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Syria: WMD Redux

Richard Sawyer
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Wed, 15 May 2013 15:01 UTC

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, 'Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. But fool me... can't get fooled again!'."

~ Dubya interpretation of 'Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me', Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

The anti-Assad propaganda is in full swing with contradictory and unsubstantiated claims that the Syrian government has "used chemical weapons against its own people." Against this backdrop of faulty, evocative rhetoric, Israel recently launched deadly air strikes on Syrian territory. Like textbook plagiarism or a record on repeat, we're seeing a re-run of the 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' (WMD) lies that led to the illegal invasion of Iraq ten years ago.

UN investigator Carla del Ponte reported that if any sarin gas was used in Syria, it was actually fired by the US-backed opposition rebel forces, not the state forces of President Bashar al-Assad.

The damning additional fact is that the Syrian 'rebels' the West are arming are, in reality, terrorist 'Al-Qaeda' factions, as has been admitted in the French daily Le Monde and supported by an admission in the New York Times. Just as many Azawadi rebels in northern Mali last year defected from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad to Al-Qaeda-in-the-Islamic-Maghreb and other CIA fronts ahead of full-scale military intervention by Western powers in January 2013, Free Syrian Army 'rebels' are consolidating their allegiances to (and pooling their resources with) Jabhat al-Nusra, "an Al Qaida associate operating in Syria" that is responsible for cross-border attacks in Turkey and Lebanon.

Del Ponte's revelation directly contradicts the West's claims that Syrian forces used chemical weapons, but this clarification didn't prevent Washington from abetting Israel's bombing of Damascus International Airport and Syrian military targets across Damascus. Israeli appeasers claim that its air attack targeted weapons provided by Iran that would have ended up in the hands of Hezbollah. The air-strikes were coordinated with assaults carried by the 'al Qaeda rebels' against Syrian government forces. These pre-emptive acts of aggression are the third Israeli air-strikes in Syria since January this year. Israel has thus far escaped scrutiny or condemnation by an inept UN Security Council.

So do these false accusations of chemical weapons represent a step up by the US administration towards a full-scale invasion of Syria? Is this predominantly a way to get to Iran? Is Syria being targeted because of its oil and gas resources? Or is the main driver here a marketing campaign to sell more weapons to sheikhs in the Middle East?

Iraq WMDs - Déja vu

In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq we saw US Secretary of State Colin Powell lying to the Security Council about Saddam Hussein's mythical WMD stockpile. This ushered in the 'coalition of the bought and paid for' to execute the annihilation of Iraq that led to the deaths of 1,455,590 Iraqis.

As Powell's Chief of Staff at the time, the man responsible for reviewing the intelligence information used by Powell was US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. In a recent interview on Current TV, Wilkerson, now retired and critical of the Bush administration's legacy, believes that the chemical weapons used in Syria may have been a contrived Israeli "false-flag" operation to implicate Bashar Assad's regime.

Just prior to the recent Israeli air-strikes in Syria, newly appointed Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel took centre stage, regurgitating flimsy intelligence reports that were lapped up by a complicit media to produce war frenzy and justify military escalation against Syria.

The nauseating political rhetoric is replete with nonsensical references to mythical 'red lines being crossed' and sensationalist 'game-changer' nonsense. The US stooges believe "with varying degrees of confidence" that chemical weapons have been used "on a small scale" inside Syria. Is it actually possible to invent a more ambiguous phrase to intentionally obfuscate the facts? Especially in light of subsequent UN statements pointing to sarin nerve gas use being used by the very 'rebels' the US is supporting.

The 'magic wand' of 'intelligence' is being waved once again to generate the illusion of WMDs where none exist. The magic wand has now passed to Hagel and vague, veiled references to stockpiles of WMDs have become THE 'evidence' that 'crosses the red line', a 'red line' arbitrarily set by the greatest stockpiler (and user) of WMDs the world has ever known. The wand of 'intelligence' has the added benefit that it can be used later as a lightning rod to take the blame for committing war crimes when the spells are broken, the lies become clear and the public calls for those responsible for atrocities to be held to account. Picture future headlines: 'Invading Syria was a strategic error because the intelligence turned out to be bad'...

