Tag Archives: Syria

Of the erosion of international norms of war and the Western commitment to them

Posted on February 18, 2021 by camelotkidd

For the last five years we’ve been bombarded by story after story of Trump being a secret Russian agent directed personally by Vladimir Putin, while the Russians are portrayed as being particularly villainous. Why, dear reader, do you think that … Continue reading →

Posted in deep state, neoconservatives | Tagged George Orwell, Joe Biden, neocons, Operation Timber Sycamore, propaganda, Russia-gate, Syria | Leave a comment

It’s all projection

Posted on July 11, 2019 by camelotkidd

Let’s review what Russia-gate was all about. And no, it wasn’t about Russia interfering in our precious democracy. It was in response to Russian actions in the Middle-East and in the Ukraine that thwarted US plans for domination. Indeed, … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Barak Obama, Donald Trump, Israel, Russia-gate, Syria, terrorist proxy, US foreign policies | Leave a comment

Hard men with guns

Posted on January 3, 2019 by camelotkidd

President Trump announced recently that US troops would be leaving Syria, setting off a firestorm of criticism across the political spectrum and echoed by the corporate media. In the middle of this barrage of negative publicity it’s useful to examine … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barak Obama, CIA, DIA, Hillary Clinton, ISIS, Israel, John Kerry, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, neocons, Operation Timber Sycamore, Russia, Saudi Arabia, seymour hersh, Syria, terrorist proxy, The Redirection | Leave a comment

Lost their minds

Posted on December 22, 2018 by camelotkidd

Liberals have lost their minds over something Trump did. I know, big surprise. This time, what’s got them in a tizzy is Trump’s announcement that he’s pulling US troops out of Syria, where they’ve been stationed illegally as part of … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al-Qaeda, deep state, Donald Trump, ISIS, liberals, MSNBC, neocons, Oded Yinon Plan, Russia, Russia-gate, Syria, terrorist proxy, war on terror | Leave a comment

Profiles in Courage

Posted on September 15, 2018 by camelotkidd

In a courageous speech delivered on the House floor just two days after the nation memorialized 9/11, Democratic Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday slammed Washington’s longtime support to anti-Assad jihadists in Syria, while also sounding the alarm over the current … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al-Qaeda, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Russia, Russia-gate, Syria, US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard | Leave a comment

Quagmires

Posted on September 13, 2018 by camelotkidd

I still wonder if Trump would have carried out his promise of better relations with Russia and less interventionist foreign policies absent Russia-gate? I ask this question because a confluence of events in Syria is increasing the danger of war with … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al-Qaeda, deep state, Donald Trump, military industrial complex, Russia, Russia-gate, Syria, terrorist proxy | Leave a comment

Speaking ill of the dead

Posted on August 30, 2018 by camelotkidd

We’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead but that only applies to normal people like you and I. Politicians like John McCain who’ve spent their entire lives advocating for war while palling around with terrorists and Nazi’s don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al Qeada, corporate media, Donald Trump, endless war, John McCain, liberal interventionists, Nazis, neocons, POW, resistance, Sydney Schanberg, Syria, Ukraine, Vietnam war | Leave a comment

Hero’s of the Resistance

Posted on August 23, 2018 by camelotkidd

The Resistance has embraced a rogues gallery of characters to oppose Trump since his surprise victory over their favored candidate–Hillary Clinton. There’s been former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA) head Michael Hayden, and former Director of … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged disposition matrix, Donald Trump, extraordinary rendition, George W. Bush, Hitler, James Clapper, John Brennan, Libya, Madeleine Albright, Michael Hayden, resistance, Syria, torture | Leave a comment

Do you realize what you’ve done?

Posted on July 26, 2018 by camelotkidd

This obsession with Russia-gate among our liberal elites is absolutely bizarre. I lived through the later part of the Cold War, when President Reagan labeled the Soviet Union the “evil empire,” and I don’t recall this level of anti-Russian … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al Nusra, Al Qeada, Bashar al-Assad, CIA, covert action, Donald Trump, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, invasion of Libya, Iran, Russia, Russia-gate, Shiite, Sunni, Sunni terrorists, Syria, Vladimir Putin | Leave a comment

Look Around

Posted on June 20, 2018 by camelotkidd

The US has been at war since 9/11. First Bush, then Obama, now Trump, waging forever war. With all the outrage directed at the Trump Administration’s actions at the border it’s like Americans have developed amnesia about our forever wars … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Afghanistan, Barak Obama, corporate media, deep state, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Iraq, Libya, NAFTA, Russia-gate, Somalia, Syria, Venezuala, Vladimir Putin, Yemen | Leave a comment