World War coming soon.....

[ilovesingapore]

Humanity is at a Dangerous Crossroads

There are at present four distinct war theaters: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya.

An attack on Syria would lead to the integration of these separate war theaters, eventually leading towards a broader Middle East-Central Asian war.

Moreover, several other countries including Yemen, Somalia, Egypt, Mali, Niger, among others, are now strung in the midst of US sponsored “civil wars”, invariably leading to economic collapse, political instability and the demise of State institutions. In these countries, US military intervention often takes the form of counter-terrorism operations.

Public opinion is largely unaware of the grave implications of these war plans which could potentially lead humanity into a World War III scenario.

Moreover, an extended regional war in the Middle East and Central Asia will inevitably have repercussions in other regions of the World including South East Asia and the Far East, where the US is threatening North Korea, China as well as Russia as part of its “Pivot to Asia” strategy.


http://www.globalresearch.ca/danger...a-prelude-to-a-world-war-iii-scenario/5347411

 

[Poomer]

Humanity is at a Dangerous Crossroads

There are at present four distinct war theaters: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya.

An attack on Syria would lead to the integration of these separate war theaters, eventually leading towards a broader Middle East-Central Asian war.

Moreover, several other countries including Yemen, Somalia, Egypt, Mali, Niger, among others, are now strung in the midst of US sponsored “civil wars”, invariably leading to economic collapse, political instability and the demise of State institutions. In these countries, US military intervention often takes the form of counter-terrorism operations.

Public opinion is largely unaware of the grave implications of these war plans which could potentially lead humanity into a World War III scenario.

Moreover, an extended regional war in the Middle East and Central Asia will inevitably have repercussions in other regions of the World including South East Asia and the Far East, where the US is threatening North Korea, China as well as Russia as part of its “Pivot to Asia” strategy.


http://www.globalresearch.ca/danger...a-prelude-to-a-world-war-iii-scenario/5347411

The author is writing his theories based on unsubstantiated claims. If I read correctly, he is hinting that the US wants to war with Syria, based on an article in the daily mail that was taken down, when the British authorities asked them to verify their sources, that the US intends to launch a chemical attack on the Syrian people and make it look like Assad did it.

I really don't know what is the author's angle on this, as logic practically flew out of the window when he wrote this article.

 

[kopiuncle]

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that war weariness cannot excuse world powers from their duty to punish Syria after the gassing to death of hundreds of women and children.

While he said he had made no "final decision" on taking military action against Bashar al-Assad's regime, Obama gave his clearest indication yet that a "narrow, limited" attack is imminent.

His remarks came after the United States released an intelligence report that concluded the regime had launched a chemical onslaught in the suburbs of Damascus last week, killing 1,429 people, including at least 426 children.

"This kind of attack is a challenge to the world," Obama told reporters at the White House.

"We cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale," he said, calling the attack a threat to US "national security interests."

"The world has an obligation to make sure we maintain the norm against the use of chemical weapons," he said, slamming the failure of the UN Security Council to agree on action.

Obama said he was looking at a "wide range of options" but had ruled out "boots on the ground" or a "long-term campaign."

"We are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act," he said.

France gave its backing to the US plans, saying a "strong message" should be sent to the Assad regime, but British lawmakers had already voted against any involvement in military action and other close US allies said they would not sign up.

Russia, Syria's most powerful ally, has questioned US intelligence about the August 21 gas attacks and has warned against any military strikes without UN backing.

In Damascus, UN experts completed their investigation into the attacks east of the capital and said they would "expedite" a report on whether chemical weapons had been used there.

The team is due to leave the war-battered country Saturday and report back immediately to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who has appealed to the West to allow time for their findings to be assessed.

US Secretary of State John Kerry cited "multiple streams of intelligence" indicating that the Syrian government had carried out the chemical attack and that Assad himself is the "ultimate decision maker."

Kerry said failure to act would not only erode the nearly century-old norm against the use of chemical weapons, but would embolden Syrian allies Iran and Hezbollah.

But the United States, faced with an impasse at the Security Council and the British parliament's shock vote on Thursday, has been forced to look elsewhere for international partners.

While Germany and Canada ruled out joining any military strikes, French President Francois Hollande - whose country was a strident opponent of the US-led war on Iraq - said the British decision would not affect his government's stance.

Hollande said he and Obama "agreed that the international community cannot tolerate the use of chemical weapons, that it should hold the Syrian regime accountable for it and send a strong message."

Turkey, Syria's neighbor, went further still, demanding not just surgical strikes to send a message about chemical weapons but a sustained campaign to topple the regime.

