Syria

I heard you voted on Syria. Here’s a couple of relevant comments from the KPFA website re a “hotflash” (of “news” on Syria on “The Saturday Morning Talkies” Feb 18: Yes, it is discouraging to hear KPFA “news” folks mouth the party line. Doesn’t it seem that when we keep hearing over and over some sad story we should immediately be suspicious? I mean really – when was the last time the U.S. war empire doing such a massive media blitz to be nice guys? That’s when to bookmark “hmm must be more to this” and begin the research. was a good program on this on KPFA’s Voices of the Middle East and North Africa Feb 1 – very moderate. I see it’s off the KPFA website now (I guess cause it included music?) but soon it may be at the Voices of the Middle East website http://vomena.org/blog/ or write to the producers of that show at vomekpfa@yahoo.com . and this is in reply to this one: Just to comment on the news
Submitted by Adrian from Amsterdam (not verified) on Sun, 2012/02/19 – 5:43am.

Just to comment on the news from Syria, let me quote Thierry Meyssan from the Voltaire Network:

“For eleven months, the Western powers and the Gulf States have lead a campaign to destabilize Syria. Several thousand mercenaries infiltrated the country. Recruited by agencies in Saudi Arabia and Qatar within the Sunni extremist community, they came to overthrow the “Alawite usurper” Bashar al-Assad and impose a Wahhabi-inspired dictatorship. They have at their disposal some of the most sophisticated military equipment, including night vision systems, communication centers, and robots for urban warfare. Supported secretly by the NATO powers, they also have access to vital military information, including satellite images of Syrian troop movements, and telephone interceptions.

This has been falsely portrayed to the Western public as a political revolution crushed in blood by a ruthless dictatorship.”

I just can’t stand it when progressives fall for war propaganda.