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Mid-East Coup: As Russia Pounds Militant Targets, Iran Readies Ground Invasions While Saudis Panic
Back in June, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimaini, visited a town north of Latakia on the frontlines of Syria’s protracted civil war. Following that visit, he promised that Tehran and Damascus were set to unveil a new strategy that would “surprise the world.”
Just a little over a month later, Soleimani - in violation of a UN travel ban - visited Russia and held meetings with The Kremlin. The Pentagon now says those meetings were “very important” in accelerating the timetable for Russia’s involvement in Syria. The General allegedly made another visit to Moscow in September.
The timeline here is no coincidence. Iran has long provided covert and overt support to the Assad regime via financial transfers, logistical support from the Quds, and via the involvement of Hezbollah in the Assad government’s fight to regain control of the country.
As we’ve documented extensively over the past several weeks, what appears to have happened here is that Iran, unable to simply invade Syria in support of Assad (because doing so would obviously be a disaster in terms of preserving the optics around the P5+1 nuclear deal), turned to Moscow which has in the past used Russia’s Security Council veto to block the referral of the war in Syria to the Hague and which is a known ally of both Tehran and Damascus.
While it’s unclear exactly what the pitch was to Putin, Russia clearly saw an opportunity to advance The Kremlin’s geopolitical agenda at a key time in history. Moscow is keen to put on a brave face amid the most contentious standoff with the West since the Cold War (as a result of the conflict in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea) and amid the related effort to preserve Gazprom’s market share in Europe.
In short, Putin looks to have viewed this as the ultimate geopolitical win-win. That is, Russia gets to i) expand its influence in the Middle East in defiance of Washington and its allies, a move that also helps to protect Russian energy interests and preserves the Mediterranean port at Tartus, and ii) support its allies in Tehran and Damascus thus preserving the counterbalance to the US-Saudi-Qatar alliance.
Meanwhile, Iran gets to enjoy the support of the Russian military juggernaut on the way to protecting the delicate regional nexus that is the source of Tehran’s Mid-East influence. It is absolutely critical for Iran to keep Assad in power, as the loss of Syria to the West would effectively cut the supply line between Iran and Hezbollah.
The same dynamic is playing out in Iraq. That is, Iran is fighting ISIS via various Shiite militias just as it’s fighting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen via the Shia Houthis. It is thus extremely significant that Baghdad has agreed to share intelligence with Syria and Russia, as that effectively means the Iran-backed Shiite militias battling for control of Iraq will enjoy the support of the Russian military.
What should be obvious here is that this is a coordinated plan.
The Kremlin has effectively agreed to bring the might of the Russian air force to bear on Assad’s opponents in Syria and on Sunni militants in Iraq in support of Iranian ground troops and because the US and its allies have failed so miserably in terms of fielding anti-Assad rebels who don't turn out to be extremists, Putin gets to pitch the whole thing as a "war on terror." It would be difficult to design a more elegant power play.
If you think that’s far-fetched, consider the following just out from Reuters:
Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria in the last 10 days and will soon join government forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies in a major ground offensive backed by Russian air strikes, two Lebanese sources told Reuters.
"The (Russian) air strikes will in the near future be accompanied by ground advances by the Syrian army and its allies," said one of the sources familiar with political and military developments in the conflict.
"It is possible that the coming land operations will be focused in the Idlib and Hama countryside," the source added.
The two sources said the operation would be aimed at recapturing territory lost by President Bashar al-Assad's government to rebels.
It points to an emerging military alliance between Russia and Assad's other main allies - Iran and Hezbollah - focused on recapturing areas of northwestern Syria that were seized by insurgents in rapid advances earlier this year.
"The vanguard of Iranian ground forces began arriving in Syria: soldiers and officers specifically to participate in this battle. They are not advisors ... we mean hundreds with equipment and weapons. They will be followed by more," the second source said. Iraqis would also take part in the operation, the source said.
And then consider this, also just out (via Reuters):
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it would consider any request from the Iraqi government to conduct air strikes against Islamic State inside Iraq, but said it had not yet received such an appeal, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
It cited the foreign ministry as saying it would evaluate the "political and military" logic of such a move if a request was forthcoming.
Finally, to drive the point home and further confirm the veracity of the thesis outlined above, here’s Saudi Arabia panicking at the prospect that Russia’s presence is set to completely disrupt the Mid-East BOP (via Reuters, yet again):
Saudi Arabia, a leading foe of President Bashar al-Assad, demanded his ally Russia end its raids on Syria, saying the strikes had caused civilian casualties while failing to target the hardline Islamic State militants Moscow says it opposes.
In remarks at the United Nations in New York, a senior Saudi diplomat suggested both Russia and Assad's other main ally Iran could not claim to fight Islamic State "terrorism" at the same time as supporting the "terrorism" of the Syrian authorities.
