think.

You know, like a psychopath or a thief.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:22 | 3628812 bunnyswanson
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Don't you think the "new world order" has to do with 1st, 2nd, 3rd world status? 

That the order will be switched around, ahem, making perhaps

1st world nations 2nd world nations,

2nd world nations 3rd world nations

3rd world nations (cheap labor, resource rich, underdeveloped) 1st world nations?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 22:31 | 3632395 Anusocracy
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My interpretation of NWO is extending the nation-state to a world-state.

That's the logical end point to the drive of the alpha-male control freaks.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 02:16 | 3628864 Kirk2NCC1701
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You know, they left it ambiguous:

New-World Order, or New World-Order?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:25 | 3629028 PhilofOz
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Brother Nathanael hey? He's quite convincing and I see very little to contradict what he states.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:51 | 3628775 Bay of Pigs
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Maybe a frying pan to your face would help you understand?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 03:32 | 3628919 TheFourthStooge-ing
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.

Maybe a frying pan to your face would help you understand?

"When I'm gone, you can feel the lumps upon your head, and think about what I said."
-- Ivor Cutler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWO3g1ymhmw

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:43 | 3628489 valkir
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On my way home tonite,i saw surge in gas prices 0.30$ ,4.40/galon bitchez.No other news,so i assume,the war is so close.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:50 | 3628519 otto skorzeny
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Nothing instills confidence in the consumer like a .40 jump in gas prices.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:29 | 3628728 tsx500
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u must live in Shitcago area ?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:36 | 3628743 otto skorzeny
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Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:43 | 3628490 howenlink
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Iran gets the EZ pass.  (For now.)

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:48 | 3628507 lolmao500
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Mexico and the drug lords running it too...

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:45 | 3628981 Go Tribe
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What would be the difference between our nation run by organized crime and its current leadership? A few overt executions of enemies, but beyond that much the same.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:17 | 3629021 BigJim
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 A few overt executions of enemies, but beyond that much the same.

Ah, you mean the mafia would do it in secret? 

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:47 | 3628499 lolmao500
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The "School of the Americas" was formed, also known as the School of Assassins, in Fort Benning, Georgia.  The combat academy churned out some of the most unstable monsters in third world politics.  The U.S. trained and conditioned agents for violent social change and military overthrow, who were then implanted around the world (mostly in Central and South America).  These agents then initiated war fever in the name of cementing U.S. interests around the globe.  Their horrifying methods were seen as a means to an end.

While the scum who did this are still running free and in politics today... and Americans wonder why so many around the world hate the US... lulz. When criminals like Kissinger or Bernanke run around free and are even worshipped as good guys, people who suffered because of these guys policies tend to be mad at the people doing nothing about it...  

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:49 | 3628510 maskone909
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Dayum the author hit the fuckin nail on the head. Boom. Now what the fuck are you prepared to do?!?

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:00 | 3628537 lolmao500
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Assad will respond with expanded and deadly airstrikes and ground troops will advance with the aid of Hezbollah.

How can he do that when his planes are falling apart due to too much use???? Unless Russia supplies him QUICKLY with more planes... it's not gonna be possible.

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.”

I hope you're wrong because this is definitely the catalyst... hopefully Israel does nothing... after all, Syria and Iran have had chemical weapons for decades without using them... so not a good reason to bomb them... IMO Israel will do nothing ... unless it's NATO is prepared to go FULL SCALE WAR ON SYRIA... if not... it won't happen.

A violent attack will take place in Israel, likely against a civilian population center (I would not be surprised if chemical weapons are involved).

If that happens, you better believe Israel might nuke someone. They'll retaliate to WMDs with WMDs...

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:05 | 3628553 otto skorzeny
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Russia is supplying surface-to-air missile batteries to Syria- that is a lot more economical than keeping planes flying. Without the US go-ahead Israel does nothing and with Turkey in chaos they sure as fuck aren't going to help. And who said anything about WMDs- do we have to re-visit that old NeoCon line of bullshit?

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:06 | 3628561 lolmao500
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Yeah but you don't use S-300s to bomb rebels.

Yeah Turkey is quite interesting. To fuck with NATO, Russia could start arming various rebels groups in Turkey... for payback.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:51 | 3628658 DeadFred
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You are of course assuming the turmoil in Turkey that started because someone was going to 'cut down some trees' isn't already being fomented by Russia. I imagine Russia has it's own version of the School of the Americas (the Soviet Union did) and maybe, just maybe some of the grads made it to NATO next door neighbor, Turkey.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:54 | 3628668 otto skorzeny
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Iran has been known to meddle in its neighbors affairs- the Persians have been involved in intrigues for thousands of years.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:38 | 3628837 Bobportlandor
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Oh I think you are so close.

Iran is 65% Persian. 

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslims.

Questions:

Does Russia like Muslims?

Does the US like Muslims

Does India like Muslims?

Does EU like Muslims?

Theses stupid backword religious nut jobs hate everone else not like them so much they are willing to eat each other hearts and if need die.

I bet all the above countries would, could deal with Iran. I think Iran is a smoke screen.

