Yes, the US policy is to keep fighting a pointless war in Syria. That includes continuing sadistic sanctions against Syrian earthquake victims.
Do you agree with that policy? A yes or no would be a good starting point.
Amplify if you wish. For example:
“Yes, I want to continue sadist sanctions because pissing off Putin is the most important thing.”
I think your source is Russian propaganda.
"A U.S.-supported resolution to again expand U.N. humanitarian access to Syria is likely to meet resistance from Russia, which remains an ally of Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad. As a permanent member of the Security Council, Russia can block the measure from passing. "
How about you choose who to believe? Russia or the US.
OMG. Unbelievable.
You are quoting a US source with close relationship to the US government that is minding reading the Russian position. That is virtually meaningless in my book. If you want to claim the Russian government is blocking aid, then quote them directly.
Fortunately news from Turkey is that the US is granting special licenses that may allow aid to get to earthquake victims in Syria. A resolution about border access means little if the US continues punish people who use them.
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE NBC ARTICLE SAID.
You say NBC has a. “close relationship to the US government”.
but continue to link to and quote Russian propaganda. It’s unbearable.
What does that even mean?
As far as Syria is concerned, the question is not whether the US government should send aid but whether it should interfere with private efforts.
Should the US government interfere with private agencies in Syria?
Should the US block Syrian-Americans from sending aid to relatives in Syria?
NBC has history of employing former government officials as “analysts”. That is especially true if they came from a three-letter agency. Here is a report from 2018:
Former CIA Director John Brennan (2013-17) is the latest superspook to be reborn as a TV newsie. He just cashed in at NBC News as a “senior national security and intelligence analyst” and served his first expert views on last Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press. The Brennan acquisition seeks to elevate NBC to spook parity with CNN . . .Almost too numerous to list, they include Chuck Rosenberg, former acting DEA administrator, chief of staff for FBI Director James B. Comey, and counselor to former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III; Frank Figliuzzi, former chief of FBI counterintelligence; Juan Zarate, deputy national security adviser under Bush, at NBC . . .
The Spies Who Came in to the TV Studio - POLITICO Magazine
NBC analysts- right out in the open. Who does Zero Hedge employ? You have no idea, because nobody uses their real name. It is a shameful publication.
NBC analysts- right out in the open.
I agree government propaganda on NBC is no secret. In the case of John Brennan, he has brazenly lied repeatedly to push his narratives, yet he is still appearing on NBC.
Who does Zero Hedge employ? You have no idea, because nobody uses their real name. It is a shameful publication.
It might help to read Zerohedge before smearing it. These days most of their articles are reprints from other publications and include links to their original author.
Editor commentary is under the pseudonym of TYLER DURDEN, and it includes links to source materials.
Who provides the text for the teleprompters on NBC?
As far as Syria, you still have not answered the question about US sanctions. You seem more concerned about smearing sources than people dying as a result of US sanctions.
I believe you answered your own question there.
But one correction … it was not our intervention that made it not a great place.
I have read it. It’s propaganda of the worst sort.
You keep pushing talking points from the permanent state.
Do they pay well?
Or is it some sort of strange obsession?
U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda.
Because it is true. PROPAGANDA.
The question you need to ask yourself is. “Why am I so willing to buy into anti-American pseudo-reporting? Why do I prefer Russia’s stance over my own country.”
The AP quote only makes sense if you understand that amplifying Russian propaganda = saying anything disagrees with the party line from US intelligence officials.
The same sort of crap was used to silence critics of the Vietnam War. I suggest that you move any further discussion about “Russian propaganda” to this thread:
Instead of bringing peace, the end of the Cold War has brought one war after another. The people of Syria have suffered terribly. They are far worse now than when the US escalated intervention in 2011.
There was time when US media question sanctions that killed huge numbers of people in the Middle East. Now they don’t even bother.
About the earthquake.
There is a distinct tendency for earthquakes to cascade east to west across Turkey as each quake loads up stress on the next fault line. This will happen over a course of years and then the cycle begins again. If it is at this magnitude relatively early on the faults unzipping it may be one bumpy ride.
This is NOT over.
Yes, there could be more quakes.
A Dutch scientist has made news with a prediction about an (eventual) earthquake in this region only a few days before the actually quake. Given the geological and historical records, saying that there will be an earthquake in a seismically active area is pretty close to a sure thing.
Of course, Italy convicted scientists for not providing adequate warning about a 2009 earthquake.
Just a moment of appreciation for the name “Hoogerbeets”.
Dutch words/names frequently sound at least mildly offensive in English.
Don’t get me started on “geldautomaat” . . .
I must admit that given the language’s reputed need for phlegm I wonder how or even if “sultry” is done. A period romance with Dutch and Welsh characters would be a great place to cameo Mr B telling Baldrick “I told you so.”