The chemical weapons 'evidence' is fuelling yet another phony 'public debate' about whether or not to send military aid to the 'rebels'. Speaking at a Pentagon press conference about stepping up arms sales, Hagel said, "Yes, arming the rebels is an option". They were armed by the CIA and friends from the very beginning, so this posturing about whether or not to do so is BS.

Chuck Hagel: Pro-Israel, Pro-War

In a recent editorial, Pepe Escobar presents the view that the chemical weapons charade is little more than an arms industry marketing ploy:

The weaponizing free fest to Israel and the Gulf petro-monarchies - missile defense, fighter jets, mega-bombs - could not but be duly hailed as the proverbial "message" to "counter Iran's nuclear ambitions", or "the air and missile threat posed by Iran", or the general "worry about Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon" or "Washington's determination to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."

There's no "red line" here; just hardcore weaponizing of Israel and the GCC. Any doubts, blame it on Iran. And this while Saudi-controlled media in the Middle East - roughly everything except al-Jazeera - was breathlessly spinning that Tel Aviv is pursuing a deal to use Turkish soil for an attack on Iran.

Wait; there's more weaponizing on the way - bound to neighboring latitudes. Kraus-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) from Germany closed another $2.48 billion deal with Qatar - five years in the making - to deliver 62 Leopard 2 tanks and 24 self-propelled howitzers. Qatar is not exactly using them for the 2022 FIFA World Cup; they are bound to "friendly groups in other countries" - as in Syria's "rebels", via Turkey.

Useful supporting information to the profit motive is found in the timing and Abu Dhabi location of Chuck Hagel's announcement.

Before Hagel's departure on a six-nation tour of the Middle East, the Pentagon announced plans for a $10 billion weapons sale to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, including 25 F-16 fighter jets, missile systems, long-term military training, support and 'collaboration'.

Was it just coincidence that a short time after Hagel announced the flimsy 'just released' intelligence that the Assad regime had 'likely used chemical weapons', he was scheduled to meet Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, Abu Dhabi crown prince and deputy head of the UAE's armed forces, to finalise negotiations for the weapons deal? There's nothing like the threat of a regional war to bring some urgency to a Sheikh signing on the dotted line...

However, it seems rather poor salesmanship to have announced completely contradictory statements regarding chemical weapons intelligence sources just the day before:

Even one day earlier, Sec. Hagel himself had doubts about the rumored use of chemical weapons. Speaking in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday, Hagel said that Israeli claims of Assad employing chemical warfare were "suspicious" and that "we have to be very careful here before we draw any conclusions based on real intelligence."

Shortly after Hagel met with Netanyahu, Israel launched it's air-strikes on Syria, so one angle on these weapons sales is that they're sweeteners for 'cooperation' hashed out at these 'strategic meetings'.

For all the talk of Hagel's 'anti-Israeli stance' prior to his appointment, in a short time he has picked up the art of treacherous diplomacy, saying one thing one day, something quite different the next, all the while ensuring business as usual.

There are several other reasons to doubt his motives and trustworthiness. Chuck Hagel is a multimillionaire, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and past President of McCathy Capital. McCathy's investments include Safe Boats International LLC, a specialty manufacturer of high performance boats for domestic military and international military use. Although there is no indication of any ongoing deals between Middle Eastern nations and Safe Boats, their products would naturally be highly marketable during any military escalations affecting the Straights of Hormuz and other regional waters.

Incidentally, Hagel also has ties with the big US oil giant Chevron since 2010. Hagel served on the board of Chevron Corp where he owned significant Chevron stock and in 2011 received $301,199 in compensation. He stepped down from that position and another at Deutsche Bank after being sworn in as Defense Secretary in March of this year. Chevron won Syrian oil exploration concessions in the 1980s and in July 2012, Chevron finalised an oil exploration deal with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region. It is also one of several Western oil companies who supply jet fuel to UAE airports.

