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But a number of intelligence sources have made contradictory assessments, saying the preponderance of evidence suggests that Al Qaeda-affiliated rebels were at fault, either by orchestrating an intentional release of a chemical agent as a provocation or by possessing containers of poison gas that ruptured during a conventional bombing raid.
One intelligence source told me that the most likely scenario was a staged event by the rebels intended to force Trump to reverse a policy, announced only days earlier, that the U.S. government would no longer seek “regime change” in Syria and would focus on attacking the common enemy, Islamic terror groups that represent the core of the rebel forces.
White House Infighting
In this telling, the earlier ouster of retired Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser and this week’s removal of Bannon from the National Security Council were key steps in the reassertion of neocon influence inside the Trump presidency. The strange personalities and ideological extremism of Flynn and Bannon made their ousters easier, but they were obstacles that the neocons wanted removed.
If changing the narrative was Trump’s goal, it achieved some initial success with several of Trump’s fiercest neocon critics, such as neocon Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, praising the missile strike, as did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The neocons and Israel have long sought “regime change” in Damascus even if the ouster of Assad might lead to a victory by Islamic extremists associated with Al Qaeda and/or the Islamic State.
Wagging the Dog
Trump employing a “wag the dog” strategy, in which he highlights his leadership on an international crisis to divert attention from domestic political problems, is reminiscent of President Bill Clinton’s decision to attack Serbia in 1999 as impeachment clouds were building around his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky.
Similarly, now, Assad’s military has gained a decisive advantage over the rebels and he had just scored a major diplomatic victory with the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. was no longer seeking “regime change” in Syria. The savvy Assad would know that a chemical weapon attack now would likely result in U.S. retaliation and jeopardize the gains that his military has achieved with Russian and Iranian help.
The counter-argument to this logic – made by The New York Times and other neocon-oriented news outlets – essentially maintains that Assad is a crazed barbarian who was testing out his newfound position of strength by baiting President Trump. Of course, if that were the case, it would have made sense that Assad would have boasted of his act, rather than deny it.
But logic and respect for facts no longer prevail inside Official Washington, nor inside the mainstream U.S. news media.
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/04/0...he-dog-moment/
We've been fooled
Good to know
Thanks for tipping me to consortium news to. Looks like a great site.
I think I'm going to have a piece of apple pie.
Welcome homie
Robert Parry he uncoverred Iran Contra scandal
Dude is a GOAT
And thus, another TSA level conspiracy is born.
Fake news.
lery fans and Trump fans all united now
Trump is a damn pimp
Too much winning eh hater?
It's almost like functioning adults agree that conspiracy theories are re ed!
Trump is a damn pimp
Post proof to disprove my theory then.
Most likely scenario is as described by the writer as informed by Intelligence experts
Either this was a staged gas attack by rebels or it was a bombing of terrorist gas supply depot
Too manh coincidences s
- bannon demotion
- days before Trump and his people said Assad could stay
- tiilerson was on his way to moscow
- the reaction of Trump and media was scripted
- NTY was just recanting from the 2013 gas attack reporting (was not assad after all)
- they didnt even send in an investigation team like they did in 2013
You might as well believe in the Easter bunny if you gonna believe Assad ordered a gas bombing tbqh
Oh and just now Mark Levin the conservative radio host went on a 30 minute sermon he even pretended to tear up
This fat is in the tank with the rest of the media
Its a Master Wag The Dog Job tbh
Props
Gotta respect the skills tbh. I guess Trump reality show experience is worth a lot
i like your style
I agree that this served no purpose for Assad to do this. It only made his situation worse. I also wouldn't put it past a rogue general in his army ordering this attack. But I don't believe rebels would be capable of this.Too manh coincidences s
- bannon demotion
- days before Trump and his people said Assad could stay
- tiilerson was on his way to moscow
- the reaction of Trump and media was scripted
- NTY was just recanting from the 2013 gas attack reporting (was not assad after all)
- they didnt even send in an investigation team like they did in 2013
You might as well believe in the Easter bunny if you gonna believe Assad ordered a gas bombing tbqh
This quote is completely false. The Wag the Dog the theory applied after Clinton bombed Sudan and Afghanistan days after admitting to his affair in response to the attacks on the U.S embassy in Kenya and Tanzania.
Both incidents were called wag the dog
Now which one should be more wag the dog than the other is moot
ow Clinton is toying with a more dangerous and costly scenario? intervention in the Serbian province of Kosovo to assist the ethnic Albanian majority in their efforts to gain Kosovo?s independence or autonomy. Bombing the Serbs, who have been portrayed as monsters who engaged in brutal ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and will do the same in Kosovo if they are not restrained, appears to be another no-win operation that will do nothing but enable the impeached President to pose as a bold, decisive leader.
gonna need tsas take on this one
USAs sheeple population get FED lies and BS every day of their lives. They are so exceptional remember!!! Full of is more the truth, easy to BS and lie to, they suck-down crap, slop and propaganda like the chemical-laden sugary, fat, slop they call food
you dont say
When Cosmored is agreeing with your theory, your theory has officially been disproved.
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