Russia and US are playing good cop bad cop setting up the Muslim factions into killing each other.

I could be wrong but Iran sure has disapeared from the news. But maybe middle east war is in the cards as a cover, we'll see.

 

 

 

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:59 | 3628676 lolmao500
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Yeah well people don't like Erdogan religious BS... maybe Russia is helping it... but it was the same in Syria, at first, it was legit... then Assad started killing protesters... then legit people started fighting (wouldn't you??)... then extremists took over... now most FSA fighters are probably extremists and foreigners.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:16 | 3628961 Acet
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I know quite a number of Turkish people.

What's happened is all about Erdogan (their Prime Minister) trying to impose religious laws in a dictator-like fashion (to the point of personally ordering - a power he doesn't have by law - that bars in a certain area of Istambul could not serve alcohol). He's also been jailing journalists and anybody that speaks against him. Last but not least, the vast majority of Turkish people don't want a war against Syria (and seemingly are not being deceived by the false flag bullshit concocted by the Turskish government).

The trees in the park were just a catalyst: by now, most people are demonstrating for the above mentioned reasons, not the trees.

(Also note that most of Erdogan's party support are the uneducated and highly religious peasents from the countryside, not the city-dwellers. It's in the cities that you see the demonstrations)

 

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:32 | 3628825 Tompooz
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   "They'll retaliate to WMDs with WMDs..."  

 

Yep, in the usual pressure-cooker-to-nuke ratio.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:46 | 3628983 Go Tribe
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Israel responding with WMDs will unleash a world of jew-haters. Their nation will cease.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:58 | 3628538 catch edge ghost
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If we are discussing it then the deed is already done. I use my crystal balls to decorate the bunker. It's a good thing.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 22:59 | 3628542 booboo
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It disturbs me to no end to watch and listen to fellow "Christians" yammer on about how we must protect ISraaaaeeeelll, they have bought hook lin and sinker into the modern ChristianDumb hokem about the "Holy City". For me, mind my own business, love my neighbor as myself and let me worship my God the way I want without interfering in anyone elses right to do the same as long as they don't try to harm me or my property. America has lost it's way and they are being helped along by the useful idiots that fill brick buildings all over this land each and every day only they will come to find out they are twisting their own hanging rope one thread at a time.

I really am not afraid to die anymore, too many friends I had were chewed up in this war machine called America and I will be damned if I will allow one fucking boot on my neck under the name of "spreading DemoCrazy" Maybe this place ain't worth fighting for anymore but damned if my family ain't good enough reason to twist a few tits on the way out the door.  At least those "pinko long haired hippies" had enough balls to stand in front of a hoard of cops and say "enough"

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:22 | 3628591 Kirk2NCC1701
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What amazes me, but perhaps shouldn't, is that Christians in Lebanon and Syria are getting zero protection from the US or Israel.  Not even from our "assets".  Have to admit that had they been something other than Christians or Muslims, the 'protection' would have been different. 

"Things that make you go Hmm".

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:39 | 3628622 otto skorzeny
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Assad ran a secular country and many Christians are fighting in his army- that doesn't get too much MSM coverage. You don't wanna know what the rebels are doing to Syrian Christians-again- no MSM coverage.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:48 | 3628986 Go Tribe
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Yep, Christians will be slaughtered and their hearts cut out and eaten by the rebels, while the jewish military and CIA advisors sit on their hands.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:28 | 3629032 MisterMousePotato
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Egypt, too. And Saudi Arabia. And Indonesia. And the Sudan. And ... well, shit, where's my atlas?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:47 | 3628770 FeralSerf
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It's not about religion. Religion is just something that's used to motivate the sheep. Preachers don't call them "my flock" for nothing. It's about money and power. Absolute power.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:03 | 3628686 Boxed Merlot
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The ability to obtain objective information about this current conflict is incredibly difficult.

Disputes occur when the desire to have what someone else has escalates to the point where a person can disregard the pangs of personal conscience and appropriate it by force or deceit.  Some see this ability to disregard the pangs as a virtue, I prefer to see it as vice. 

I do not see this particular conflict as a prophetic fulfillment of John’s Revelation in any way other than a general application of the good vs. evil ultimate end of time scenario. 

The supreme irony is that after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70AD, to which John was warning the elect in Christ to prepare for, all records attesting to any person’s claim to a physical blood line relation to Jacob / Israel was forever lost. 

And even with the use of DNA today, as far as I can tell, there is no “Jew” DNA test available to lay the issue to rest.  Anyone can claim heritage to whomever they want, as we’re all at best, bastards.  Our only hope in a very real sense to be in any biblical familial relation is through faith and adoption.   

The fact is, the current citizens of the country known as Israel could actually have less or no actual blood associated with their beloved patriarch than those claiming Abrahamic lineage through Ishmael or any of Katura’s other sons.

I’m not sure if the legacy of the US will be a favorable one in the final annuls of time, but I believe its foundations were initially set on the rock.  But even foundations can crack and fail, the rock, however will endure.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:51 | 3628774 RichardP
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And even with the use of DNA today, as far as I can tell, there is no “Jew” DNA test available ...