Chevron, the US's second-largest oil company, is a major federal contractor, with more than $501 million in sales to the US government in the last fiscal year. It has a history of politically connected Iraq-war-hawk board members such as Condoleezza Rice, who served on the company's board before becoming National Security Adviser for George W. Bush.

Syrian Oil, Gas and Supply

Perhaps, as it was in Iraq, it is Syria's rich oil and natural gas reserves and their supply links that certain Western powers have their eyes on...

'Oil and Pipeline Geopolitics: The US-NATO Race for Syria's Black Gold'
Manlio Dinucci, Global Research, 7 April 2013

Syria's proven oil reserves, amounting to 2.5 billion barrels, are greater than those of all neighboring countries except Iraq: according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's estimation of its oil reserves. This makes Syria one of the largest producers and exporters of crude oil in the Middle East.

The country also has large reserves of natural gas, hitherto used for domestic consumption, especially for conversion to gas-fired power plants. [...]

Even more dangerous for Western interests is the agreement signed in May 2011 between Damascus, Baghdad and Tehran: it involves the construction of a gas pipeline through Iraq, which will transport Iranian natural gas to Syria and from there to foreign markets. These and other already funded projects, have been blocked by what the U.S. agency defines as "the uncertain security situation in Syria".

Secret government memos published in 2011 revealed that plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies a whole year before Britain joined the US in invading Iraq. Oil giant BP has now regained its pre-Saddam stranglehold over the country's largest oil fields.

Current oil-extraction efforts in Syria are hampered by the illicit oil trade conducted by local tribes and smugglers. The European Union has lifted its embargo on the Syrian government's energy exports by importing oil from the 'armed opposition', in violation of international law. Gearóid Ó Colmáin describes this arrangement as a joint EU/Al-Qaeda oil venture and believes that NATO's reasons in this conflict are clear:

"break up and destroy an independent sovereign state; rob and pillage all of its resources; rape and terrorize its citizens into submission by unleashing drugged and brain-washed death squads on the population; constantly blame all of this on the 'regime', then finish the country off with an intensive aerial bombing campaign before installing a crime syndicate to run the country. Finally, call that holocaust freedom. Call that holocaust democracy. It's a tried and trusted formula which is now being deployed all over the world in NATO's megalomaniacal drive for global supremacy."

Is Syria a Proxy War on Iran?

Up until now, Western imperialist strategy in Syria has been a 'covert' one, directing and arming the barbaric 'Free Syrian Army', which is committing atrocities all over the country.

Aligning with the extremists (read, terrorists) is a tried and tested Modus Operandi for NATO powers. Note that they openly armed and funded the 'Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (also with 'Al-Qaeda affiliations') to topple Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.

For further evidence of this strategy, it was also recently revealed that the US State Department hired Al-Qaeda-linked militants to "defend" the diplomatic mission in Benghazi that was later attacked.

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya at Global Research proposes that the primary objective of intervention in Syria is De-linking Syria from Iran in order to change the Middle East's strategic balance in favour of the US and Israel. Failing that, Nazemroaya suggests that the destruction and fragmentation of Syria will serve this purpose by preventing Syria from providing Iran with regional diplomatic, political, economic, and military support. As to who is responsible for manufacturing this civil war in Syria, fingers are firmly pointed at Israel, working in a conglomerate comprised of the US, Britain, France, Turkey (in fact, all NATO member states), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and others:

The slow bleeding of Syria has other [apart from Israel] interested parties that want to smash the country and its society into pieces. The US is foremost among these interested parties, followed by the Arab dictators of the petro-sheikhdoms. NATO has also always been covertly involved.

NATO's involvement in Syria is part of the US strategy of using the military alliance to dominate the Middle East. This is why it was decided to establish a component of the missile shield in Turkey. This is also the reason that Patriot missiles are being deployed to the Turkish border with Syria. The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue are components of these plans too. Additionally, Turkey has ended its veto against the further integration of Israel into NATO.

