Russia Restrains Syria - Syria is Now in Driver's Seat in Metering Out Future Responses

In a position of wisdom/strength, power under control, Syria backed off and took this on the chin.

Moon of Alabama rightly points out:

".. Syria will now continue to respond to Israeli attacks. This time it limited its strikes to military positions in the occupied Golan heights. The next strikes will go further. This time Israel sent its population in the occupied Golan heights into bunkers. The next time half of Israel may have to go underground. How long could Israel sustain that?

Iran will also retaliate for attacks on its forces in Syria. But it does not need to do so from Syria. There are also other ways and means than sending missiles.

That Syria, after much suffering, now retaliated for the Israeli strikes draws a new line in the sand. If Israel wants a wider war it will get one. The destruction in the involved countries in the Middle East, including Israel, might thrown them back 100 years. Syria, Lebanon, and Iran could live with that.  A 100 years ago Israel did not exist..."

Even If You Don't Fire the First Shot, It Might Not End Well .. Choose Your Battles, Win the War

From The Saker: https://russia-insider.com/en/russias-lack-reaction-israels-strikes-syria-disgusting/ri23438

".. Unlike others, I have clearly said that it is not the Russian responsibility to “protect” Syria (or Iran) from the Israelis. But there is no doubt in my mind that Netanyahu has just publicly thumbed his nose at Putin and that Putin took it. For all my respect for Putin, this time he allowed Netanyahu to treat him just like Trump treated Macron. Except that in the case of Putin, he was so treated in his own capital. That makes it even worse..."

Yeah no. Remember .. "you got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away and know when to run" - Kenny Rogers in the song The Gambler

Social Media Destroying Society .. by Design?

Society is indeed government's only real competition .. roads can and has been built without government, all life can and did exist without government .. with a MUCH lower homicide rate.

Enter social media, a cousin to MSM, and an equal friend to government. What could go wrong?

".. All it takes is a glimpse at the headlines to realize the world has become more insane than ever – and maybe this has been done deliberately. Maybe social media is destroying humanity on purpose.

One former Facebook executive said, “We have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works.”

And everyone knows this is true.

The only law in social media is mob rule. People band together to blast those they consider politically incorrect. They “dox” people with whom they disagree. (To “dox” someone is to “ to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge.) Social media is busy censoring viewpoints with whom the owner disagrees while allowing flagrantly abusive points of view from people on “their side.” .."

You know the drill, isolate and keep the people divide (divide and conquer) is the way government retains the upper hand.

Final note from Daisy:

".. Social media may be destroying humanity in the macro perspective, but we don’t have to let it destroy us."

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/is-social-media-destroying-humanity-on-purpose/

Trump Saves His Skin by Keeping Deep State/Israel/Zionists/McCain-Want-To-Be's HAPPY

Political grandstanding .. Trump's announcement to keep the Deep State, Israel (did I stutter?), MIC and others happy so he lives another day and does not get JFK'd

Moon of Alabama says:

"Trump will reimpose U.S. sanctions on Iran because:

• The nuclear deal was negotiated by the Obama administration and thus must be bad;
• Israel wants to keep Iran as the boogeyman;
• the Zionists and right wing nuts in the U.S. want the U.S. to attack Iran;
• MAGA - Trump needs Iran as enemy of the Gulf states to sell more U.S. weapons..."

Timing too is insightful as Lebanon just made Hizbullah legit.

Moon of Alabama goes on to say:

".. Iran will largely stick to the nuclear deal if the EU effectively defends it and does not hinder Iranian deals with European companies. If the EU fails to do so the nuclear agreement will be null and void. Iran will leave the deal. The neoliberal Rouhani government that agreed to the deal will fall and the conservatives will be back. They will defend Iran's sovereignty at all costs..."

Iran is much stronger now than it was 5 or 10 years ago, but it has ab outdated military weapon system that could never take things offensively for very long BUT they are being pushed into Russia's orbit ... just as a decimated Iraq left Iran strong in the region and so UK, Saudi, Israel and US ramped up ISIS .. McCain's/Clinton's grandkids ..

".. The U.S. seems to believe it can go back to the same position Obama had build up in the years before the nuclear deal. Iran was under UN sanctions and all countries, including China and Russia, held them up. The Iranian economy was in serious trouble. It needed to negotiate a way out. That situation will not come back. U.S. credibility has been seriously damaged. Its soft power is gone. Its hard power has shown to be inadequate in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria..."

The US has proven only that it can effectively drive all Christians from several countries in the ME while being supported at home by almost the entire Christian clergy class .. sick, amirite?

".. China and Russia are both making huge deals with Iran and are now effectively its protectors. While they have no common ideology all three oppose a globalized world under exclusive "western" rules. They have the economic power, the population and resources to do so. Neither the U.S. nor Europe has come to terms with that..."

The US's stupid and short-sighted decision (typical of presidents with a short shelf-life) has only increased the rate at which its role on this globe is seen as evil vs. good by the rest of the world.

".. Iran has not only new allies but gained in the Middle East because of U.S., Israeli and Saudi stupidity. The wars on Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen have all strengthened Iran's position while it largely kept largely out of them. The recent election in Lebanon went well for the 'resistance' camp. Within Lebanon Hizbullah can no longer be challenged. The upcoming elections in Iraq will result in another Iran-friendly government. The Syrian army is winning the war waged against the country. The U.S. position in Afghanistan is hopeless. Saudi Arabia is now in a fight with the UAE over the war on Yemen. The GCC spat with Qatar is still unsolved..."

