.@jason_a_w looks into why the most prominent and vocal American opponents of war on Syria are mostly on the righthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/13/syria-intervention-conservative-rightwing-opposition-trump …
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@Independent Mideast correspondent Robert Fisk reporting directly from Douma: Senior doctor says the patients in the video used to justify US/UK/France attacks were overcome by oxygen starvation, NOT by gashttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-gas-douma-robert-fisk-ghouta-damascus-a8307726.html …Show this thread -
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@leninology: “Imperial decline is not primarily a matter of military decline, but of political degeneration ... Syria is something of a canary in the coalmine”https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-days-of-18190836?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare …Show this thread -
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@MaxBlumenthal: "Despite being subjected to a tidal wave of deceptions and a campaign of pro-war perception management of unprecedented scale, the Western public has managed to maintain an attitude of healthy distrust toward its media establishment."https://www.truthdig.com/articles/syria-controversy-dont-believe-the-official-narrative/ …Show this thread -
“The FFM will continue to carry out its independent and impartial mission based on interviews with relevant people, its findings from the site visits, analysis of the sample results, as well as any other information and materials collected.”https://twitter.com/opcw/status/989146968474750977?s=21 …
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@Jonathan_K_Cook “we are getting yet more revisions to a story that was originally presented as so cut-and-dried that it justified an act of military aggression by the US, UK and France against Syria, without authorisation from the UN Security Council.”https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2018-04-28/the-west-closes-its-ears-to-douma-testimony/ …Show this thread -
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@stephenkinzer: “Conveniently timed attacks that give pretexts for war, however, are not always what they seem. History suggests that we should await clear evidence before falling into well-laid traps.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/04/27/hoisting-false-flag/hRC63gFcq1zMUmd8UObqLM/amp.html …Show this thread
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