NATO has been reorienting itself towards asymmetrical warfare and greater emphasis is now being put on intelligence operations. NATO strategists have increasingly been studying the Kurds, Iraq, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, and the Palestinians. In the scenario of an all-out war, NATO has been preparing itself for overt military roles in both Syria and Iran.

Other analysts such as Eric Draitser at stopimperialism.com agree that Syria is vital to US hegemony in the Middle East:

We have to remember the US adventure in Syria ending in defeat would be the end of US hegemony in the Middle East. If they're unable to continue their march from Syria, that means their attempt to destroy Iran is unlikely to evolve. That means that their stranglehold over the Persian Gulf and the oil resources is weakening so they're putting all their cards on the table and all their chips in the pot when it comes to Syria.

A Long War with Immense Human Cost

Barring a successful assassination attempt, columnist Robert Fisk believes Assad isn't going anytime soon and points out that the NATO-supported rebel forces are losing their hold on Damascus. He also compares the attempted overthrow of Assad with Israel's failed plan to deconstruct Iran by fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. Fisk's outlook for the Syrian 'war' is a protracted two or three year battle culminating in no side winning.

As always in Western imperial adventures there are no winners, only tremendous suffering brought upon an innocent population.

We read daily reports of atrocities and suffering in Syria from Western media whose reliability we no longer trust. We cannot possibly fathom what conditions are like for the citizens of Syria caught up in this bloodshed. Assad is by no means innocent of accusations of brutality and oppression of Syrian population. There is a genuine groundswell for change within Syria - as there is the world over - and an opposition that is pushing for fundamental reform.

However, it is increasingly apparent that US, UK, NATO and Israeli covert operations ignited and exploited this movement to maintain and advance their claim to regional resources while 'reshaping' the Middle East in their image. Whatever the correct course of action to alleviate humanitarian suffering, arming ruthless mercenaries and sending troops in to deal with the mess will only worsen the situation, no matter how Western politicians frame their enthusiasm for full-scale military intervention.

It comes as no surprise to me that life for most Libyans is worse than it was under Gaddafi and even a decade after Bush's 'Mission Accomplished' speech, the situation for Iraqi children is still as desperate. Recently reported statistics of daily violence, death and insecurity make Iraq "one of the world's most neglected crises". The appropriately entitled Mission Unaccomplished report provides alarming evidence of the ongoing human suffering of Western 'democratic' intervention including:

An estimated 35,000 infant deaths every year in Iraq.
One in four children has stunted physical and intellectual development due to under-nutrition
In 2010, 7 years after the conflict began, it was estimated that over a quarter of Iraqi children, or 3 million, suffered varying degrees of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Spelling out what many of us have known ever since the first bombs exploded in Iraq, former war reporter and Sunday Telegraph London editor Andrew Gilligan pointed out that removing Saddam Hussein from power did not rescue Iraqis from the grip of a tyrant, but instead subjected ordinary citizens to far greater suffering than had Iraq been left alone:

"Life under Saddam under the last ten years would not have been pleasant but it would have been better for most people, and a lot fewer people would have died, than it has been under so-called liberation," he said.

Like a horrific slow-motion train crash materialising on the horizon, the innocent people of Syria have been rail-roaded along a similar one-way track to destruction, through no fault of their own, pawns in a Global War on Terror that marks the 'high point' of Western civilization.

Reader Comments

Honda · 2013-05-17T15:03:34Z

I read the article.

I have one question though ? Can we change the world with words only ?

pounamuknight · 2013-05-17T18:31:01Z

I've tried changing a small part of the worldview of my parents when we watch the mainstream news together, and whenever the warped news stories about Syria come up. I try telling them about the exetremist-Sunni (Wahabi/Salafist etc.) background of the FSA: like the 2012 German Intel. report of up to 95% of the FSA are non-Syrian; I mention al-Zawahiri call for all Muslim to invade Syria; that al Nusrah Front, FSA's leading millitant group, has publicly and proudly allied itself with Al Qaeda, etc etc- and that's only a small (but important) part of understanding the Syria Conflict.

