The Debate (Argument) - US-Russia relations - featuring yours truly and journo Brent Budowsky in Washington http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/04/12/517693/US-Donald-Trump-Russia-Vladimir-Putin Retired US Army Colonel, W. Patrick Lang Donald Trump Is An International Law Breaker http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2017/04/donald-trump-is-an-international-law-breaker.html Nafeez Ahmed Kissinger is the dark side of Trump in Syria http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/trumps-syria-strike-inspired-dangerous-vision-cauldronising-middle-east-2138445408 Seymore Hersh Seymour Hersh Says Hillary Approved Sending Libya’s Sarin to Syrian Rebels http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/04/28/seymour-hersh-hillary-approved-sending-libya-sarin-syrian-rebels.html Seymour Hersh’s News Report Banned in U.S., Is Finally Confirmed in Turkey http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/10/seymour-hershs-news-report-banned-in-u-s-is-finally-confirmed-in-turkey.html Carla Delponte at the UN UN's Del Ponte says evidence Syria rebels 'used sarin' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22424188 Christof Lehman Top US and Saudi Officials responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria https://nsnbc.me/2013/10/07/top-us-and-saudi-officials-responsible-for-chemical-weapons-in-syria/ In this episode of The Debate, Press TV has conducted an interview with Brent Budowsky, a columnist of The Hill from Washington, and Tony Gosling, an investigative journalist based in Bristol, to discuss the prospect of US-Russia relations. Donald Trump Is An International Law Breaker http://www.globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-is-an-international-law-breaker/5584052 By Colonel W. Patrick Lang Sic Semper Tyrannis 7 April 2017 Donald Trump‘s decision to launch cruise missile strikes on a Syrian Air Force Base was based on a lie. In the coming days the American people will learn that the Intelligence Community knew that Syria did not drop a military chemical weapon on innocent civilians in Idlib. Here is what happened: The Russians briefed the United States on the proposed target. This is a process that started more than two months ago. [prior to the Chemical Weapons attack] There is a dedicated phone line that is being used to coordinate and deconflict (i.e., prevent US and Russian air assets from shooting at each other) the upcoming operation. The United States was fully briefed on the fact that there was a target in Idlib and that the Russians believed it was a weapons/explosives depot for Islamic rebels. The Syrian Air Force hit the target with conventional weapons. All involved expected to see a massive secondary explosion. That did not happen. Instead, smoke, chemical smoke, began billowing from the site. It turns out that the Islamic rebels used that site to store chemicals, not sarin, that were deadly. The chemicals included organic phosphates and chlorine and they followed the wind and killed civilians. There was a strong wind blowing that day and the cloud was driven to a nearby village and caused casualties. We know it was not sarin. How? Very simple. The so-called “first responders” handled the victims without gloves. If this had been sarin they would have died. Sarin on the skin will kill you. How do I know? I went through “Live Agent” training at Fort McClellan in Alabama. There are members of the U.S. military who were aware that this strike would occur and it was recorded. There is a film record. At least the Defense Intelligence Agency knows that this was not a chemical weapon attack. In fact, Syrian military chemical weapons were destroyed with the help of Russia. This is Gulf of Tonkin 2. How ironic. Donald Trump correctly castigated George W. Bush for launching an unprovoked, unjustified attack on Iraq in 2003. Now we have President Donald Trump doing the same damn thing. Worse in fact. Because the intelligence community had information showing that there was no chemical weapon launched by the Syrian Air Force. Here’s the good news. The Russians and Syrians were informed, or at least were aware, that the [cruise missile] attack was coming. They were able to remove a large number of their assets. The base the United States hit was something of a backwater. Donald Trump gets to pretend that he is a tough guy. He is not. He is a fool. This attack was violation of international law. Donald Trump authorized an unjustified attack on a sovereign country. What is even more disturbing is that people like Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, CIA Director Mike Pompeo and NSA Director General McMaster went along with this charade. Front line troops know the truth. These facts will eventually come out. Donald Trump will most likely not finish his term as President. He will be impeached, I believe, once Congress is presented with irrefutable proof that he ignored and rejected intelligence that did not support the myth that Syria attacked with chemical weapons.....

• published: 12 Apr 2017
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