"A limited operation cannot be satisfactory for us," Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by the NTV news channel.

Gruesome pictures of some of the reported victims of the attacks, including children, have shocked the world and piled on the pressure for a response that could draw a reluctant West into the vicious Syrian civil war.

But Russia and Iran, and even some US allies, have warned against any intervention, saying it risks sparking a wider conflict.

Divisions over Syria have further chilled the frosty relations between Washington and Moscow ahead of the G20 summit next week in Saint Petersburg, where pointedly there will be no face-to-face talks between Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Syria has denied using chemical weapons, and the foreign ministry said on Friday that the US intelligence report was "nothing but tired legends that the terrorists have been circulating for more than a week, with their share of lies and entirely fabricated stories."

The military buildup was meanwhile continuing, with US warships armed with scores of cruise missiles converging on the eastern Mediterranean.

In Damascus the mood was heavy with fear and security forces were making preparations for possible air bombardments, pulling soldiers back from potential targets.

More than 100,000 people have died since the conflict erupted in March 2011 and two million have become refugees, half of them children, according to the United Nations.

Some commentators have questioned the wisdom of Obama dragging the United States into another conflict after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - particularly as Al-Qaeda militants are among the rebels fighting the Assad regime.

Some members of the US Congress have voiced support for limited missile strikes, while urging transparency from the administration.

But an opinion poll released on Friday said half of all Americans believe Obama should not intervene.

- AFP/de

 

[kopiuncle]

so USA is going ahead !!!

 

[kopiuncle]

The author is writing his theories based on unsubstantiated claims. If I read correctly, he is hinting that the US wants to war with Syria, based on an article in the daily mail that was taken down, when the British authorities asked them to verify their sources, that the US intends to launch a chemical attack on the Syrian people and make it look like Assad did it.

I really don't know what is the author's angle on this, as logic practically flew out of the window when he wrote this article.

you have your reason and the author has his too..

the iraq war was justified on the grounds of a "nuclear-armed" iraq which turned out to be a smoke screen...

at least the british now distanced itself from another cowboy-styled assault on some "dubious" grounds....

 

[kopiuncle]

Russia gets tough. Show proof and evidence.

Obama reconsider.

But will the USA strike Syria ?

 

[kopiuncle]

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has demanded that the United States provide any evidence of the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians to the UN Security Council.

Speaking to reporters in Vladivostok on Saturday, Putin told journalists that the proof should be shown to UN inspectors and the Security Council, adding that it would be "utter nonsense" for the Syrian government to have used such weapons.

"Syrian government troops are on the offensive and have surrounded the opposition in several regions. In these conditions, to give a trump card to those who are calling for a military intervention is utter nonsense," Putin told reporters in Vladivostok city near China border.

Regarding the provision of evidence by the US, Putin said that "if they don't show it, that means there is [no proof]".

Putin's comments came as the US made it clear that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a "brutal and flagrant" chemical weapons attack that it said killed 1,429 people near Damascus last week. Aid agencies said that at least 355 people were killed in the attack, with as many as 3,000 injured.

On Saturday, a Syrian security official told the AFP news agency that the country was expecting a foreign military attack "at any moment", and that it was "ready to retaliate".

As tensions rise, Arab foreign ministers will meet in Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday to discuss Syria, Arab League deputy chief Ahmed Ben Helli said on Saturday.

The meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday, but was advanced "in light of rapid developments in the Syria situation and based on the request of several Arab states," Ben Helli told reporters.

On Tuesday, the Arab League accused the Syrian regime of carrying out chemical weapons attacks.

Permanent representatives condemned the "horrible crime carried out with internationally prohibited chemical weapons" and put the "entire responsibility" on Assad's regime.

Obama mulls 'limited' strike

John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, said on Friday that the dead in the August 21 attack included 426 children.

In a speech at the State Department, he described the attack as an "inconceivable horror".

President Barack Obama later said the US was considering a "limited narrow act" in response to the attack, which posed "a challenge to the world".

"We are not considering any kind of military action that involves boots on the ground or a long-term campaign," he said.

But Obama said the use of chemical weapons threatens US national security and merits a response.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has dismissed Kerry's statement as "full of lies" based on "fabricated evidence", insisting the rebels carried out the deadly attack.

State-run news agency SANA said Kerry, who cited a US intelligence report, was using "material based on old stories that the terrorists have been circulating for more than a week".