In short, my parents don't want know. But I keep trying, lol.

Niall · 2013-05-18T05:43:26Z

Maybe not, but can we change the world with thoughts?

Luke · 2013-05-18T05:48:35Z

I don't think you can change the world with words ONLY.

and anyways, I don't think it is about changing the world. Isn't the state of the whole world a group decision? However, what you can do is play your role as honestly and as diligently as possible? No??

1gnatious · 2013-05-17T17:43:05Z

Have words changed your world?

With words we Learn, help others to learn and wake up too. As Robert F. Kennedy said:

"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, they send forth a ripple of hope, and crossing each other form a million different centers of energy and daring. Those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression."

It's up to you.

Honda · 2013-05-18T08:26:42Z

RFK was shot dead and 2 C.I.A. operatives came after me where I live just for trying to change the world with words so I called it quits. Things can get pretty nasty sometimes.

1gnatious · 2013-05-18T09:59:06Z

@Honda True, it's not a game and it's a shame, you must have some some good words to share.

lindee-lou · 2013-05-17T19:07:25Z

robert f kennedy

amen to that 1gnatious! hugs

1gnatious · 2013-05-18T03:47:09Z

Thanks lindee-lou. Until we get a 'fix world button' on our keyboards what else can we do?

Honda · 2013-05-18T08:29:55Z

I like that idea of "fix world button" on our keyboards. Would save us from a lot of trouble. :-)

Mariama · 2013-05-20T01:39:39Z

Also, depleted uranium causes immense suffering. SOTT carried an article where several Iraqi doctors spoke about these children that will never have a chance in life, because they are so deformed.
Can't find it, but here is another one.

[Link]

Amerikagulag · 2013-05-20T23:52:00Z

Just lies, lies

and more damn LIES! Washington DC is officially the District of Criminals now.

NFY · 2013-05-24T14:07:27Z

Very good article
there is a good russian documentary(with english subtitles) about whats going on in Syria:[Link]

Olesya · 2013-05-24T16:21:15Z

RE: Reader Comment

Thank you, NFY for the link. "Syrian diary" is very good documentary. It comes with subtitles in English. It's very graphic.

It's really painful to watch what an awful destruction and suffering these "freedom fighters" inflict on people. It's like a plague or a feast of carnage, blood and tears for these psychopaths. It's pure horror!

"I don't now what they want. Freedom? They destroyed the whole city! Ask them, what freedom? To kill and mutilate people? This is freedom?", said one Syrian army soldier in the documentary.

