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| Obama's Syria War Is Really About Iran and Israel | |
| 2013-09-08 | |
| [TheNation] The dirty little not-so-secret behind President B.O.'s much-lobbied-for, illegal and strategically incompetent war against Syria is that it's not about Syria at all. It's about Iran--and Israel. And it has been from the start. By "the start," I mean 2011, when the B.O. regime gradually became convinced that it could deal Iran a mortal blow by toppling  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... of Syria, a secular, Baathist strongman who is, despite all, an ally of Iran's. Since then, taking Iran down a peg has been the driving force behind Obama's Syria policy.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #18 See also RELATED BHARAT RAKSHAK > [OpEd News] STRIKING RUSSIA THROUGH SYRIA. Both Artics make me kinda wonder about the Bammer's ulterior agendas + geopol fociis vee China-vs-Japan, PHIL, India, etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-09-08 23:59 |
| #17 #12 it is The Nation; a hard lefty rag I'm afraid I had no idea. If someone would be so kind as to work up a list of such things, that would be terribly helpful. Well, there's Horowitz's thingy, often my second or third stop when I'm seeking slapdash enlightenment on such things. |
| Posted by: Woolsack Deutscher1907 2013-09-08 23:54 |
| #16 Red-diaper baby-founded, Stalinist in their outlook, and Anti-American. Is he talking about our President? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-09-08 23:02 |
| #15 tw there is a pretty good list at the political magazine website on wikipedia however they do use the magazine's own self identification thus Mother Jones and The Nation are called liberal instead of 'hard left' as I would call it or 'Stalinist' as others would call it |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-09-08 21:04 |
| #14 "Stalinist in their outlook, and Anti-American." And those are their good points.... |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-09-08 18:37 |
| #13 hard lefty rag doesn't begin to describe them. Red -diaper baby-founded, Stalinist in their outlook, and Anti-American. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-09-08 17:04 |
| #12 it is The Nation; a hard lefty rag I'm afraid I had no idea. If someone would be so kind as to work up a list of such things, that would be terribly helpful. On the other hand, after reading Frank G's link on the editor's connections, I have to assume the ideas there get a hearing at the highest levels, and therefore do matter, however utterly stupid they might be. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-09-08 16:28 |
| #11 I took it that it was posted in the "know your enemy" sense, #8 grom. But then I know the reputation of the rag that published this. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-09-08 15:43 |
| #10 one of the problems with the opinion section is that it matters greatly whose opinion it is and for one thing you can't always tell from the title and second some people can't identify the who simply by the source for example in this opinion it is The Nation; a hard lefty rag so the title could have been Hard Lefty Mag says Syrian war about Iran and Israel of course this has the difficulty of making the titles long |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-09-08 14:32 |
| #9 There's someone (Vladimir Visotzky, Translation by Boris Gendelev) who say it better than I Song of an Antisemite Russian title: Antisemity Just being a hoodlum appears so trite I ought to convert to an anti-Semite This cause might not yet have the law on its side But millions of zealots support it worldwide One would get a thrashing if I so decide But I need to know who is a Semite What if they are held in the highest regard What if for the trouble I get myself barred But my drunkard pal with a wider worldview Said that a Semite is just a plain Jew Well, I am in luck, as it would appear I am reassured there is nothing to fear I worked up resolve, cause Albert Einstein Was once a respected icon of mine The people, forgive me, but I have to ask Should Abraham Lincoln be also unmasked? Among them, are many who suffered from Stalin And highly respected by me Charlie Chaplin My dear friend Rubin and victims of Nazism And even the founding father of Marxism But my drunkard buddy said after a job The blood of the infants they drink, every drop And I over drinks in a bar overheard That they long ago crucified our Lord Without more blood they simply can't do They tortured an elephant right in a zoo Against our people committed high treason And stole all the crops of the previous season Along major highways they grabbed all the lots Built luxury dachas and live there like gods I'll maim and I'll burn, just to make them pay dues To save our country, I club dirty Kikes! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-09-08 12:19 |
| #8 You need to be a little more specific than that, g(r)omgoru. Cause the article is standard "anti-zionist" barking. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-09-08 12:14 |
| #7 You need to be a little more specific than that, g(r)omgoru. There may be a second-order grain of truth in the article, but on the first order he thinks it's crap. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-09-08 12:06 |
| #6 Considering Obama ignored the Arab spring uprising in Iran and has done little to deter Iran or to protect Israel. I think this is reach for another excuse for support action in Syria. |
| Posted by: airandee 2013-09-08 10:24 |
| #5 The Nation also employs empty-headed commie Katrina Vanden Heuvel |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-09-08 09:24 |
| #4 Shame on you for posting this, TW. You need to be a little more specific than that, g(r)omgoru. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-09-08 08:38 |
| #3 Shame on you for posting this, TW. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-09-08 01:29 |
| #2 "Honestly, I don't know what to say." Obviously, neither does he. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-09-08 01:04 |
| #1 and its also due to global warming and also due to insufficient margin tax rates for high incomes and also because of insufficient pay for teachers and because of low minimum wages |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-09-08 01:01 |