The intelligence gathered for the US report included an intercepted communication by a senior official intimately familiar with the August 21 attack as well as other intelligence from people's accounts and intercepted messages, the four-page report said.

A team of UN experts finished gathering evidence of the alleged poison-gas attacks, the United Nations announced on Friday, though envoys said analysing the samples may take weeks.

Kerry said their report would only confirm that chemical weapons were used, and he made clear that would not change much for Washington since "guaranteed Russian obstructionism" would make it impossible for the UN to galvanise world action.

"The primary question is really no longer, what do we know. The question is, what are we - we collectively - what are we in the world going to do about it," Kerry said.

He said the president had been clear that any action would be "limited and tailored" to punishing Assad, that it would not be intended to affect the civil war there and Washington remained committed to a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane, reporting from Washington, said: "What the administration is really considering is some kind of targeted cruise-missile strike, that would be directed at command-and-control units of the Syrian military, fuel depots, possibly some runways. But as the president just said, it should stay limited."

Shifting alliances

Kerry and Obama were speaking the day after British Prime Minister David Cameron failed to win parliamentary backing for military action in Syria.

Kerry made clear Washington would not be swayed from acting either by the opinions of other states: "President Obama will ensure that the United States of America makes our own decisions on our own timelines, based on our values and our interests."

He said that if a "thug and a murderer like Bashar al-Assad can gas thousands of his own people with impunity," it would be an example to others, such as, he said, Iran, Hezbollah and North Korea.

French President Francois Hollande told the daily Le Monde he still supported taking "firm" punitive action over an attack he said had caused "irreparable" harm to the Syrian people.

Hollande is not constrained by the need for parliamentary approval of any move to intervene in Syria and could act before lawmakers debate the issue on Wednesday.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

WW3 come also good lah....................better to go out with a bang...............

than with a whimper.................Fukushima will bring the world to an end also..............

 

[chewenhua]

all TCSS one lah

unless the NEW WORLD ORDER is coming :X

 

[kopiuncle]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry asserted on Sunday that the United States now has evidence of sarin gas use in Syria and said "the case gets stronger by the day" for a military attack.

A day after President Barack Obama stepped back from his threat to launch an attack, Mr Kerry said in a series of interviews on the Sunday news shows that the administration learned of the sarin use within the past 24 hours through samples of hair and blood provided to Washington by first responders in Damascus.

Mr Kerry also said he was confident that Congress will give Mr Obama its backing for an attack against Syria, but he also said the President has the authority to act on his own if Congress does not give its approval.

While Mr Kerry stopped short of saying Mr Obama was committed to such a course even if lawmakers refuse to authorise force, he did tell ABC television's This Week that "we are not going to lose this vote".

Mr Kerry said Mr Obama has the right to take action against Syria, with or without Congress' approval, but he stopped short of saying Mr Obama was committed to such a course even if lawmakers refuse to authorise force.

Congress is scheduled to return from a summer break on Sept 9.

Republican Representative Peter King, who criticised Obama for not proceeding immediately against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said the President may have trouble winning the backing of Congress.

"I think it is going to be difficult," said Mr King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, adding that there is an "isolationist" tendency in his Republican caucus.

Republican Senator Rand Paul said he thinks the Senate "will rubber-stamp what he (Obama) wants, but I think the House will be a much closer vote".

Mr Paul said he believes "it's at least 50-50 whether the House will vote down involvement in the Syrian war". But Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called the evidence, including the fresh finding on sarin gas, "convincing and getting better".

Mr Rogers predicted that "at the end of the day, Congress will rise to the occasion", but he also said "it's going to take that healthy debate to get there".

"This isn't about Barack Obama versus the Congress. This isn't about Republicans versus Democrats. This has a very important worldwide reach in this decision," he said.

 

[kopiuncle]

The Americans said the same about Iraq's nuclear programme and arsenal....

 

[kopiuncle]

A Century of Lies: The Rationales for Engaging in Foreign Wars, A Century-old White House Tradition

http://www.globalresearch.ca/a-cent...s-a-century-old-white-house-tradition/5347442

for those who are interested , read on.....this Sarin Gas is no different .....

 

[kopiuncle]

George W. Bush: “Al Qaeda” attack of 9/11—Afghanistan, 2001-present, “War on Terror,”—2001-present; 9/11 and Iraq’s alleged “Weapons of Mass Destruction”–Iraq 2003-present

“Facing clear evidence or peril, we cannot wait for the final proof–the smoking gun–that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. Understanding the threats of our time, knowing the designs and deceptions of the Iraqi regime, we have every reason to assume the worst, and we have an urgent duty to prevent the worst from occurring.” October 6, 2002...