sheepdove · 2013-05-28T03:12:50Z

Jesus said call no man rabbi for rabbi means master and only God is master. He ignored the fact though that God cast Lucifer out of the heavens and to Hell (to the Earth) and gave him authority over it until the day when he sees him burning in Hell forevermore. He made Adam and Eve (demons) to keep Lucifer company. Thus man has had man-gods with dominion over him all of the time. Jesus said sell all that you have, give the money to the poor, and follow me. So the Romans countered that action by makeing out that he said pay your ties, taxes, and tribute to these man-gods. God made no man a god. Man made hisself gods. Thus he gave hisself total dominion over other men. If you do not follow his laws and obey them he will see you put away in a prison as a criminal or killed as a traitor or criminal. Jesus curses you to eternal Hell if you follow his doctrines (his laws) so he countered that with makeing out that Jesus said obey his doctrines, (laws), that does not go against God's laws. The god of Jesus allows Satan to rule Hell and thus we are at his mercy always. Thus we have wars, murders, rapes, and all sorts of evil to contend with. Our father which art in Heaven does not intercede for us for he has given Satan full reign over Hell. Thus Jesus was crucified. Murdered. And the Romans falsely resurrected him to gain power over the people. Thus you have the choice of doing as Jesus said and following God's law or following the man-gods who holds dominion over you and their laws and faceing their evil wrath as Jesus did. To obey any of their laws is to recognize them as your god for you make them your master in doing so instead of our father which art in Heaven. Jesus has made it whereas any of their doctrines or laws being followed brings one eternal Hell. If you don't though like Jesus you will pay the price like Jesus did. Die. Of course you could die anyway what with how evil this world is even if you accept them as your gods and obey their doctrines, (laws). Disobeyal guarrantees that you will though. Just like it did with Jesus. Jesus was vegetarian and to him the temple was your body. It was what you had to keep clean. The eating of meat made it unclean. Thus if you can't become a vegetarian you might as well bend to the will of your man-gods for you cannot go to Heaven any way. If you cannot leave behind the things of man you cannot go to Heaven. And the killing and eating of meat was of man. Moses was said to have said that God said we could eat meat but he didn't. He was murdered by the Jews and they said that. Peter claimed that God told him to kill animals and eat them when he didn't for he lusted for the things of man as Jesus said. Such as the eating of meat. Thus Jesus said to Peter "Get behind me Satan." Thus showing us that he was Satan's and would lead us wrong. Those that did all that Jesus said to do and followed him were killed by the church. Those who didn't die sold their souls in order to live Jesus showed. Within a quarter of a century we should be no more as God sees man burning in Hell for evermore. With only those left that escaped to Mars but only for around a hundred years. Then they will burn in the New Hell. So we have a choice of which way to go. Do we die doing as Jesus said or as the man-god's says. If we accept their authority we make them gods and master. Thus we have choices to make. Since they are here and so are we naturally most of us will follow them and not Jesus. We want to live. But in the end we will die anyway and in the end burn in Hell forever more because of it.

sheepdove · 2013-05-29T03:31:52Z

One thing we should realize is that when Jesus said we should obey our mother and father is that he never referred to our human parents. Our father he referred to is the sun. Our mother the Earth. Adam and Eve was both shown to have been made of the Earth. So was Lillith who was before Eve in earlier texts. Lillith who was called a demon because she would not obey Adam. Who left Eden and was replaced by Eve because of it. Who obeyed Jesus who came later by calling no man master for only God was master. To obey one is to call one master but she never took Adam as master. Eve did. Eve who gave Adam the forbidden fruit supposedly after being tempted to take it herself by the snake. This thus shows that Lillith was not evil but Eve was. Which is why the Jews became lost sheep. Why they became no longer sheep but wolves. Jesus said you cannot have two gods. If you follow Satan then God casts you aside. Whichever god you obey is your god. The god of Jesus says thou shalt not kill so to obey him and have him for your god you cannot kill. If you make those governing you your god and obey them thou shalt kill in thy god's name. Just as the Jews used to kill in the name of Jesus and other man-god's. Lillith left Adam rather than to be serveing Satan as he did. one could say then. Since all false gods are Satan and Adam worshipped the moon she could not obey him or his false god. So she left. Eve did otherwise and yet didn't. She disobeyed the god of Adam and ate the apple and then gave it to Adam to eat. She obeyed the snake and Adam obeyed her. Thus they obeyed false gods. If we obey our human birth parents and they do evil and have us do evil we make them false gods and honor them. That was not what Jesus meant for us to do though. Jesus meant for us to obey our true parents. The sun and the Earth. We are of them just as our human birth parents are. Obey and honor your human birth parents and you do so at your peril. If they serve Satan they lead you to Satan. Should you honor and obey one's who would have you serve Satan? Who'd have you do evil? Man-god's would have you do so. Not Jesus or the god of Jesus. If you obey your human birth parents and so live in sin you serve Satan. Thus in obeying them and honoring them you serve Satan. Thus you belong to Satan and earn an eternity in Hell for serveing him. Our father who art in Heaven is our true father. Not man. He give us light which give us food and the Earth gives us waters which nurtures us. They have never deserted us but our human mothers and fathers have done so constantly thru-out history. So beware who you obey and honor. Make it your true mother and father. The sun and the Earth.