Saudi ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi expressed "profound concern regarding the military operations which
Russian forces have carried out in Homs and Hama today, places where ISIS forces are not present. These attacks led to a number of innocent victims. We demand it stop immediately and not recur."
"As for those countries that have claimed recently to join in the fight against ISIS terrorism, they can’t do that at the same time as they support the terrorism of the Syrian regime and its terrorist foreign allies like Hezbollah and the Quds Force and other terrorist sectarian groups," he added in comments broadcast by Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television.
ISIS is a common acronym for Islamic State, also known as ISIL. Lebanon's Hezbollah Shi'ite militia openly fights on behalf of Assad's government, and the Quds Force, part of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, is also widely believed to be aiding Damascus.
It would be difficult to overstate the significance of what appears to be going on here. This is nothing short of a Middle Eastern coup, as Iran looks to displace Saudi Arabia as the regional power broker and as Russia looks to supplant the US as the superpower puppet master.
Do not expect Saudi Arabia and Israel to remain on the sidelines here.
If Russia ends up bolstering Iran's position in Syria (by expanding Hezbollah's influence and capabilities) and if the Russian air force effectively takes control of Iraq thus allowing Iran to exert a greater influence over the government in Baghdad, the fragile balance of power that has existed in the region will be turned on its head and in the event this plays out, one should not expect Washington, Riyadh, Jerusalem, and London to simply go gentle into that good night.
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I like Jews, I dislike their leaders. Those coming in hate both. Pull your head out of your ass.
I am pretty happy with all of these developments. Obama looks like a jackass, and we have no business being there.
LET Putin have the middle east. Good luck with that sandy shithole!
THe biggest loser here is Israel. Boo hoo.
This article is curiously light on mentions of Israel.
Howz about someone explain the cozy Saudi Arabia/Israel relationship to me?
Or I could give it a shot. The House of Saud are crypto-Jews. and their brand of extreme Islam (Wahhabi) is designed to divide and CONQUER the Muslim world.
Of course, must be true
Heard here on ZH
It's as true as anything else you think you know.
"This article is curiously light on mentions of Israel."
Indeed it is......there is very great danger in criticism, or even acknowledgement of its supremacy in the ME...whether by US representatves in CONgress or by a private entity of any sort that would like to prosper or even survive the massive onslaught of the Israeli power centers located in the US if someone threatens her defacto invisibility. I'm not criticising her.....just remarking upon an obvious fact, in a neutral sort of way.
"This article is curiously light on mentions of Israel."
That's because it's their (Zio/Jewish/Bankster) shitshow. Not supposed to train the Goy, you know.
Basic psychology. If you want someone to do something (or know something), tell to either do it or not do it.
Want them to not do something or know something - don't mention it at all.
I did not realize how many America hating pro russian internet trolls who comment and respond to the comment section. It is possible a few people some how bump up the likes on the anti-America and her allies comments?
America may not be perfect, but it is the best thing going in this world and the only country that spends its treasure and sacrifices the lives of its people to try and do the right thing for the greater good of all. The world would be a far worse place if the chinese and/or the russians were allowed to control the shipping lanes?
Your hatred and jealousy of America has blinded many of you to the great things that America does everyday. The U.S. takes in as many permanent immigrants than the rest of the world together. When refugees come here, they can become Americans, unlike most of the world, that kicks them out as soon as they can. Additionally, the U.S. donates more money than all the rest of the countries of the world combined and responds to disasters around the world without regards to what country or peoples are affected.
No country of the world does more and asks for less than America. Yes we have our problems and obama is an amatuer, pathological liar, and even evil, but he will pass.
God bless and watch over all of you, especially, those who are caught in the middle of this insanity that is Syria, Iraq, Yemen and many other countries of the world today, Respectfully, American Warrior
Well said, many people here know nothing of the world.
Prepare to be flamed by all of the basement dwellers on this site as they jerk off to Putin posters.
Change already the training manual - tiring to read divorced from reality miserable shit.
AW and Reggie I feel for you, I really do. It's difficult to accept how evil, destructive and hypocritical our government has been over the decades. But the truth is very simple.
Just a few decades ago young women in the middle east went to college and wore bell-bottoms. Radical Islamist had no political power. There were hospitals and schools and some decent modern cities. Today much of the middle east is an absolute pit of hell. The US is 100% to blame for that.
And what is our reasoning? War on terror. There is NO war on terror. There is NO war on women. There is No war on drugs. There is NO war on poverty. All of these crap slogans are designed to push programs that make billions of dollars in endless schemes that will go on and on forever because they are designed to never be won. They are designed to illicit support, unlimited funding and political leverage.
