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The Syrian catastrophe and the world's deafening silence : Comments

By Alon Ben-Meir, published 14/8/2015

While the US conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from bases in Turkey by targeting ISIS alone, the US has become a de facto ally of Assad, giving him no reason to stop ravaging the country.

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One can be a critic of Assad, yet argue that practically all of Prof. Alon Ben-Meir’s judgments are “idiotic”- not just in the case proved by malthusista. This eminent academic/ journalist/ diplomant is a repeat offender( and only one of far too many) in dumping propaganda on On Line Opinion and never responding to challenges. With the purpose of the forum abused in this way, I am on the edge of giving up participating altogether- others I know of have long given up. I can only repeat my proposal to Graham Young (editor) and the editorial board that it be a condition of publication in OLO that the author engage in debate
Posted by Leslie, Saturday, 15 August 2015 12:57:43 PM
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Thank you, Leslie on Saturday, 15 August 2015 12:57:43 PM for that helpful information. I agree with your proposal that no-one, who, like Professor Alon Ben-Meir, fails to acknowledge and respond when fallacies in his/her articles are pointed out, should be allowed to continue to contribute.

By the way, please feel welcome to post a comment in response to any article posted on the site https://candobetter.net which I help administer. We don't censor anything (except for forum spam or material which is abusive and/or illegal).
Posted by malthusista, Sunday, 16 August 2015 1:28:04 AM
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Thank you, Geoff of Perth for your post of Saturday, 15 August 2015 1:54:22 AM.

Most of Thierry Meyssan's journalism is published on http://www.voltairenet.org/en . Thierry Meyssan was present in Libya during the NATO invasion of 2011 and has since also travelled to Russia and Syria. Other sites on the Internet which provide truthful information about Syria include the Syrian Arab News Agency's site at http://sana.sy/en , http://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/, https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com .

ttbn wrote on 15 August 2015 11:22:05 AM, "The U.S has a record of supporting some really rotten people all around the globe ...".

This includes the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Qatar dictatorship, Israel, and the current rulers of Libya, Turkey and Ukraine.

ttbn continued "... Assad [is] probably not the finest of men [but] doesn't kill people in the name of Allah."

In fact, the evidence shows that President Bashar al-Assad is one of the great political leaders of the 21st century. I would personally rank him alongside JFK. If Australians were to ever learn the truth about Bashar al-Assad, they would much prefer him as Prime Minister to Tony Abbott or even to Bill Shorten.

In one interview lasting 56:28 minutes on CBS in September, President Bashar al-Assad, who speaks fluent English, confronted and refuted each of the allegations put to him by 60 Minutes' Charlie Rose. Only a small cut down version of the interview was featured on 60 Minutes, but fortunately the Syrian Arab News Agency recorded and published the full interview video and transcript. The full video can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3G9MIDoa64 . The same interview, but split into Part 1 and Part 2, together with the full transcript, can be found in the article "Syrian President al-Assad interviewed by CBS News" (10/9/13) at https://candobetter.net/node/3445

Could anyone imagine Tony Abbott or Barack Obama lasting over 56 minutes with an informed and hostile interviewer as Bashar al-Assad has been able to do on this and other occasions?

This is surely evidence that their claims against him could not possibly be true.
Posted by malthusista, Sunday, 16 August 2015 1:30:55 AM
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I've been waiting for an opportunity to add the following video, and now seems as good a time as any.

http://youtu.be/wQdPig6HOZA

I can't reinforce to you guys enough just how important the info in this video is.
I implore you all to watch it and to follow the trail for yourselves.

I can even add links to all the documents and videos spoken of in the video if needed.

Enough said, watch the video for yourselves and then please comment.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Sunday, 16 August 2015 1:00:14 PM
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Also wanted to add that the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi was about smuggling weapons to the rebels against Assad, and Hilary was involved and this relates to her current issues about private emails and private server while serving as secretary of state.

There's plenty of bits of info with this whole saga.
Take for example Dick Cheney, Rupert Murdoch, and Jacob Rothschild stealing a piece of Syria under Afek Oil and Gas.

Political, Banking and Media all in cahoots together...

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/how-islamist-rebels-engineered-israel-s-oil-grab-syria-740568063

Quote from that article "In March last year, Ha'aretz reported that prominent Syrian rebel leaders were “willing to give up claims to the Golan Heights in return for cash and Israeli military aid against President Bashar Assad”. Kamal al-Labwani, a top rebel leader, said, “Why shouldn’t we be able to sell the Golan Heights because it is better than losing Syria and Golan at once.”

So you have another situation where Israel is doing deals trying to aquire land from people who are yet to conquer it, just like they did with the Balfour Declaration.

They say they are deep drilling into a layer of oil deeper than the Saudi Oil btw, and that it will drain Saudi reserves.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Sunday, 16 August 2015 1:45:57 PM
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Thank you, Armchair Critic on Sunday, 16 August 2015 1:00:14 PM.

David Icke's video is succinct and informative and confirms my own analysis of the so-called "War on Terror" and, more specifically, of how ISIS was set up by the United States and its allies to be used as a monstrous bogeyman in order to overcome domestic opposition to its plans to wage war aginst the Syrian people.

However, until I am better informed, I will have to reserve my judgement on other videos linked to from
http://youtu.be/wQdPig6HOZA : "David Icke - The Moon Deception" (24/5/15), "MIND CONTROL AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER David Icke LIVE at Oxford 2" (May 2014), etc.

The article you linked to "How Islamist rebels engineered Israel’s oil grab in Syria" (28/1/15) at http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/how-islamist-rebels-engineered-israel-s-oil-grab-syria-740568063 is quite instructive.

These supposed 'extreme' and 'radical' 'Islamist' rebels are quite happy to give away to Israel natural resources which belong to the Arab people of Syria in order to get their help in their war against the Syrian government.
Posted by malthusista, Sunday, 16 August 2015 5:21:27 PM
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