sheepdove · 2013-05-29T05:34:59Z

What do we mean by in God we trust? It means our government is our god and we trust it to smite our enemies. And to take from other nations what isn't our's whether they want to give it to us or not. That's why we have the Armed Forces of America. Might makes right is our way of liveing. Has always been the way of christians. That's why the Vatican had to have a mercenary army to protect it. One hired by those in office in it at the time. It's never been the god of Jesus that we've trusted. It has never referred to him. Thus we trust that Obama will keep smiteing our enemies be they evil or innocent or if they be human or material things. Why would we trust the god of Jesus to smite our enemies? He didn't save his disciples from being killed by the church. Nor did he save Jesus from being crucified. All that saved those that survived was as Jesus said was their selling of their souls to Satan in order to go on liveing. Thus we sell our souls to our man-gods and trust in them instead of the god of Jesus. Yes in God we trust. But in our man-god's rather than in the god of Jesus. We prove that in every way every day. Thus we pledge our allegiance to our god or used to do so in our schools because we trusted in our man-god's and not the god of Jesus. Pledged allegiance to the symbol of our man-god's authority and his might. So we prove we have been cast aside by the god of Jesus a long time ago. Like the Jews we follow our man-god's now. They had David and we have our presidents. We are truly blessed. For our man-god's we give the prayer that the Jews gave to their man-god David. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all of the days of my life: and will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." Like the Jews we are truly lost sheep. Sheep transformed into ravening wolves.

sheepdove · 2013-05-29T09:46:07Z

Americans shouldn't worry so much of what other countries of the world has weapons of mass destruction as much as they should worry about how much there is that we have in America. If the places where our chemical and germ warfare weapons are destroyed by earthquakes all of those weapons could be released upon a unsuspecting America by those earthquakes. If Japan could be haveing problems with radiation in Japan because of just one Atomic plant being destroyed what would happen if all of the one's in America was destroyed by earthquakes. There wouldn't be an American alive anywhere in America if all of those things were destroyed by earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and the such. America is the most dangerous place to live because it has more such dangers in it than any other country in the world. No country would have to launch an nuclear attack to destroy America. The Earth could do it on it's own. If you add the threat of an nuclear attack then It would be total annihilation. Even America's and Russia's underground cities wouldn't survive. The earthquakes would open them up and the atomic radiation would kill all within that was left of them. We can't deal with the problem of containment and storage of toxic waste and chemical warfare items now so imagine what dealing it would be like dealing with it once they were released by earthquakes all over America. That could happen in the future someday. The ice caps are melting and the Earth's core is getting hotter and hotter. We are experienceing more earthquakes and sinkholes than we have ever had. before. This is just a beginning though of what is too come. Do you really think we'll going to have an ice age? Or could we be headed for a time of constant shifting of the Earth's plates causeing constant earthquakes and tsunami's and createing super-volcanoes which fill the air with debris and blocks out the sun? Our man-made things such as atomic plants and germ warfare weapons will work against us then. As that ice keeps melting and the Earth's core keeps getting hotter you'd better pray that we will go into a ice age for we would have a better chance of surviveing that. To keep people in the dark of what is comeing and to keep things normal government would warn people of what is comeing. It would make preparations to save itself though just like the rich would. Thus an age age could be said to be comeingto lead the people from the truth. So that the people don't see what is really going on. So they don't see the raiseing of the oceans due to the continuous melting of the ice. Or how they can see by the constant raiseing of the temperature of the Earth's core by seeing the increase in forest fires and how much harder they become to put out. Or how much more land is becomeing a dust bowl and useless. So as you can see America may be the world's most dangerous place to live in the near future depending upon what the future holds. Not the safest.

Beautiful and scary at the same time. Wonder when the big one will strike! ☄️ P.S This is probably what happened over Stockton, California.

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Coulda, woulda, shoulda. It seems a bit late now to talk about an unnecessary NATO.

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