The US has the nerve to send men into Ukraine to try and get a deadly hot war started and then they were surprised to find out, most Ukrainians didn't really want to set their cities on fire and murder each other. So the US started paying mercs to do the shooting. Can you imagine the FIT the US would have if China or Russia had mercs setting up camps 10 miles from Texas I-10 (or is it I-35?). What we are doing there is WRONG.
AW, I think you mentioned WWII. Ok let's quickly remember Eisenhower made it a crime for German civilians to feed German prisoners of war. It was a crime punishable by death. We let 50k to 60k men starve to death under our "care" on purpose. There are horrible tales of these men trying to eat any blade of grass that dared to grow. Just stupid kids who were talked into becoming soldiers, exactly like our stupid kids that were talked into becoming soldiers.
I'm not saying I hate my country. I AM saying 99.99% of the world's violence has nothing to do with protecting freedoms or whatnot. It is ALL about money. They are all bankers war's fought to make people you will never see obscene amounts of money. And there is no war too bloody. There is no body count too high. There is no suffering too great to convince them they have enough cash or power.
Don't fall for it. Our flag is lovely, but don't let some banker psychopaths use it to trick you into supporting their insanity and ruthlessness.
4000 green arrows!
Jesus Fucking Christ on a bike!
America may not be perfect, but it is the best thing going in this world and the only country that spends its treasure and sacrifices the lives of its people to try and do the right thing for the greater good of all. The world would be a far worse place if the chinese and/or the russians were allowed to control the shipping lanes?
Somebody please tell me this is MDB's new account! Please!I know, Ace! It was such a sad, pathetic statement, I actually felt bad for him. :p
GEC,
Empathy is a virtue.
I suck at it.
You however, excel.
Thank you!
"America may not be perfect, but it is the best thing going in this world and the only country that spends its treasure and sacrifices the lives of its people to try and do the right thing for the greater good of all".
Well that's the meme that has been shoved up our asses my entire life now approaching 70. But for all this patriotic dribble of having done good and dying so others can live free and happy, and believe me I bought it hook, line and sinker until you finally realize that some people, some corporations, have grown rich on the backs of all this dying for happiness shit that has been spoon fed to us all, especially if you have gone to government schools. Netanyahu threw out the 6 million Jew thing again today. Do you realize the 6 million figure dates back to WW I??? http://zioncrimefactory.com/the-six-million-myth/ Jewish scholars have themselves reduced the 6 million to 1.5 million. https://socioecohistory.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/jewish-estimate-sees-number-of-holocaust-dead-drop-to-2-8-million/
I use this as just one of a million misrepresentations (lies) we are and have been fed daily for our entire lives. If you desire to lie to others as to the virtue of America then fine, but I know different now!! Note: I am not saying the American people are evil, but their leaders sure as hell have been. The real tragedy of you and everyone like you (including formerly myself) is that you are lying to yourself. By the way, and this will astound you, Kennedy was not shot with a single bullet that bounced around hitting Connally, the windshield frame and secret service agents...gasp!!http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v1n2/deaths.html
<The truth hurts
<Truth will set you free
Rev, I'm about ten years your junior- but I'm real proud, damn proud of you!
Most folks I meet will just glaze over and begin talking about what they saw on teevee last nite when they bump into guys like us.
If I don't see ya'
In this world
I'll catch you
On the next one
Don't be late!
Thanks for showing yoir ignorance dumbfuck muritard.
Pfft. You're either a paid troll or the dumbest yank yet.
America is the right hand of the world Zio banking cartel. They are absolutely the worst thing on this shithole of a globe, and they spend their treasure and sacrifice lives to make certain that the Zio will is done - ie hell on Earth for everyone, including their own.
Only a paid or programmed robot would think that taking in "permanent immigrants" is a positive. It's not - when your own goverment favours barbarians over its own its called TREASON, not "a great thing".
The US government sticks its nose in everywhere not because it is the "World Policman", but because it is the World Terrorist.
You've been drinking way too much of the Kool-Aid, time to give it a bit of a rest.
Stop with this BS about Russia being "too good" to do ruthless actions in their own interests.
They will do anything to further their agenda, just like everyone else.
Caitlyns fake tits can't sell enough war bonds to get us out of this
Weren't they the inflatable kind?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Inflatable-Blow-Up-Boobs-Breasts-Drag-Queen-Stag...
I am not going to click that link knukles, no matter how awful it might be.
pods
It's not awful ... maybe cheap, disgusting and in poor taste, but certainly not awful, pods. I wouldn't do that to you.
lol
Don't do it pods! It's a trap!
:-)
I clicked. Can't help myself. Wasn't bad. Pretty decent price actually. Quality suspect I think. Plastic boobs... I can think of a million uses (mostly stuff that would get me fired).
