In Part 1, I wrote of the Guardian's quite unoriginal Russophobic story cheering for al-Qaeda's rescuers, the White Helmets. In this second part, I expose other (some serial) offenders, guilty of disinformation on the White Helmets, and war propaganda on Syria to a degree that Goebbels would be envious. They are further guilty of ignoring the sentiments of the overwhelming majority of Syrians who call a spade a spade, a terrorist a terrorist.
© Eva BartlettHow about the “fact checkers” and apologists look into why the White Helmets recycled an image claiming to show a victim of “Russian airstrikes” after having previously used the same image before Russia even began bombing ISIS in Syria.
In the
Guardian article in question, the author began by linking to a Channel 4 News
smear piece on myself which had
nothing to do with the point she was asserting-whether or not the group had al-Qaeda ties-but which was issued a year ago with the sole intent to cherry-pick my words to discredit myself. Such
non sequitur arguments are commonly used by those who cannot backup their statements with facts and who wish to, instead, deflect and mislead.
Had the
Guardian had honest intentions regarding the White Helmets article, they might have actually investigated the many members of the White Helmets with ties to al-Qaeda and affiliated extremists. Here is but one
example showing the allegiance of over 60 White Helmets members to al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
Regarding the Channel 4 smear which the
Guardian's own hatchet-piece linked to, it followed my speaking on a
December 2016 panel (over 50 minutes, with question period), with three others, including a lawyer and the head of the US Peace Council, in a press room of the United Nations.
In that panel, we spoke of many important issues, including: the illegality of this war on Syria; the need to lift the devastating
sanctions on Syria; the
statement of unity among over 200 organizations in the US and internationally in solidarity with the Syrian government's fight against foreign intervention; the Syrian
reconciliation movement; and the
heinous acts committed against
Syrian civilians by terrorists, whether from the FSA or Nour al-Deen al-Zenki or ISIS or other.
Comment: Trump could order the release at any time. The president has the prerogative of declassifying any information he chooses. How much pressure is Trump being subjected to over it? If released, will it be complete, or a watered-down, redacted, limited hangout version?
Time to lay in an extra-large supply of popcorn.