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"The day after Biden’s inauguration, a column of US military vehicles entered Syria. Just last week Israel conducted airstrikes on targets near Damascus.”…..
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Feb. 26, 2021, “Discuss: The US Bombs Syria. Again. Syria attack shows Joe Biden was telling the truth when he said “America is back!”" Off-Guardian
“America committed a war crime last night. Another one. We’re
so used to it happening that we’ve installed a special filter–one
reaction for when America bombs someone, and a completely different
reaction whenever someone else does the same.
[Image: Syria map, green portion is one third of Syria US has criminally seized and occupies, a crime against humanity. “Violating both domestic and international law by invading and dismembering a country is an odd way [for US] to support the “rules-based international order.”]
But the US is not exceptional, and its bombs are not special or justified or less bomby just because they have the stars and stripes painted on the side.
Syria is a sovereign nation, and any military action on its people or within its borders, without the express consent of the Syrian government or the United Nations, is considered a crime under international law. This is an important fact, which most everyone in the mainstream seems happy to ignore.
So why did this particular war crime happen?
Well, the US claim the strikes were on a border crossing point used by “Iranian backed” militias, in retaliation for an alleged rocket attack on US service personnel in Iraq last month.
In the now cliche use of twisted Orwellian language, the Pentagon actually called it a “defensive strike”.
Is there any evidence the 22 people killed were those who conducted is this alleged “rocket attack”?
Not that we’ve seen. Is that all there is to it? Very unlikely.
The signs are there that this could be a step to further escalation against both Syria and Iran.
On January 16th the Pentagon announced they had moved Israel from European Command to Central Command (CENTCOM), what some refer to as the “Middle East NATO”. This would, to quote the Times of Israel:
“allow for greater regional collaboration against Iran.”
The day after Biden’s inauguration, a column of US military vehicles entered Syria. Just last week Israel conducted airstrikes on targets near Damascus.
[Day One: Big message on Day One was to the world: Fear not, Americans are definitely still global slaves of the global genocide industry and will be treated as such. They belong to you. The Message is the election wasn’t about helping Americans, about alleviating their government-caused suffering,
ending the imprisonment, physical and mental torture of a generation of
children, immediately ending ongoing “emergency” dictatorships, opening
all schools. The election wasn’t about righting the alleged Covid
wrongs imposed on them by Trump, not least the deliberate theft of
trillions of tax dollars and murder of a society so that it may never
recover, based on nothing but an unverified computer model of a UK math
professor smugly cheered on by perverted, skin puncturing billionaires.
The election meant that brutalized, impoverished Americans will be
treated no better than Trump had treated them, to show them even more
depraved indifference by diverting millions more of their tax dollars to
pay for more war crimes in Syria, more crimes against humanity, 500
pound bombs, destroying an innocent country thousands of miles away]
(continuing): “Meanwhile NATO has added 3500 troops to its “mission” in Iraq, and Iran is threatening to walk away from the IAEA after facing “censure” from the West.
In short, Biden’s first few weeks in office have been accompanied by a rush of activity in the Middle East.
How has the media covered the attack?
Not that much. Far more screen time has been devoted
to the US “report” that Saudi Crown Prince Muhamad bin Salman was
responsible for the death of journalist Jamaal Khashoggi – an obvious
smokescreen that means almost nothing.
The Guardian hasn’t even seen fit to keep it on the front page for more than a few hours, while CNN buries it behind Khashoggi and other useless detritus. Predictably, nobody in the MSM was really outraged.
The NYT calls it a “calculated move” which “won’t hurt a possible nuclear deal” with Iran. Some other hacks are firmly back on the anti-Syria bandwagon, with Jonathan Freedland writing in the Guardian about Assad and the “age of impunity”. The irony is apparently lost on him.
[Image: Syria map on flag, northeast portion delineated on flag is the one third of Syria that has been criminally annexed and occupied by US military. US hired local “fighters” place “an SDF flag in al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019. Reuters/Aboud Hamam”]
But combining those reactions, you could argue Syria was the real target here, not Iran, and Syria is in more danger going forward.
The social media reaction was far more revealing, with political “journalists” trying to sell that Biden dropping bombs politely is somehow better than Trump dropping bombs whilst being boorish.
“Biden is developing a smart strategy for Iran (show that it can’t attack US troops with impunity but also show willingness to negotiate) and Saudi Arabia (don’t sever the alliance but recalibrate it).
Mercifully absent are Trump’s juvenile taunts. https://t.co/ucdhZUaWkd
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) February 26, 2021″
Amy Siskind, an “activist” and author for POLITICO is a great example, tweeting this reaction, before being forced by weight of public mockery to delete it:
[“So different having military action under Biden. No middle school level threats on Twitter. Trust Biden and his team’s competence.”]
It’s a good example of what many in the alt-media have been saying for a while – they will attempt to sell Biden/Harris as “progressive” bombers.
But what does this mean for the bigger picture?
There are certainly mixed messages here.
While so many are pushing for a “New Normal”, it seems the US military and their regional allies and some members of the press are looking to carry on as usual in the Middle East. This directly contradicts the UN’s urging for a “global ceasefire” during the pandemic….
Are some factions looking for a New Normal, and other happy with the Old Normal?
As always, discuss below.”
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Added: This is what it looks like when US drops a 500 pound bomb near you. This
example is from 2014 in Afghanistan. Unfortunately in this case the US
accidentally bombed its own US Army Infantry Outpost by mistake.
“500 Pound Bomb Dropped on U.S. Soldiers By Mistake,” in Afghanistan in 2014, four screen shots below
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Added:
2/26/21, “Biden’s first airstrike ‘leaves 22 dead’ as Iran-backed militia targets in Syria wiped out by bombs in revenge attack,” US Sun, Kwong, Peacock
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