Do they come with a built in bottle opener?
Soon to be standard GI issued. Sort of a neo may west for our Bella lgbt shock troops. As our new sec of the army takes over . Forward!
Hey, Knucles - who wants to suck on a tire valve anyway ?
Real is better, methinks.
Just costs more. ha ha.
You forgot to include Israel in you US Saudi alliance. No monor oversight. BTW, Russia didn't "annex" Crimea. Crimea voted in favor of Russian rule. Get over it.
0bama has thrown in with Iran.
Israel and the Sauds are on their own.
I'm not sure how so many miss this.
No one cares. Whiny semites that they are.
Civilians (women and children included) have been dying by the hundreds of thousands in Syria for years while the US continued to support the proxy armies that contributed to the instability.
Barry, you're doing a heck of a job.
Now the US would have us believe that supporting an elected government that has requested help is committing a Coup!!! What sort of morons dream up such drivel?
That's not the question Lucky.
What sort of fuckwitt swallows it as truth?
With President Zippy and Ketchup-Boy running things, we're basically screwed.....
Having Trump or Rand Paul in charge would be better, as Trump said he supports Russia taking out ISIS. But what would happen if Fiorina or Rubio were prez? Things would probably be a lot worse in this situation.
I've given some thought to this, and after checking the religions of all the candidates, Trump and Rand are Presbyterians. However Rand converted from Episcopalian. The rest are Southern Baptists and Catholics. Bernie on the other hand seems to be worshipping at the altar of Alzheimer's.
Standard Disclaimer: Historically, on the huge plus side, Andrew Jackson was a Presbyterian... as was Eisenhower.
On the minus side, Woodrow Wilson. But Wilson's problems can be explained easily. He was the son of a Reverend.
Now I don't know about the rest of you, but I'll take a Presbyterian over a Catholic or a Southern Baptist anyday.
There's a reason behind this.
The word “Presbyterian” comes from the Bible, from the Greek word for “elder.” The Presbyterian denomination takes its name from its form of church government, which is to be governed by elders. There are various types of church government, such as “hierarchical” – the Roman Catholic, Episcopal and Methodist churches; “congregational” – Baptist and Congregational churches; and “representative” – Presbyterian Churches. The Presbyterian Church is a representative form of church government in which the congregation elects church officers to lead the congregation. The Presbyterian Church is representative at every level...
Notice the key word: "Representative". Bonus: and Presbyterian services are always short, because we have other things to do. Like speaking our minds.
With a warmblood stallions dick.
Will make your eyes water for sure.
They are evil scum but seriously what have the GOP-e, Congress, the military, SCOTUS or anyone else done to stop these criminals? This includes the criminal Bushes and Clintons who did the same genocide middle east crap.
I can't stand him but Bill Clinton was better on the border than the Bushes and had fewer wars except the UN genocide in the Balkans. Plus Bill had a few false flags and murders of Americans like Waco, OK City and Flight 810 (the TWA flight).
The USA is totally corrupt. When you have white males cheering on Trayvon and Jameson (FSU quarterback) rapaists and thugs like girly cheerleaders then the USA has whites engaging in suicide. Loving their thug ball players like little girls.
I think it will all be fine. News today is John Kerry may be up for the Nobel prize. Put two of these together and the next thing you'll get is the invention of dynamite!
That's what it will boil down to, plain and simple.
Gog and Magog? Anyone?
Ah, the Reality of Myth and Lore.
BTW (And not to be the least bit religious, just pointing out) that in Genesis, it is said that "He reneweth the Earth". WTF? What's with the Renew stuff?
Like it had already once before been zapped and needed renewal?
And to make the point even further, other "brand name scriptures" have the same odd language.
Gog and Megog, indeed?
The earth is constantly being renewed and kept going
otherwise it would perish
entropy
Gog and Megog
Russia in Persia headed for Israel
The great war involving all the world soon enough
100% accurate
No way out
But keep yakn yr crap in the mean time
All the Jonathan Pollard Bibi-firster Evangelicals over at Free Republic are going on about Gog and Magog.
Russia has been a Christian country for 1,000 years or more. 700 years more than America and Rev. John Hagee - Bibi's point man for selling out the goyim.
Russia lost Christianity for 80 years when non-Christians came in and murdered 25 million Christian Russians and Ukrainians. Alexander Solzenitsyn was among the many who pointed it out.
The Bolsheviks were from New York City, London, Germany and were backed by Europeans and American tribal bankster klans. They murdered 25 million Christian Russians - doing God's work as Llyoyd Blankfein and Goldman Sachs would say.
Oddly, most of those Free Republic Jonathan Pollard Christians love Goldman Sachs Ted Cruz.
