7th November 2016 Tony Cartalucci New Eastern Outlook A nation is its institutions. If those institutions are overrun and no longer exist, so too does the nation itself cease to exist. Institutions range from the offices of government, to education, to agricultural and economic development, to the management of natural resources, national infrastructure including energy…
7th November 2016 Craig Murray Virtually every mainstream media article or broadcast on the United States aerial massacre of Syrian government troops, manages to work in a reference to barrel bombs as though this in some way justifies or mitigates the US action. It is a fascinating example of a propaganda meme. Barrel bombs are…
7th November 2016 Vanessa Beeley For, 21st Century Wire Two myths pervade the NATO-aligned accounts of the Syrian conflict with greater persistence than all others. First is the “peaceful uprising” suppressed by “violent and brutal government security forces, armed to the teeth,” and the second is the 2013 Ghouta chemical attacks. Both have been largely…
The White Helmets’ is a 2016 short documentary that claims to portray the Syrian ‘White Helmets’ in their struggle to save civilians in war torn Syria, from bombs dropped by the Assad regime. The film claims to follow a non-government volunteer organization (NGO) known as the Syrian Civil Defence Unit and showcases a great deal…
I was trying to actually take a short break from posting for a while; but the sheer level of BS being spewed as international powers desperately seek a renewed premise for military intervention in Syria is just stomach turning. The BS propaganda game is accelerating more every day. On TV, on the radio, in newspapers,…
14th September 2016 “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” ~ George Orwell. The media furore surrounding the now viral image of wounded Syrian child, Omran Daqneesh, in terrorist-held eastern Aleppo, Syria is still raging, while the push back against the tide of western-sponsored…
14th September 2016 Apologies for lack of posts lately. I have just returned from an extended visit to Syria and the border towns of Lebanon/Syria. My visit included meeting with Syria’s President, Bashar Al-Assad as part of the US Peace Council delegation itinerary. Syrian Arab News Agency report on this meeting 28/7/2016: “Damascus, SANA-President Bashar…
5th August 2016 Vanessa Beeley 21st Century Wire As the battle for Aleppo gathers momentum and the encircled terrorist factions respond violently to the strangulation of their supply lines and diminishment of their territory in eastern Aleppo, CNN goes to extraordinary lengths to obfuscate US connections to these terror gangs, romanticise the role of terror…
14th July 2016 Vanessa Beeley 21st Century Wire “My land is a stone of thirst and pain. My land is a bread as hot as my heart. My land is a river of hatred and resentment.” ~ Ignazio Delogu “Sa Terra Mia”, Sardinia In his 1921 novel, Sea and Sardinia, D H Lawrence said, “This…
14th July 2016 Vanessa Beeley 21st Century Wire “Thank you very much. It’s a great honor and pleasure for us to have a man I’ve admired – most of us have admired – for many years, a man who – U.S. Naval, served in Vietnam, won the Purple Heart – I mean, three Purple Hearts,…
The Wall Will Fall 