Tag: middle east

Syria: Missing chemical weapons?

It appears a important truth is being buried at the end of week news cycle, hoping it will not gain traction. I came across the story on Fox website but am surprised it is not in the major story bracket.  Panetta has shared that Syria has moved some of its chemical weapon stockpile in order to protect them but there is some question as to what exactly happened to some of them. “There has been intelligence that there have been some moves that have taken place. Where exactly that’s taken place, we don’t know,” Panetta told reporters. “I don’t have any specific information about the opposition and whether or not they’ve obtained some of this or how much they’ve obtained and just exactly what’s taken place.” 

Really?!  This of course means they could be in anyone’s hands, say AQ, Iran and so on. The article goes on to explain that Panetta is sure the main sites are secure, it is some of the other sites that are in question.

Again – really?!

This is NOT a non-story. This buried fact will show itself later. Just where and when?

Added: Curious, CNN has the story but has positioned it that everything is ok. Hmmm

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Netanyahu’s red-line speech

Jerusalem Post

Debka

New York Times

It is no surprise the volume of material being reported my MSM and alternative news outlets on the events of the last 24 hours. Netanyahu’s speech was successful for his ability for plainly stating his case why a “red-line” approach is needed by the world in reference to Iran’s nuclear proliferation. Some sources share the O’s administration was irked by Netanyahu’s remarks but I am sure that doesn’t concern him.

“Netanyahu made apparent reference to criticism that it was inelegant of him to make an issue of the red lines with the US so close to the November presidential election, saying he was speaking about the issue now ” because the Iranian nuclear calendar doesn’t take time out for anyone or for anything. I speak about it now because when it comes to the survival of my country, it’s not only my right to speak; it’s my duty to speak.””.

Not surprisingly Iran’s retort to Netanyahu’s speech was that Israel needed to come clean about its nuclear weapons arsenal. We will see this drum beating gain traction, I am certain of it.

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Jordan is next

Quietly over the past year few comments have made their way across the news about the future of Jordan and specifically King Abdullah II. According to a recent Debka story the Muslim Brotherhood has officially targeted this government for the next “spring”.  Important to understand is the use of “spring” is ironic. What IS occurring is where a Muslim nation is under dictatorship which eliminates the ability of the MB/Islamists to thrive, they are targeted under the guise of democracy and open elections in order to grab control. Look at maps of the Middle East and the so-called “Spring” and learn what has or is happening to the government of the recent past. The open elections are the gateway to power for Islamists and once they have the nation in their grasp they will then clench their hands and rule the nation with a fist.

If Debka’s article is accurate, which I am sure it is – then we will soon read of changes in Jordan. The MB needs to be stopped but I don’t think King Abdullah II will have the means to do so.

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Why he refuses to fess up

Again Romney is asking the million dollar question: Why won’t O state the incident in Benghazi was a terrorist attack? His administration states it was but he does not.

1. Because O declared Libya was “mission accomplished”

2. Because O promised he would usher in a wave of peace with Islamists

3. And the biggie: Because it would be the first successful terrorist attack against the US since 9/11 and it occurred on US territory. Remember that embassies are sovereign territory of the nation housed. And all of that came under his watch.

 

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More than Noise

It will be interesting to see how the next 24-48 hours unfold following the airing of O on 60 Minutes last night. I can not stomach watching him so I am relying on reporters and analysts about the show. Hopefully I will find a transcript of the interview.

Debka which is an Israeli independent news and intelligence website has an article tying O’s remarks as further proof that he will not cooperate with Netanyahu in reference to joint military action or even a definitive red-line.  The Weekly Standard has an article pointing out the O’s language about Israel mirrors Ahmadinejad’s remarks about Israel.

The election is too close to call and that apparently translates into putting Netanyahu at an arm’s length. Conversation over the phone will not produce a photo-op that can be shared, printed and appear as cooperation and alliance. Phone calls make it easier to be formal and distant. O and his election campaign managers and consultants apparently believe that they need to have Israel stand on point in the matter of Iranian nuclear production and proliferation. Iran knows that with the current USA administration that talking while working clandestinely is the best SOP because as long as nothing  is flagrant then USA military action will not occur.

For O if suddenly Iran produced a nuclear bomb it would merely be an intelligence failure. For Israel it may very well be an end of existence.

The imagery O uses referring to Netanyahu’s pleas for help as “noise” reflects O’s ignorance or ulterior motives. For example, a man is sitting on a bench waiting for a bus and reading a book. Coming from behind him he hears exclamations “Help! Fire! Call 911!” He sits up a bit, looks down the street for the bus and then resumes reading his book. “Please! My family is inside! Someone please help! Mister on the bench please get us help! Please call 911!” The gentleman furrows his brow determined to focus on reading his book. “Help! Please help!” The bus pulls up, he stands up and enters the bus. The driver asks him what is going on? “I don’t know I was trying to read but their was a lot of noise out there.”

Pleas for help when action is needed is not noise unless you are one who does not want to act.

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Lies – pin the tail on the donkey (Obama)

Weekly Standard article
CBS article

Thanks to the Drudge Report – this morning I’ve come across some stinging and truthful commentary on O and his administration’s deceptive dealing with the 9/11 Benghazi murders. I am not a TV news watcher so I am not sure if the truth is gaining traction in the typical MSM TV industry.  I’ve noticed the truth is receiving selected traction on CNN. By that I mean they are not connecting the dots for their audience and presenting very few facts about those who died, exactly what happened and no mention of O and his administration deliberately lying – again – about this type of activity.

A new bit of information (at least to me) is from the The Daily Beast:

“What’s more, two U.S. intelligence officials told The Daily Beast that the intelligence community is currently analyzing an intercept between a Libyan politician whose sympathies are with al Qaeda and the Libyan militia known as the February 17 Brigade—which had been charged with providing local security to the consulate. In the intercept, the Libyan politician apparently asks an officer in the brigade to have his men stand down for a pending attack—another piece of evidence implying the violence was planned in advance. (Plenty of Libyans, of course, did try to protect the consulate. “Many of those Libyans died in the gunfight fighting off the attackers,” one of the officials said. “But there were some bad apples there as well.”)”

Thing is, that I justifiably distrust our administration so much that I can see them floating this lie so as to turn away the quite possible truth that O and his administration did not provide efficient security for the Ambassador. In other words making someone in Libya the culprit and not the poor leadership and understanding of the chief empty suit.

 

 

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