So if it is Gog and Magog or whatever - the Russians have been Christians for 1,000 years, putin is a Christian and Russia is acting far less like Sodom and Ghomrah than the USSA, EUSSR, Canada, NZ and ghey Auatralia.
While there may, or may not, be Christians in the Russian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopalian Church, the Lutheran Church, the United Church of Christ, et al, (as there are far too many denomiations to list), it does not mean that any of those institutions are Christian. or, behave as Christians..
Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus command the Christians to kill the infidel.
"Love your enemy. Do good to those that persecute you for My name's sake."
Christianity is not about a war in the realm, but in the realm of good and evil, between spirits and principalities.
And as for that scripture that states that He did not come to bring peace but will set brother against brother, et al, with a sword...well the sword is the Word of God and it does do all which he prophsized.
When the prophecy that Damascus will be leveled, and it will be, is fulfilled, will any of you still scoff and disbelieve? Well the leveling of Damascus is looking quite likely at this point, doesn't it?
But you will still scoff and disbelieve while the whole event unfolds right before your very eyes as far too many of you are just too deluded and blind to see it.
And nothing will change the facts as if happens.
You can downarrow this. The fact will not change not one tittle or by one jot.
Gog and Magog it is.
As we head to the showdown in the Meggido Valley, foretold some 1900 years ago...you will still refuse to believe it.
And that is what is sad, Freddie.
Damascus may be leveled as foretold 1900 years ago but it may be 1900 years from now when it happens. In the meantime we'll just have to take your word on it since we might not be here to witness it anyway unless....you are claiming it will be in the next...days...weeks? By the way...who is Freddie?
That's Psalms 104.
"Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth."
socalbeach, many thanks for the correction.
Magog, in Quebec? Cool! That place could use some Action.
Punch and Judy
"And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq."—meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008
Thank God we have a Magic Kneegrow President!
yah but the half white part is racist!
The Irony of it all is just so wrong for so may reasons
He's just a typical half white racist person, after all
Half of him hates the other half while the other half just sits around on his dead ass.
Right away there's a problem. Did anyone else catch it?
Just a little over a month later, Soleimani - in violation of a UN travel ban - visited Russia and held meetings with The Kremlin.
What we're dealing with here is what we'll be dealing with continually with the rogue Iranians -- they will be trying at every opportunity to violate UN management of the nuclear deal just as they are violating the UN travel ban. Senator McCain has been warning about this.
"Senator McCain has been warning about this. "
Senator McCain has been warning about violating international laws and not respecting UN mandates? You don't say? Does this mean the USA will stop its illegal interventions in the Middle East?
Will Senator McCain return to Syria and further arm the rebel killers oops I meant our allies? Hopefully he does and gets caught in a dragnet, Ruskie if he's lucky, Chinese if he's not. The Chicoms would keep him canned in exchange for info on those buildings.
mcCain in a mideast pow camp= poetic justice. torture optional
McChurian makes the Stockholm Syndrome look like fucking Braveheart in comparison
Senator McCain belongs in a retirement home.
McCain belongs in a shallow unmarked grave for traitors.
Senator McCain belongs in a bamboo cell.
A miffed Bibi is shocked that no one applauds his UN speech. Maybe he can draw bombs and red lines again.
He glares at them like a little bitch. The Jonathan Pollard conservatives over at Free Republic are upset.
NOTE: I am a conservative but I support AMERICANS and Christians.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3343463/posts
Obola's American ghouls UN reps also refuse to applaud.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3343468/posts
I don't know the background on the "travel ban" but I trust the man was polite. Probably dressed in green. Was anyone killed during said travel? Yeah, pretty gross violation. Heinous.
p.s. Tyler, I would prefer something else than "annexation", perhaps "succession and subsequent re-unification"?
well played, i caught that too. How about a lawful vote where 95% + of the Crimean populace voted to JOIN RUSSIA.
Fuck that war criminal songbird. McCain can't die soon enough. A pox on his house.
5-Stars to DJ
McCain is a NWO piece of dung.
The McCain family has been selling out American sailors and Americans for at least 6 decades.
His old man sold out the USS Liberty. Johnny supposedly almost sunk the USS Forrestal (note - the chosenites supposedly murdered Sec Forrestal because he opposed the creation of you know what).
Johnny McCain and horse face Kerry-Kphn also sold out American POWs and MIAs.
Hopefully there is a place in hell for the McCains.
did you forget the sarc tag?
I think you forgot the sarc tag, formadesika3.
EDIT
Oops....I see someone beat me to it.
So what you're saying is that the Iranians will look out for their national interests whether or not the global elite approve?
How dare they?!
"....in violation of a UN travel ban...."
Out of curiosity has any US or Israeli leaders been subject to a UN travel ban?
I think it's in the TSA travel guidelines?
