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Syria: Russia challenges the US through the Levant gate

Elijah J Magnier
ejmagnier.com
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:00 UTC
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In 2011, a significant Western-Arab coalition joined together and invested huge finance, media support and military resources in attempting to topple the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. For this purpose, the alliance had established military operating rooms where US, British, Turkish and Arab intelligence services were established in northern Syria, Jordan and Turkey to prepare for the post-Assad stage. But this President had already refused any concessions to US Secretary of State Colin Powell when he visited him in 2003 after the occupation of Iraq. Two years after the beginning of the war, the Syrian President asked his allies in Iran and Lebanon (and then later on Russia) for help for each of them to preserve their interests, strategic goals and obligations with their Syrian partner. The Russian military intervention came in September 2015. It was due to several factors: while the Iranian and allied forces dominated the ground, the troops of Moscow were needed to dominate Syrian airspace, and this turned the tables on the Arab - international coalition. Has the situation changed today for President Assad, now that most parts of Syria have been liberated? What does Russia want: control of the Levant and the removal of Assad?

President Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar did not offer concessions on the Golan Heights, and refused to reconcile with Israel: they would not give up Syrian territory in return for a peace deal. Many years later, President Bashar al-Assad refused to hand over the head of Hamas and "Hezbollah" as he was requested to do by the US in 2003, 2008 and even 2018. During the Syrian war, the United Arab Emirates mediated for a US delegation to visit Damascus in a proposal to end the war and rebuild what was destroyed in Syria in exchange for expelling Hezbollah, Iran and Russia from the Levant.

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WHO does a 180, now says asymptomatic spread of coronavirus 'very rare'

Cristina Laila
The Gateway Pundit
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 08:39 UTC
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The corrupt World Health Organization did a complete 180 on Monday.

The WHO is now admitting that asymptomatic spread of the Coronavirus is "very rare."

For months, the world was told to stay home and if you dare go out in public, wear a mask and stay 6 feet away from each other.

For months, the world was told that the Coronavirus would kill millions in the US alone because the virus would be difficult to contain due to asymptomatic transmission and infections.

Now WHO officials are saying asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is "very rare."

Comment: See also: "It's All Bullsh*t" - Three Official Leaks That Sink The Covid Narrative

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Operation occupy White House enters final act

Tom Luongo
Gold, Goats 'N Guns
Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC
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On any given day I vacillate between thinking The Davos Crowd is in desperation mode or believes they've got this and can ride the chaos unleashed to their preferred future.

And, sadly, men like Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are the ones picked to help us stop them. The White House has been a target since they lost control of it in November 2016.

Brexit has been attacked mercilessly since the June 2016 vote. The acceleration of the populist revolt against this future has, in turn, accelerated their plans to cancel national sovereignty, square the circles of projects like the European Union and activate their shock troops to openly attack the foundations of society.

We've all been breathlessly watching this on our iPhones for the past week.

Starting with the operation to lock people in their homes over a cold, they then denied the effectiveness of a cure which was easily found through research into SARS.
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Pentagon war game includes scenario for military response to domestic Generation Z rebellion

Nick Turse
The Intercept
Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:01 UTC
National Guard troops are posted outside the district attorney's office
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National Guard troops are posted outside the district attorney's office during a peaceful demonstration over George Floyd’s death on June 3, 2020 in Los Angeles.
In the face of protests composed largely of young people, the presence of America's military on the streets of major cities has been a controversial development. But this isn't the first time that Generation Z — those born after 1996 — has popped up on the Pentagon's radar.

Documents obtained by The Intercept via the Freedom of Information Act reveal that a Pentagon war game, called the 2018 Joint Land, Air and Sea Strategic Special Program, or JLASS, offered a scenario in which members of Generation Z, driven by malaise and discontent, launch a "Zbellion" in America in the mid-2020s.

The Zbellion plot was a small part of JLASS 2018, which also featured scenarios involving Islamist militants in Africa, anti-capitalist extremists, and ISIS successors. The war game was conducted by students and faculty from the U.S. military's war colleges, the training grounds for prospective generals and admirals. While it is explicitly not a national intelligence estimate, the war game, which covers the future through early 2028, is "intended to reflect a plausible depiction of major trends and influences in the world regions," according to the more than 200 pages of documents.

