Point: After the announcement of the attacks of November 13, you wrote on twitter: “It was the [Western] Right and Left who sowed the war against political Islam and we are now reaping blowback from that war against political Islam. “Do not you feel like you are trying the victim rather than the culprit?
Phi Beta Iota: We are moderately certain Paris was a contrived false flag — people died, but they died to serve the neoconservative and state-sponsored terrorism narrative.
Phi Beta Iota: The Charlie Hebdo attack, almost certainly a false flag, was intended to punish France for supporting Palestine and frighten more Jews into leaving France for Israel (as happened in the case of the owners). There is no proof, yet, this was a false flag operation, but many indicators are emergent. Anyone doubting the mendacity of the Zionists need only remember the USS Liberty. This does not excuse what the US and NATO have done in creating the new swath of destruction since 9/11 was orchestrated by Dick Cheney in the guise of a national counter-terrorism exercise, it merely provides necessary clarity.
Phi Beta Iota: There is a possibility that elements of various governments are complicit in the Paris atrocities. Setting that aside, there is no grand strategy, no deep understanding of the complexities and contradictions. A strategic pause is needed, as well as a very strong counterintelligence campaign within France and within the USA. Attacks on Berlin similar to those in Paris are anticipated by the capture in Kurdistan of a rebel with a map — armories (e.g. small police stations and US National Guard armories) are a prime preliminary target, perhaps to draw suspicion away from the use of the Saudi diplomatic pouch to introduce arms into Europe or the US. ISIS cannot be defeated unless we first stop Saudi, Israeli, and Turkish support for ISIS and clean our own stables.
Ms. Neera Tanden thinks we should make the countries we bomb use their oil wealth to reimburse us for the cost of bombing them. That way we don’t have to cut Head Start, food stamps, or Medicaid.
Despite the propaganda and more tangible signs of incipient war in Iraq, my former intelligence analyst colleagues and I – with considerable professional experience watching other countries prepare for aggression against others – were finding it difficult to believe that the United States of America would be doing precisely that. Still harder was it to digest the notion that Washington would do so, absent credible evidence of any immediate threat and would “fix” intelligence to “justify” it. But that, sadly, is what happened.
The Prime Minister got just enough cover from the Office of National Assessments to meet political needs. Beyond politics, though—as a basis for war—the Oz intelligence supporting war was thin stuff.
Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.
Plus … although not easily quantified … more involved in the practice of torture than any other country in the world … for over a century … not just performing the actual torture, but teaching it, providing the manuals, and furnishing the equipment.
A number of you have remarked to me about Killing Hope being unavailable in stores and, usually, from Amazon, and often from myself. This is because one of the book’s publishers, Common Courage (Maine), and its editor Greg Bates, have blocked publication and distribution of the book by a new US publisher. Common Courage is essentially out of business but refuses to face up to the fact. Bates stole a royalty payment sent to me by my British publisher via Common Courage. This theft, among other things, nullified my contract with Common Courage. It’s complicated, but I feel obliged to offer some explanation to those of you who have been unable to find a copy of the book.