In reply to Haole, first post on the thread . . .
Bob Marley had it right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVUc6TZBJyE
Too bad smokin' goot bud maan doesn't get it dunn.
Such beautiful sentiments, though!
The sheep will never resolve to kill the wolf, over and over and over again, as an unfortunate yet necessary routine for maintaining peace and justice.
Psychopaths seem to be inextricably linked to success by moral blindness and cowardice among the sheep.
Call to RadicalMarijuana on Line One, please.
Warmongers have wicked, shifty eyes, and laugh in a cold and calculating manner. They pinch little children.
Reference Carly Fiorina.
Clearly Propaganda, a bunch of bs in this article, Lebanese informants claim....blabla, quoting the Rothschild company Reuters is the wa to go for an unbias opinion right....
What day does open season start for Iranians?
In your head, full of shit from Pindos, of course - the most peaceful thoughts!
when you arrive there pissant
perfect...
far too many Ameridumb chicken hawks....
Why don't you head on over tough guy?
here you go, falcon flight, you zionist faggot - go help the country you care about most kill MOAR people who are guilty of resisting Israeli aggression:
Israel preparing for ground invasion of Syria
http://www.hangthebankers.com/israel-invasion-of-syria/
Remember - squeeze don't pull, always have water and gauze on you, and when you jump out of planes, remember that the ground is further away than it looks.
also - I hope you get a nice lower gut shot and they can't get to you for hours and hours. You deserve that.
fuck you and every other chickenhawk armchair warrior cheering on this shitshow.
Let me guess, you voted for Obama?
The day after Bibi and John McStain choke to death on a thousand Russian cocks.
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A sea change in the Middle East. Israel and the imperial U.S. have been outmaneuvered. They must either back off or raise the stakes. Given the leadership in the U.S., there is no cause for optimism in regards to better policy. They will find a way to escalate.
once upon a time only the French could fuck things up as much as the Obama administration
+1000 WW1 ...french, WWII French, Veitnam...french, you are on to something....
Don't forget who conducted their first bombing raid in Syria on Sunday.
Minus 1, because you forgot: American Revolution . . . french.
Israel is none too happy with developments, and given their history of attacking British and Americans, like the King David Hotel bombing in 1946 (by Irgun before Israel was declared a state), the 1967 assault on the US Liberty, and 9-11, they certainly have the capability of attacking the US and making it look like the Russians did it. That's not to say the Saudis wouldn't want to do a false flag attack also, they're just not competent enough.
You don't think Putin grabbed Nutty Yahoo by his cock and whispered, one false flag and I'll give it all to hezbollah
That's why I was speculating they would attack the US and not Russia. An attack against the US blamed on Russia would cause the US to attack Russian forces, igniting a battle between the two. Of course the Russians could retaliate against Israel if they were able to figure it out in time, but they'd have their hands full dealing with the US and NATO immediately. And in this hypothetical Israel wouldn't have attacked Russia.
And just what kind of attack on Russia do you think the U.S. will make? More sanctions?
We Americans have a long history since WW2 of only attacking weak little countries filled with brown & yellow people. The stakes are too high now for playing shoot 'em up with countries that have nuclear arsenals. See No. Korea for a prime example. No one messes with Pakistan, or India, either, which is why Iran wants the bomb so badly. Can't blame them. Their entire region is a powder keg, and countries from around the globe keep inserting themselves in the madness. Iran needs the bomb for self preservation, and one day they will get it....even if they buy it from Pakistan or NKA. After all, NKA got theirs from Pakistan.
It's a M.A.D. M.A.D. world.
Speaking of India and N. Korea, check this out.
http://news.yahoo.com/odd-partnership-ties-warm-between-india-north-kore...
FYI
Carly Fiorina calls for WW3: Enforce no-fly zone over Syria & take down Russian jets if needed!
10-01-2015
This woman is an obvious psycho.
She talks fast and has a sack full of bumper sticker talking points that must have somehow become her reality.
This ought to be the end of her run. Let's see what Trump does to her with it. He just said let Russia take care of ISIS.
There is just too much going on in the world. I can hardly keep up!
There is now, no way in hell that all hell doesn't break loose. We have hundreds of micro interest groups flinging bombs, bullets and bullshit in every direction.
Iran and Hezbollah can or will simply claim (tongue-in-cheek) that they are:
(a) Helping ME peace and protecting Israel, by containing ISIS/ISIL
(b) Helping the Anti-ISIS/ISIL Rebels and Freedumb Fighters: "The Enemy of my Enemy is my Ally"
(c) Helping collect the US arms that ISIS/ISIL got from the Free Syrian Army (FSA). They promise not to Reverse Engineer any weapons in Iran, Russia or China. No fowl* play will happen on their side.