Comment: Well not everyone out there is demonstrating peacefully of course, and then there are probably a number of individuals who are not demonstrating in the conventional sense at all. Or who may choose to address the issues raised in the paper above in very different ways. There are all different types of activists out there; some are headless chickens and unwitting tools of powerful political interests, and others want the the Truth exposed about criminal machinations for the sheer value of it. And then there's everything in between!

In the end, if a war game is coming from the Pentaglob, you can be sure that it will target and seek to squelch a whole host of "undesirables" who may in some way be seen as a threat to its power.

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US envoy and Taliban discuss Afghan peace process in Qatar


RFE/RL
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:02 UTC
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U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad (left) and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's top political leader, shake hands after signing a peace agreement in Doha on February 29.
The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has held a new round of talks in Qatar with the Taliban's political chief.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a spokesman for the militants, said on Twitter late on June 7 that Khalilzad and Baradar discussed the release of prisoners and the start of intra-Afghan talks.

In February, the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war -- the longest military conflict in U.S. history. The deal lays out a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in return for security commitments from the Taliban.

It also stipulates that Kabul must free 5,000 Taliban prisoners, while the militants are to release 1,000 captives -- a move expected to lead to intra-Afghan negotiations.

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Undercover Investigation - Minneapolis Riot Was Preplanned

Millennial Millie
millennialmillie.com
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:55 UTC
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What you are about to see is part of a two year undercover investigation into the leftist radicalization imbedded within the climate justice movement that contributed to the riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this first video, we are going to show how the Sunrise Movement played a preemptive role in carrying out the mayhem to further push their Green New Deal agenda and promoting the abolition of the police.

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Justin Trudeau 'took the knee' 3 times, but he's still not woke enough for Canada's SJW moderate rebels

Sinéad Baker
Insider.com
Sat, 06 Jun 2020 07:07 UTC
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on bent knee, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada, June 5, 2020.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kneeled during an anti-racism protest in Canada as the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in the US. But there are growing calls for him to do more to address racism in Canada.

Trudeau kneeled three times alongside anti-racism protesters near Canada's parliament in Ottawa on Friday, as part of protests that have taken place in cities across the country over the previous week. One of those times was during a nine-minute silence to represent the almost nine minutes that a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd's neck for before he died. Floyd pleaded that he could not breathe before his death. Trudeau did not speak at the protests, and wore a black mask as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

While Trudeau appears to have been the first world leader to kneel during such protests, other world leaders have come out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and say they condemn racism. The protests spread across the US after Floyd's death, with major demonstrations taking place in every state. They have been replicated in countries around the world.

Comment: 'Go home, Blackface' crowds chanted:




He also could not give a coherent reply when asked if Canada would pay reparations and apologize for slavery.
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America, the deluded superpower

Patrick Armstrong
Strategic Culture Foundation
Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00 UTC
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Marshall Billingslea, US Arms Control Envoy
"The president has made clear that we have a tried and true practice here. We know how to win these races and we know how to spend the adversary into oblivion. If we have to, we will, but we sure would like to avoid it." -Marshall Billingslea, May 2020
Billingslea is President Trump's Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control and will presumably be in charge of Washington's team in negotiating a new START treaty.

An outstanding example of American arrogance and ignorance, to say nothing of the implication that the only actual negotiation expected will be over how loudly the negotiatees say "Yes Master" [is] hardly likely to entice anyone to the table, let alone China.

The Soviet Union went down for many reasons which can be pretty well summed up under the rubric that it had exhausted its potential. Its economy was staggering, nobody believed any more, it had no real allies, it was bogged down in an endless war. Buried in there somewhere was the expense of the arms race with the USA. Billingslea evidently believes that it was that last that was the decisive blow. Believing that, he thinks that the USA can do it again.

A snappy comeback immediately pops into mind: staggering economy, loss of self confidence, allies edging away, endless wars - who's that sound like?

Comment: All nations represent 'moving parts' in the configuration of a global society. Deescalation is cost-effective. War and arms races are not.

