In 2014 Sky owner and media mogul Rupert Murdoch won the ADL Award. The honour was clearly awarded for a reason. On occasion, Sky changes itself into a state propaganda service. The video above shows such an event . Sky crudely cut off the former commander of the British Armed Forces, Jonathan Shaw, as soon as he went ‘off script’ by suggesting that the Syrian regime couldn’t have been behind the Douma gas attack. General Shaw attempted to point out that chemical warfare is a desperate act, not something you would expect from the Assad regime that has basically won.
If you have just 60 seconds watch this brief video.
Before yesterday, I had not believed that America would be foolish enough to lead an attack on Syria. My rationale was simple. The Russians have recently deployed their most sophisticated, yet untested, S-400 air defence system in Syria. The Russian S-400 is designed to intercept America’s 1970’s technology Tomahawk cruise missiles. I thought that it could be a fatal blow to America and to NATO to be in a situation in which many of its Tomahawk Missiles targeting Syria were downed by a Russian anti aircraft system. I was pretty sure that American military leaders wouldn’t take such a risk and certainly not for Israel. I was wrong. America, Britain and France did take that risk. According to the Russians and the Syrians most of the cruise missiles were downed. If Syria and Russia are telling the truth, NATO is an obsolete military joke. Maybe we should actually thank Israel for bringing this all to light.
Israeli press reported last week that in a telephone conversation PM Netanyahu and President Trump grew tense over Trump’s announced intent to withdraw US forces from Syria. We know that Israel has been distressed by Assad’s victory. Israel can’t bear the alliance among Hezbollah, Iran, Assad, Turkey and Russia that is happening on its northern border. Israel has openly announced its refusal to allow Iran to gain momentum in Syria.
Israel wanted to see someone, like the USA and NATO, to get involved in escalating the opposition to Assad. So it is not exactly surprising that that the three countries that were willing to provide what Israel wanted are the three countries notorious for their forceful and hawkish Jewish lobbies. In the USA, AIPAC’s domination of foreign affairs has been the subject of extensive academic research. In Britain 80% of the Tory MPs are members of the belligerent Conservative Friends of Israel and in France the CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France) is known to be the most forceful body in the land.
Earlier this week it seemed as if WW3 might be close. No careful observer of the Middle East could miss that Israel and its supportive pro war lobbies have been, somehow, at the center of all of it. But now it seems that Israel and its lobbies have pushed America, Britain and France to act against their own national interests. This morning, following the recent criminal, yet futile, attack on Syria it is clear that NATO isn’t exactly a military powerhouse. It is a decaying Zionist tool. It is not ready for a war. For the time being WW3 has been postponed. I guess we can at least be grateful to Israel for that.
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Being in Time – A Post Political Manifesto,
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Atzmon’s album Exile was BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. Playing over 100 dates a year, he has been called “surely the hardest-gigging man in British jazz.” His albums, of which he has recorded nine to date, often explore the music of the Middle East and political themes. He has described himself as a “devoted political artist.” He supports the Palestinian right of return and the one-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Yep it is all pretty simple and ugly…
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It must be insufferable for Israel to have to sit and watch a once defenseless Syria become stronger and more defensive militarily. By the time Russia has implemented a few final touches to the Syrian defense capabilities to a higher order of magnitude over the coming weeks, the war-hawks of the Knesset will have had their talons pared perceptibly. Russia/Israel ties are beginning to fray at the edges and yesterday’s farce reinforced this view by Putin now declaring the probability of further S300 systems being sent Syria’s way. Israel’s operations capabilities in Syria are also likely to be further curbed. Trump it appears, has exposed the Israelis to ridicule by today’s events with the US Joint Chiefs all but saying – wisely as it happens, ‘don’t expect any help against Russia when push comes to shove.’ That is it as it will be, because having avoided all probability of confrontation with a formidable enemy, Russia now rules the roost. Israel’s conundrum is, at what cost? They need merely consider Trump’s crumbs and how he succumbed – clueless and sucking a thumb in his gob.
Very nice article and very thoughtful and insightful.
No doubt Israel was alarmed at the Trump announcement. It appears that someone or some thing has control over Trump. He is saying things in a way he would not normally. In 2013 he was against calling Assad names and getting involved. In 2018 he calls him a derogatory name and puts pressure on Putin.
Do they have dirt on Trump? It makes you wonder.
Yep it is all pretty simple and ugly…
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