The linked article about the false flag attack in Syria is behind a paywall, so I couldn't read it, but Aaron Mate of The Grayzone covered the phony Douma attack and The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) scandal extensively, all of which was either censored or ignored by American mainstream propaganda outlets, by which I mean the corporate mainstream media. YouTube videos of his coverage were taken down (is this Stalin's Soviet Union, or what?).
Mate testified before the UN Security Council about his findings.
"OPCW inspectors found no evidence to support allegations of a Syrian government chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma in April 2018. But their findings were suppressed, and the team was sidelined."
Interesting article from a mew days ago: “Murder of Anti-Vietnam War Monk Thomas Merton in 1968 Was a CIA Hit Linked with Assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK, New Book Argues”
Re Seymour Hersh: I can only say I hope everyone has seen the six-part series “Wormwood” on Netflix about the murder of Frank Olson (which ultimately ends up featuring Hersh).
The role of George Ball in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations is admirably shown in another ground breaking book on Vietnam, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest."
Halberstam went out of his way to show George Ball to be in many cases the only man of conscience and sanity in the Johnson administration when it came to foreign policy, especially on Indochina.
On the matter of Obama and his escalating the war in Afghanistan, ( As well as the sham "withdrawal" from Iraq.), the new President entered the White House with little experience in dealing with the Washington power elite. Obama also didn't possess the extensive political and foreign policy experience that JFK had. And he especially didn't have a fanatically loyal younger brother watching his back and protecting him from his enemies. For all his good intentions, Obama was ill-equipped to stand up against the Establishment, and in most cases was more than willing to cooperate with them. Obama also knew that if he resisted, the Democratic party leadership would turn their backs and he would become a lamb ready for slaughter.
The linked article about the false flag attack in Syria is behind a paywall, so I couldn't read it, but Aaron Mate of The Grayzone covered the phony Douma attack and The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) scandal extensively, all of which was either censored or ignored by American mainstream propaganda outlets, by which I mean the corporate mainstream media. YouTube videos of his coverage were taken down (is this Stalin's Soviet Union, or what?).
Mate testified before the UN Security Council about his findings.
"OPCW inspectors found no evidence to support allegations of a Syrian government chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma in April 2018. But their findings were suppressed, and the team was sidelined."
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/18/at-un-aaron-mate-debunks-opcws-syria-lies-and-confronts-us-uk-on-cover-up/
The Syrian gas attack in Douma was staged, but it was a great story to make us hate Assad and to justify a war against him.
Remember the story about Iraqi soldiers throwing Kuwaiti babies out of their incubators which turned out to be a complete fabrication? Same thing.
Interesting article from a mew days ago: “Murder of Anti-Vietnam War Monk Thomas Merton in 1968 Was a CIA Hit Linked with Assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK, New Book Argues”
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/03/09/murder-of-anti-vietnam-war-monk-thomas-merton-in-1968-was-a-cia-hit-linked-with-assassinations-of-jfk-rfk-and-mlk-new-book-argues/?mc_cid=c995b25185&mc_eid=373ddd5fe1&utm_source=FFF+Daily&utm_campaign=956389e873-FFF+Daily+2023-03-15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1139d80dff-956389e873-318111346
Re Seymour Hersh: I can only say I hope everyone has seen the six-part series “Wormwood” on Netflix about the murder of Frank Olson (which ultimately ends up featuring Hersh).
The role of George Ball in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations is admirably shown in another ground breaking book on Vietnam, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest."
Halberstam went out of his way to show George Ball to be in many cases the only man of conscience and sanity in the Johnson administration when it came to foreign policy, especially on Indochina.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest
On the matter of Obama and his escalating the war in Afghanistan, ( As well as the sham "withdrawal" from Iraq.), the new President entered the White House with little experience in dealing with the Washington power elite. Obama also didn't possess the extensive political and foreign policy experience that JFK had. And he especially didn't have a fanatically loyal younger brother watching his back and protecting him from his enemies. For all his good intentions, Obama was ill-equipped to stand up against the Establishment, and in most cases was more than willing to cooperate with them. Obama also knew that if he resisted, the Democratic party leadership would turn their backs and he would become a lamb ready for slaughter.
Oh good lord. I just learned about Hersh recently and he is terrible.