* pun intended
And they promise to give regular interviews to FOX, CNN, 60 Minutes, and Charlie Rose, to help juice their TV ratings, and to donate to Dem and GOP Election Campaigns. Especially to the Clinton fundraising. They also pray fervently for Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein, Janet Yellen, Jim Kramer, Carly Fiorina, Sen. John McCain, Sen. John Kerry, PM Benjamin Netanyahu, King Abdullah II of Jordan, King Salman of KSA, and (last but not least) King Salmon of USA.
This is how it ends.
Nope. It ends with 75% less humans on Earth.
This is just the continuation of the beginning.
more likely 100% less humans
One can only dream.
Save the planet - destroy the humans.
That's an amazing piece of logic!
the sauds are worried about civilian casualties. that's rich.
Some boys might get killed.
"Do not expect Saudi Arabia and Israel to remain on the sidelines here."
How about USrael?
Israel did so well in 2000 and 2006 against Hezbollah in S Lebanon. (sarc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzVEduKGUws
The Saudis are getting their asses kicked in Yemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_RUgRtpUKc
I think if either Israel or the Saudis get involved they will get their asses kicked.
Obama, Susan Rice, Valerie Jarret, Ash Carter, John Kerry, all idiots AND pussies! James Clapper's days are numbered.
Pretty much any "leader" or person of power in America since 1963 - all idiots.
America is headed by a CLUELESS Mangina, and Vlad knows this. Look at all the women this guy surrounds himself with, from the family (including the Wookie's mom) on up.
Mr. O'Bama (the Prez with a funny name) is a SERIOUS PANTYWAIST
It's never possible to take anybody who uses childish language or name-calling seriously.
Try again, in adult words.
Hmmm. You ain't from around here, are you?
A fresh 2 week wonder.
Why don't you try again? Go ahead. Defend the Obama administration and amaze us all with what we don't know about the pissants crawling around the White House, Congress, and all the various 'agencies' that serve us so well.
"Hmmm. You ain't from around these here parts, are you stranger?"
Pretty much any "leader" or person of power in America since 1963 - all idiots
Did you write those words?
Is calling them "all idiots" an example of "name calling"?
Need I take you and your hypocrisy seriously?
The UN has a travel ban on someone from Iran yet John McCain can travel and be photographed with the head of ISIS?
This country is a fucking joke.
Oh and Saudi Arabia can choke on a bag of camel dicks, IMHO. They are the worst fucking place over there.
They will be glass before Russia accedes to their "demands." I would not shed a tear either.
pods
Think what a political coup it would be for Iran to be in control of Mecca...
That's definitely a possible outcome. I do think Iran will eventually control the Saudi oil fields to the east. I'm not sure if they can make it all the way to Mecca, but they could have proxy control if the Houthis of Yemen invade the Hijaz. There is no love for the Saudis among most Muslims, so their downfall will be celebrated. When (not if) the House of Saud falls, Mecca and Medina will be up for grabs as the ultimate prize in the Muslim world. I think Egypt would attempt to take control of Mecca when the Saudis collapse, so we may see a new rivalry between Egypt and Iran for power in the Hijaz.
In my opinion, Mecca would be be better run by the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar of Egypt, who is peaceful, moderate scholar who would eliminate the Wahhabi influence over the holy cities and make friendly overtures to the Shia. The Egyptians have been controlled by the Anglo-Zionist axis, but they are beginning to pivot to Russia. So Russia might arrange for Egypt to take Mecca and Iran the oilfields.
If, on the other hand, Iran took control of Mecca directly, they would definitely destroy the Wahhabi legacy and rebuild many of the holy sites demolished by the Saudis. But my main concern would be that radical Shia might end up going to their own extremes to not just elimiate Wahhabi extremism, but mainstream Sunni influence in the hoy cities (as radical Shia have done in post-revolution Iran). Historically both Sunni and Shia were a welcome part of the fabric of Mecca and Medina. The Wahhabis have crushed the Shia in the Hijaz, and it would be a tragedy if the Iranians did the same to mainstream Sunnis who have no quarrel with them.
If the Shia do prevail in the Arabian Peninsula, the Houthis might be the best alternative to Iran directly controlling Mecca. The Houthis are Shia, but belong to the Zaydi Shia branch, which is the closest Shia sect to to the Sunnis. The Iranians could exercise influence over Mecca through their Shia brothers, but the Zaydis would not destroy the Sunni legacy in the holy cities, so everybody wins.
the egyptians can't even feed themselves, and their exploitable resources are few.
Excellent analysis, Rhett. Too early to say, of course. I am a long-term optimist [and 'merican muslim] and would actually look forward to a REAL peace between Israel and its neighbors but find that the one country that Muslims should be proud of, Arabia, is the source of much of what has gone wrong in MENA ... not seeking to pinpoint all blame on them but some productive evolution would help.