The US, involving itself in so many ways around the globe has lost its way ...

"... While Israel wants to keep Iran as a boogeyman to divert attention from its genocidal campaign against Palestinians, it does not want a large war. Hizbullah in Lebanon has enough missiles to make modern life in Israel untenable. A war on Iran could easily end up with Tel Aviv in flames..."

Israel as well as its closest ME ally Saudi Arabia are also on the short list for their agendas ... the future is actually pretty bleak for all ISIS supporting countries and this will not end well.

Source:
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/05/trump-ends-the-nuclear-deal-with-iran-whats-next.html

Know the Real John McCain (If You Don't Already Know) and in a Few Weeks or Months .. KNOW THE STATE

Back when McCain ran for president of the US, I did a bit of looking into this man's record and noted his character. There is NO way I could vote for this man.

I do not wish any human harm, in my mind we have the perfect Judge who makes all things right in His time. I truly hope John has a good dialog with his Creator soon and know Love first hand.

Here is an article that a pastor wrote that outlines John McCain's real legacy. It is past time to share the good, the bad and the ugly so that it can be noted when the State (US Government) give its version of his life .. you can then know the State's own character by whether it lies or now. You be the judge!

".. In life, you killed and wounded scores of your shipmates on the USS Forrestal ‘Wet Starting’ your A-4 aircraft in a deliberate attempt at grandstanding. Your Admiral father covered that up, as he did Israel’s deliberate attack on the USS Liberty which killed and wounded scores of Americans.

You betrayed your POW colleagues in Hanoi, not under torture as is indicated by Empire Media, but for a guest room and morning coffee according to cell mates. I have interviewed several of them personally. Your real performance then would earn you the name Songbird. It is a name that has remained etched in the vivid memories of your comrades all these decades later. As in the USS Forrestal tragedy, you would evade a military tribunal and an inevitable court martial and dishonorable discharge due to your father’s power and influence in the inner sanctums of the US Navy elite and the covert assistance of the President of the United States.

You divorced your first wife when she was ill, to marry a rich woman who financed your political career. She obtained her money from her father, Jim Hensley, a bag man for the Meyer Lansky Israeli Crime Syndicate.

You have been a willing and deliberate liar and warmonger for the Zionist State of Israel, the banks, and the Military Industrial Complex. Among the countless number of deaths you have been a conscious and consenting party over many years, you have even stooped in recent years to photo opportunities with Sunni Wahhabic extremists from ISIS and the al-Qaeda fronts in your Israeli sponsored activities in Syria..."

Source below:

https://russia-insider.com/en/christian-pastors-advice-john-mccain-he-faces-gates-hell/ri23388 

Americans Dying for Israel .. Trump Says Fine

Morons who will not lose their life make these decisions for you, your kids and their kids.

".. Israel is the reason for Washington’s hostility toward Syria and Iran. Israel has twice tried to occupy southern Lebanon, which Israel covets for its water resources, and twice Israel was driven out by the Hezbollah militia.

Hezbollah is supplied by Syria and Iran. If Israel succeeds in using the US military to destabilize Syria and Iran, Hezbollah would be cut off from supplies, and Israel could succeed in its invasion of southern Lebanon.

That is what it all the lies told about Iran are about. By creating a bogyman out of Iran, Israel can build up the American public’s support for US military action against Iran.

The Saker says that “Americans should ask themselves—Do I want to die for Israel?” .."

- Paul Craig Roberts



https://russia-insider.com/en/node/23382

Moral Superiority Claims - BEWARE

"..Those who rise to positions of power, respect and prestige are faced with many temptations. Some succumb to those temptations after achieving their high positions. Others achieved their positions while hiding behind a veneer of respectability, while secretly having already succumbed to immoral or illegal behavior.

In my six decades of life, I have seen many people in high positions fall. Some fell from grace after their deaths, as the truth of their misdeeds, or their moral failings has come to light. Some fell from grace while still in the middle of their power, or position, or fame...

... I have always been suspicious of those who claim to be morally, intellectually or ethically superior to others. Why do they need to make such claims? Who are they trying to convince; themselves or others? I always felt they were taking onto themselves the mantle of virtues they lacked themselves. Maybe I’m wrong, but my suspicions have often been justified. I never trusted Richard Nixon, for instance.

Actions speak louder than words. It is an old axiom, but a wise one.

Morally bankrupt individuals, who seek power for power’s sake, can never be trusted. It is obvious they will do anything to gain, or retain, power. George H. W. Bush, his son, Dubya, and Bill and Hillary Clinton come to mind in this respect. They somehow believed they had a right to be President; as if it were some preordained summons from on high. They sought power for power’s sake.

Lord Acton once said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men,…”. It is best to heed his words. No man, or woman, is perfect, but those who are most corruptible, in my opinion, are those who seek power. Psychopaths and sociopaths seek power. Those who seek power, and control, over others are not to be trusted, as they always have a secret, dark agenda.

Beware of the power seekers, and watch closely those who hold the reins of power. Beware of those who claim superiority."

https://www.oathkeepers.org/watch-mighty-fall/