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To say this declaration is bizarre is an understatement – especially given the US is supporting rebel factions deliberately seeking to oust Assad. Hopefully someone will tell the US media, which is still in high gear pumping out anti-Assad propaganda. Go figure.
During his visit to Moscow, Secretary of State John Kerry talked at length with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and came out of those talks with a shocking declaration that “the United States and its partners are not seeking regime change in Syria.”
The declaration is not only bizarre, in that many of America’s “partners” in Syria are rebel factions formed explicitly to oust the government, but because Kerry himself, as well as other high-ranking US officials, have been openly demanding unconditional regime change for several years now.
Kerry went into his Moscow visit saying Assad’s future would be a topic of discussion with Russian officials, which itself raised eyebrows since US officials have long insisted Assad has no future. Kerry doubled down on this, however, insisting that the US and Russia see Syria’s future fundamentally the…
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Yes, someone should tell the US media! 🙂
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The BBC is now reporting a ceasefire meeting in New York with all the external powers fueling the war. A pity they haven’t invited any Syrians to attend: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35130853
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Unbelievable.
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I guess they’re counting on Americans having really short memories.
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Looks to me like there is 3way war going on between State, Defense and CIA not un heard about like continuing war between CIA and FBI. The Empire is crumbling.
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I think you’re probably right, gerry – there’s a split in the ruling elite.
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We used to have ‘Perfidious Albion’. Now who’s the current champion of perfidy? It sure isn’t easy to be an ally of the United States – as this guy admits, yet he wants Turkey thrown out of NATO!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/dump-new-ottomans-from-na_b_8836998.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592&ref=yfp
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Alan, the Huffington Post article is a repost of an article from Forbes Magazine online: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2015/11/25/turkey-downs-russian-plane-joins-with-islamic-state-u-s-should-drop-new-ottoman-empire-as-ally/
I think it lends even more support to the supposition that there’s a split in the ruling elite.
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