 

[kopiuncle]

Lyndon B. Johnson: Tonkin Gulf Incident, “Domino Effect”—Vietnam War, 1964-1974; “War on Poverty”

“Last night I announced to the American people that the North Vietnamese regime had conducted further deliberate attacks against U.S. naval vessels operating in international waters, and therefore directed air action against gunboats and supporting facilities used in these hostile operations. This air action has now been carried out with substantial damage to the boats and facilities. Two U.S. aircraft were lost in the action. After consultation with the leaders of both parties in the Congress, I further announced a decision to ask the Congress for a resolution expressing the unity and determination of the United States in supporting freedom and in protecting peace in southeast Asia. These latest actions of the North Vietnamese regime have given’ a new and grave turn to the already serious situation in southeast Asia.” August 5, 1964

 

[kopiuncle]

Grassroots pressure has forced President Obama to seek approval from Congress for an attack on Syria. But Obama is hell-bent on ordering a missile assault on that country, and he has two very important aces in the hole.

The administration is about to launch a ferocious propaganda blitz that will engulf a wide range of U.S. media. And as a fallback, the president is reserving the option of attacking Syria no matter what Congress does.

Until Obama’s surprise announcement Saturday that he will formally ask Congress for authorization of military action against Syria, the impassioned pitches from top U.S. officials in late August seemed to be closing arguments before cruise missiles would hit Syrian targets. But the pre-bombing hyper spin has just gotten started.

The official appeals for making war on yet another country will be ferocious. Virtually all the stops will be pulled out; all kinds of media will be targeted; every kind of convoluted argument will be employed.

Hell hath no fury like war-makers scorned. Simmering rage will be palpable from political elites who do not want to see Congress set an unprecedented precedent: thwarting the will of a president who wants Pentagon firepower unleashed on another country.

President Obama and top Democrats such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will twist every arm they can to get a “yes” vote for attacking Syria. Meanwhile, most mainline media pundits, numbingly addicted to war, will often chastise and denigrate foes of authorization.....

 

[kopiuncle]

One of NPR’s inside-the-box hosts of “All Things Considered” on August 30 asked Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) about the Obama administration’s claim that missile strikes on Syria would be “a limited action” and not “war.” Congresswoman Lofgren replied: “I think that anyone who argues that shooting missiles and dropping bombs on another country is not an act of war has got some further education warranted. If somebody shot cruise missiles at Washington for only one day, we would still consider it an act of war, wouldn’t we?”

Not many members of Congress have Lofgren’s clarity, and many of their votes on authorization are up for grabs. Each of us can help affect the outcome by demanding that our senators and representative oppose the war resolution. We should make our voices heard in all sorts of public venues.

The president’s move for a congressional vote should cause a major escalation of anti-war activism. A straw in the wind: during just a few hours after Obama’s announcement on Saturday afternoon, nearly 10,000 people took the initiative via RootsAction.org to email members of Congress with a “No Attack on Syria” message.

National opinion polling and momentum inside Congress indicate that we can defeat Obama’s war resolution. It’ll be a tremendous fight, but we can prevail.

But even if Obama loses the vote in Congress, there’s a very real danger that he will proceed with ordering an attack on Syria.

Burying the lead almost a dozen paragraphs into a September 1 news story, the New York Times mentioned in passing: “White House officials indicated that Mr. Obama might still authorize force even if Congress rejected it.”

A careful reading of Obama’s Rose Garden announcement on Saturday verifies that he never quite said he will abide by the decision of Congress if it refuses to approve an attack on Syria. Instead, the president filled his statement with hedging phrases, detouring around any such commitment with words like these:

* “I have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian regime targets. … And I’m prepared to give that order.But … I’m also mindful that I’m the President of the world’s oldest constitutional democracy.”

* “I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people’s representatives in Congress.”

* “Over the last several days, we’ve heard from members of Congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree. So this morning, I spoke with all four congressional leaders, and they’ve agreed to schedule a debate and then a vote as soon as Congress comes back into session.”

* “And all of us should be accountable as we move forward, and that can only be accomplished with a vote.”

* “I’m ready to act in the face of this outrage. Today I’m asking Congress to send a message to the world that we are ready to move forward together as one nation.”

At the grassroots, people across the United States will be working very hard to prevent congressional approval of an attack on Syria. That activism is imperative. But we should also understand that Obama has not committed himself to abide by the decision that Congress makes.

Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.” Information on the documentary based on the book is at www.WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org.