The term Jew came to be applied to those from the Southern Kingdom, specifically, those from the Tribe of Judah (or Jewdah).  Don't forget that the 10 Tribes that formed the Northern Kingdom were conquered and carried off by Assyria, and have been lost to history.  But they also had/have a direct physical blood line relation to Jacob / Israel.  These 10 Northern Tribes were part of Abraham's offspring (along with Ishmael and the other brothers) to whom the promise was made.

You need more than a "Jew" DNA test.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 01:40 | 3628841 Tompooz
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   "You need more than a "Jew" DNA test."

 

 

All that is needed is a common self-identification.   

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 06:29 | 3629033 BigJim
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Exactly. As a sociopath looking to enlist a bunch of cannon-fodder, if you can get enough people to believe they're a member of your 'tribe'*, and that this tribe has certain rights, then you're good to go.

*Could be ethnic ('Jews'), cultural ('mafia'), religious (too many to list) etc.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 03:23 | 3628914 Boxed Merlot
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The term Jew came to be applied to those from the Southern Kingdom...

 

I was being a bit flippant and I apologize.   I didn’t mean Ishmael should be counted among Katura’s offspring either.  That would make Allah worshippers upset too I suppose.  But there’s no way to prove they’re descended through Ishmael / Hagar any more than a citizen of the current country known as Israel as having been physically descended through Jacob / Israel or even Judah as you mention.

The point is, it’s all a matter of faith and the religion angle is a smoke screen used by extremely covetous manipulators to coerce weak minded and ignorant persons to exchange their individual ability to reason logically for the temporary comfort of being part of a “family”.   Imo.

 

 

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:00 | 3628543 IridiumRebel
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I love Brandon Smith. The article is plausible, however, is the scenario possible? Yes. The key lies in the deflection of economic policy mistakes with ready blamed circumstances resulting in further plunder; lose, lose. No good guys is the truth. No mention of nukes, but the next "Big One" will employ such destructive capabilities. It just plain sucks all around.

Long bunkers.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:01 | 3628548 pickupthatcan
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Well, that article was just a bowl of fucking sunshine. 

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:04 | 3628555 lolmao500
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This article is one step below ``worst case scenario``... worst case scenario... nuclear war.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:04 | 3628554 Dr. Engali
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You know what I will never understand is how a nation of relatively descent people can have vermin like this in positions of power. This doesn't apply only to the U.S. Almost every individual I've met, regardless of where they are from, have been no different than me in the aspect that they just want to be left alone and raise their families. Yet we have scum like this wreaking havoc across the globe.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:18 | 3628584 Totentänzerlied
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Lol. Voters who attempt once a year or whathaveyou to use the power of the state for personal gain at the expense of others using implied threat of force "just want to be left alone"?

People who support regulation, taxation, war, redistribution, central planning, etc. "just want to be left alone"?

They've got a real fuckin bizarre way of showing it... or 'hypocrisy' doesn't even begin to describe such behavior.

No, what they really want is to be left alone ... in a safe and secure and comfortable environment where tough moral/ethical and economic choices never need to be made.

Like sheep, at pasture. They don't want to perceive the control, but they'll go batshit crazy if it were to suddenly vanish. Because they are emotional children, and they know that being adult involves things like tough decisions, challenges, failures, sacrifice, and all those other things the statists promise to help them avoid ever having to encounter ... for a price.

Eric Fromm's "Escape from Freedom" is instructive.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:48 | 3628649 Dull Care
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Eloquently stated especially about making moral/ethical and economic choices. The sheep might be decent on an individual level but they absolutely love power tucking them into sleep after hearing a good lullabye.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:27 | 3628597 Bernankenstein
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Indeed Dr. I feel exactly the same way. Before the onset of the war in Iraq, I wrote a letter to my congressman Mark Kirk, pleading for him to attempt to help stop the insanity...to no avail. He and all others in power are apparently utterly psychopathic and delusional. Maybe they have been that way all their lives or maybe it happens when they go to Washington and become brainwashed and indoctrinated. It is a surreal nightmare that we allow this system to continue...

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:41 | 3628630 otto skorzeny
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You do realize that homosexual Kirk(and Durbin) was put into power by the Chicago Jewish families that plucked Obowelmovement from obscurity - right?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:15 | 3628711 LetThemEatRand
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Do you have issues with homosexuality, shirtless Putin fan?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 07:49 | 3629138 lolman
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With homosexuals, no, it is their bussiness who they wanna fuck

 

But faggots that wanna redefine traditional institutions like marriage because "muh feelings"  and "muh equality", yep i do

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 23:55 | 3628670 samsara
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There is a folder for each guy all the way along his career.   Photos,  conversations, etc.

They can bend, break, Wallstone, nearly every body.   It ain't brainwashing.  

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 00:14 | 3628706 Clashfan
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Well, brainwashing can be included, especially if SRA occurs in childhood.

But all are bent toward the satanic cabal, one way or another.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 04:42 | 3628940 hootowl
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Satan is the god of this world.  In such a place, the scum will rise to power.

If you pay taxes, you are financing this insanity.

STARVE THE BEAST!!!

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