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2019-04-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Sharmine Narwani exposes the fabricated media narrative on Syria

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Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Among these are Robert Fisk, Sharmine Narwani, Vanessa Beeley, Carla Ortiz, Eva Bartlett and Elijah Magnier.

No bias there. We are all familiar with Mr Fisk. Care to google the others? Let's begin with the subject of this article, Sharmine Narwani:

An extremist named Sharmine Narwani finds a home at ‘Comment is Free’ (UK Guardian)
It isn’t an easy title to win, but Sharmine “Dignity Rockets” Narwani is probably the most loathsome of all the Huffington Post bloggers, past or present. We’ve documented in the past her hatred for America, Israel (of course), and Huffington Post bloggers who dare to say stuff that she doesn’t like. She’s a liar, an anti-Semite, and a propagandist, not to mention a proud terrorism supporter. If all that doesn’t convince you, check out this page of quotes here.

Posted by Elmeremp Borgia9350 2019-04-26 07:40|| 2019-04-26 07:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Not satire, Herb

Posted by Frank G 2019-04-26 08:35|| 2019-04-26 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Argument by character assassination. Gosh, it's like arguing with the Left. They do the same shit.

When you argue, you provide evidence. You state claims and then back them up. You refute the opposition's arguments. The fact that they have personal views you find objectionable in no way refutes any facts they might have found.

I'm just getting more and more disappointed by the day. We're supposed to be better than the Left, dammit.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-04-26 10:14|| 2019-04-26 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 *snicker*

Posted by Frank G 2019-04-26 10:22|| 2019-04-26 10:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Backing up Herb here.

"the propaganda instrument that was the white helmets, the discovery of a chemical weapons factory run by one of the opposition groups, and how the FSA was essentially indistinguishable from al-qaida in syria" is all true.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-04-26 10:27|| 2019-04-26 10:27|| Front Page Top

#6 An interesting article. Particularly in light of swksvolFF’s comments yesterday about the plans of President Barack Hussein Obama, laid out in #8 and #11 here.

Ms Narwani certainly has all the polish a Columbia School of Journalism grad could hope to have purchased — the grammar and spelling are impeccable, the vocabulary elevated without overreaching — while the Marxism inherent in journalism education nowadays is clear. World War II as merely a great power exercise, seriously, not to mention casual, uncorroborated accusations against Israel — always the killer argument in certain circles. But mostly this piece serves —perhaps unintentionally — as an indictment of President Obama and his Mad Mullah and Muslim Brotherhood pals, not America as such. Reading through it, I see a good deal of what we here at Rantburg have been unhappy with over the years of this adventure, to the point where the only party worth cheering for has been the Kurds, about whom Old Spook reported for us after his return from the field.

It seems to me that both parties to this interview make assumptions about current and near-future power balances that appeared reasonable during the Obama years, but have already been superseded. America being replaced as world hegemon by Russia, China, and Iran? That’s looking more laughable by the day,

Posted by trailing wife 2019-04-26 12:47|| 2019-04-26 12:47|| Front Page Top

#7 "You could see in the photos the level of sophistication of the equipment, the large compression units, the pipes going from the laboratory upstairs to the heavier devices below. The one thing I did conclude from this discovery is that Syrian militants clearly had the means to access sanctioned, foreign — even American — equipment with dual-use technologies, that they were able to create production lines in the middle of war zones, that they were able to procure toxic substances. Chlorine was found in rows of containers at the front of the facility. Before this, the narrative was that the “rebels” couldn’t possibly be responsible for chemical weapons attacks because they couldn’t make or buy them. This facility showed they could make them….

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"In the early days, it seemed that on the eve of every U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria — or before an “international team” was about to arrive in the country — something violent and horrific would happen. You could almost time these massacres and chemical weapons attacks according to the politically significant event that was about to take place in a Western capital."

Your move, Frank G. Got some more laughter?

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-04-26 15:15|| 2019-04-26 15:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Attack the press and eventually they won't go near. At that point you can feed them whatever you want.

Posted by rschwarz 2019-04-26 16:34|| 2019-04-26 16:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Herb, I don't doubt all sides committed atrocities. What I find disgusting is your kneejerk response to withdraw to our borders like a naive coward and someone who will be the first bleating: "How could this happen here???" when it does.
You're a blame-America-firster. I prefer to fight them over there, maintain law and free transit of the seas and air and protection of American citizens at home AND abroad FIRST. If that means we become world cop in some instances, I'm good with that. I won't be like you and prtetend evil and danger is inherent in our side rather than our enemies. NOT satire, putz

Posted by Frank G 2019-04-26 18:14|| 2019-04-26 18:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Holy Crap TW!, that is creepy.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-04-26 21:32|| 2019-04-26 21:32|| Front Page Top

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