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Return of Ahmadinejad: Former Iranian president may may run for office in 2021


Sputnik
Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:20 UTC
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© AP
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The former Tehran mayor served as president between 2005 and 2013, famously waging a war of words with the Bush administration while attempting to improve Iran's relations with emerging powers. Last year, he blasted President Trump over his tough-guy approach, saying the US couldn't simultaneously 'choke' Iran's throat while saying 'come and talk'.

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to make another run for the presidency in 2021, Iran's Young Journalists Club news agency has reported.

To take part, Ahmadinejad's candidacy will first need to be approved by the Guardian Council of the Constitution, a 12-member constitutionally mandated body determining who can run for national office. The body rejected his candidacy in 2017, but YJC noted that his supporters plan to make every effort to ensure approval this time around.

Iranians will go to the polls in May or June 2021. Current President Hassan Rouhani cannot take part, since he is serving his second and final consecutive term.

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Walmart pledges $100M to fight 'systemic racism'

John Carney
Breitbart
Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg • Walmart CEO Doug McMillon • Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Friday condemned "racial violence" and pledged $100 million to "address systematic racism in society head-on and accelerate change."

In an email sent to employees, McMillon embraced the worldview of the radical left and pledge to fund its goals.

"The global health crisis has tested all of us in recent months, and the racial violence in the U.S. — in particular, the murder of George Floyd — is tragic, painful and unacceptable," McMillon wrote in the email.

Like many companies that have recently adopted the view that America is plagued by systemic racism, Walmart is not aiming only to change itself. It has moved on to the second stage of woke corporatism, which involves attempting to reform the world according to the leftwing agenda.

Comment: In other words, to work at Walmart you must be willing to blindly support their external policies by handing over your free will, align your beliefs with theirs and validate the company's aims in order to get your paycheck. But hold on...Walmart is not the only self-appointed change agent:

Facebook pledges $10M to racial justice campaigns:
Zuckerberg announced the money would go towards supporting the work of
"groups working on racial justice. The pain of the last week reminds us how far our country has to go to give every person the freedom to live with dignity and peace. It reminds us yet again that the violence Black people in America live with today is part of a long history of racism and injustice. We all have the responsibility to create change." Facebook stands with the black community "and all those working towards justice in honor of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and far too many others whose names will not be forgotten."
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative he founded with his wife, Priscilla Chan, invests around $40 million annually in organizations "working to overcome racial injustice."

Design manager Jason Stirman tweeted on Monday:
"I'm an FB employee that completely disagrees with Mark's decision to do nothing about Trump's recent posts, which clearly incite violence. I'm not alone inside of FB. There isn't a neutral position on racism."
According to Axios, Zuckerberg expressed concerns over Trump's "tone and rhetoric" in a phone call with Trump on Friday. "It's clear Facebook also has more work to do to keep people safe and ensure our systems don't amplify bias," Zuckerberg wrote.

Companies including Netflix, Twitter, Glossier, Nike and Peloton have lined up in recent days to condemn the death of George Floyd, voice their support for the black community and commit to support anti-racism efforts.

And - Don't forget Google's 'selfless' donation to anti-racism groups:
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced this week that the company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. The donations will include $12 million in funding and $25 million in advertising credits.

Google will give $12 million in funding to organizations that address racial injustice around the United States. Google will additionally provide those organizations with $25 million in advertisement credits to promote anti-racist causes on its platforms such as Google search and YouTube. Two of the organizations identified are the Center for Policing Equity and the Equal Justice Initiative.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the initiative in an email to employees on Wednesday. Pichai noted that Google has already donated $32 million to anti-racism organizations over the past five years.
"Our first grants of USD 1 million each will go to our long-term partners at the Center for Policing Equity and the Equal Justice Initiative. And we'll be providing technical support through our Google.org Fellows program. This builds on the USD 32 million we have donated to racial justice over the past five years.

"Yesterday, I met with a group of our Black leaders to talk about where we go from here and how we can contribute as Google. We discussed many ideas, and we are working through where to put our energy and resources in the weeks and months ahead."
Why are they self-proclaimed change agents? Because they can. It is an investment with payoffs in publicity, voter influence, unlimited power and camouflage for policing public freedom of expression. They are not doing this for you.

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