Bit tired of all the spilt blood. all this shit is wreaking havoc with my travel plans...../sarc
Remember there are a lot of innocent slaves in KSA. It would be nice if they could be spared.
Waiting for Chinese troops to arrive to complete this clusterfuck. Then it will be checkmate for the bomb and terrorist and democracy dealing West led by the Nobel Prize Winner.
Every Saudi loss is a victory for humanity.
I heard my System Architects & Programmers joke among themselves, that "If China sends troops into Syria -- and lots of them -- I might start buying cheap Chinese stuff at Target again".
It would be terminally embarrassing for the US Foreign Policy, if Russia and China manage to bring peace back to Syria, and perhaps to Iraq. It would also give credence to the (Globalist) arguments that the world now needs a World Government, if it is to end the raging world conflicts. In some circles, this is called "Pull Demand", rather than the "Push Demand" that the US is using. Something to think about.
We have truly entered into crazy world now. It's surreal to be on the wrong side of this fight and watch it all go down.
Good luck to the Chinese, Russians, Syrians, and Iranians. I'd say their average citizens on the street are probably good people despite some of their leaders. In the US however, everyone is a jackass (present company, myself, and a select few excluded).
Get the US off this ride, I'm going to be sick.
I believe none of this is accidental or ignorance or even specific malice, but a deliberate destabilization to drive us into the arms of this single world governance, to be ruled by relatively few while having a very many bosses indeed. We will finally have the transparency we always wanted only to discover it does not come with accountability. Actually it will be in direct defiance of accountability, a statement of fact that we have no other choice, no means of resistance, no hope of anything in our future but a very obvious boot on our neck.
The hilarious part is if the Israelis panic and attack into Syria.
THEN it gets really interesting.
The US is leading from behind. Push or Pull it's all from the rear.
All under the guise of the US and it's puppets stressing ISIS must be wiped out. Well, here you go.
There has to be a pushback somewhere - financially or militarily.
The problem with pushback is that every action breeds a reaction.
We start using the SWIFT threat, and other countries start seeking an alternative system. We put on sanctions, and our allies get hurt. WE try to use the IMF, and the BRICS start setting up their own counterpart. On and on it goes, as America adjust to other countries giving us the finger. This interlocking world is mostly our creation, and things hum along kind of O.K., until they don't. The leverage America once had has been badly weakened, especially by the god-awful leadership and actions here over the past 15 years.
Part of strategy to get Saudis to accept something other than FRN for oil.
LOL! How bad will this look if the Russians and their allies eliminate and stabilize Syria before X-mas?
Fucking awesome, just glad it isn't our blood and treasure being spent honestly.
Our treasure will have to be spent to replace all the equipment that is being blown up.
Long Toyota.
pods
I think we all know by now that regardless of the war, someone will get rich.
Unfortunately it is usually the same suspects...
same as it ever was...
"...just glad it isn't our blood and treasure being spent"
If, as many here agree, Contractors and Mercs are being used by the US, then you won't have to worry about the "our blood" part.
Hired guns will get top-notch medical treatment, wherever they can find it in the world, and where the price is right. I rather doubt that they are looking towards Walter Reid, Obamacare or BlueCross/BlueShield, or towards $10k/day US hospital stays if they pack privately.
I doubt the Empire of Chaos will allow this to wrap up nicely in favor of peaceful sanity. Putin has kept clear of the trap for the past 15 years but now he's going to get bled while CIAsis put the merc fees on its no-limit credit card. ZioMIC 101, it's easier to destroy a society than to build one.
Just who's treasure do you think went into arming, training, and funding ISIS? Too late. Also, do you wonder what color skin is under the black paramilitary fatigues they wear? I wishi I had the video to link but I do recall watching a group firing an AA gun in Mali a couple years ago. The gunner's clothing was very loose and when the gun recoiled the breeze caused it to flap up and expose his I'm-totally-a-white-man-in-Al-CIA-duh-clothing legs.
Christmas celebrations in Syria.
http://photos.aleppousblog.com/2012/12/syria-christmas-celebrations.html
Absolutely sickening what the USSA and others have done to this country where Christians, Muslims and others get along for the most part. Syria is one o fthe first if not first country or area where Christianity started or spread.
it has been great fun to watch the US/Saudi/Israel alliance behaving like a startled maltese terrier running around in circles barking and pissing at the same time
The sheer depth of vocabulary and general vernacular of ZH readers continues to amaze! LOL!
You should probably distinguish between readers and commenters. I'm sure many readers cringe at some of the more acerbic/bigoted/ill-informed/profane (take your pick) comments posted here.
Welcome to Fight Club...bitch.
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