GAS ATTACKS IN SYRIA— TOO TIMELY, TOO FREQUENT, TOO OBVIOUS
Only a week has passed since President Trump shocked the Pentagon, the military, our “intelligence’ establishment (and some of our ME allies) by announcing his intention to “bring the troops home from Syria”. The response from the military-espionage-deep state was swift and clear. Although the nation as a whole agree that Mr. Trump was right in his intentions to end our misguided involvement in Syria—but the “deep state” makes its living perpetrating covert attacks and fighting wars—-and are against withdrawal of troops anywhere— for any reason. Foreign players too have the means and powerful motives to drive the President into actions which suit their national interests and strategies. They of course do not benefit Americans—and as we have learned about the last trillions of dollar “Bush” wars, they generate only negative economic impacts for our citizenry.
Lo and behold only a week after the President’s announcement, we hear reports of another unconfirmed poison gas attack on Syrian civilians. Frightening pictures of children with foaming mouths appear on our TV screens. Videos of first responders—suspiciously wearing no protection gear as they handle and treat victims —are streamed repeatedly across cable news outlets. The circumstances and timing of these new “gas attacks” are so timed and so advantageous to the strategies of unknown foreign agents and terrorist groups (and are so similar to previous “alleged” gas attacks) that they sharply spike one’s suspicions of a manipulated or fake news story. Mr. Trump’s previous precipitous, “knee jerk” reaction to a similar gas attack report in which he bombed an air base in Syria only add to the suspicion that terrorist groups or foreign agents believe that he could again be goaded into an attack beneficial to the Syrian insurgency (or others) with faked or staged gas attacks.
The timing, motives and circumstances simply do not add up to a credible charge against the Syrians or Russians. Think of it.
Syrian government forces have after all these years of fighting, in effect, won the war. Small pockets of resistance remain here and there in western Syria, but those places are mostly surrounded by government troops. It would be a monumental miscalculation for Assad to even consider using chemical weapons when he has won. It is simply not credible.
As for the Russians...they have been recently smeared and humiliated around the world as a result of a still unproven charge of poison chemical use in the attack on Sergei Skripal in Salisbury UK, which the Russians have hotly denied again and again. Why would they purposely stir up similar charges—in a war in Syria in which their client state is winning handily.
No, this is not a likely move from the former head of the USSR’s formidable KGB. Putin is too good of a chess player to make such a move.
But the world is a dangerous and complex place—and the ME is the epicenter of Byzantine imbroglio. I suggest that we look elsewhere for the perpetrators. There are many other groups here in the USA, and around the world that would profit from “jiggering” the US President into a foolish attack on Syria. which could blow up into a regional conflict that upend the President’s entire domestic agenda. The timing and motives suggest that Syrian terrorists, ISIS, al Qaida and other elements of the Syrian insurgency, would have the opportunity and motive to STAGE such an ATTACK.. That holds true for the Kurds, and other dangerous “players” in that region, the Saudis, Israelis (who have powerful motives) and others as well who would profit hugely by a staged “gas attack’.
It is uncontested by anyone that there is no confirmed evidence of who was behind the attacks if they indeed occurred. It is also uncontested that a costly, bloody war with Syria and Russia would put an end to the promises of the domestic agenda the populist Mr. Trump was elected to enact. For the USA to act precipitously and without proof and without due diligence is foolish and very dangerous. It would only underscore the calumny heaped on this President before the election.
I can see the Democrats, the neocons, the scary McCain war hawks, Mr. Mr. Brennan, Mr. Clapper, Mr. Mueller, Mrs Clinton, and the resistance movement all rubbing their hands with glee were President Trump to permit himself to be manipulated, jiggered and controlled with obviously fake news that would destroy the promise of this presidency.
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