[Peace-discuss] It's not over yet.....

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By L. Todd Wood<http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/l-todd-wood/> - - Tuesday, December 27, 2016

The Russian Foreign Ministry declared U.S. intentions to provide Syrian “rebels” fighting the Assad regime in the Syrian Civil War as a “hostile move.” Barack Obama signed the 2017 Defense Authorization bill on Dec. 23rd of this year. The bill provides authorization for the Department of Defense to arm the rebels with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles or ManPADS.

The Russians have a long memory of the Stinger missiles that were provided by the CIA to the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan, which turned the tide of the conflict and forced Soviet withdrawal from the country.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Tuesday regarding the missiles falling into the hands of the Islamic State, “Perhaps, they even expect this to happen, since they actually sponsor the Jabhat al-Nusra [terrorist group, outlawed in Russia - TASS], which is a unit of al Qaeda. This can hardly be called otherwise than aiding and abetting terrorists,” reports Russian State News Agency TASS.

“The relevant decision also poses a direct threat to aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, other Russian military personnel and our Embassy in Syria that has been shelled repeatedly…That is why we consider this to be a hostile move…Instead of pooling efforts to counter rampaging extremists of every stripe and color, as we have suggested for a long time, Washington is staking on the provision of military aid to anti-government units, which differ little from bloody thugs,” stated Zakharov

On Jan 6, 2017, at 17:25, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:

See the Washington Post Dec.6th, by Thomas Gibbons Neff in relation to Congress Passing a bill allowing Trump…..

On Jan 6, 2017, at 16:55, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:

This is from Prof. Boyle, and if I recall, assuming you’re referring to the supply of manpads to the jihadis in Syria, It’s not todays news. It was recent however, I’ll look it up.
On Jan 6, 2017, at 16:37, Brussel, Morton K <brussel at illinois.edu<mailto:brussel at illinois.edu>> wrote:

Where is this information coming from, and is it a new news? I’ve seen nothing on news channels about it today (RT Anti-war.com<http://anti-war.com/>, NYT,…).  “We” have been supplying weaponry all along to the jihadists/rebels in Syria. In any case, this is a very alarming “new report".

—mkb

On Jan 6, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:

On Jan 6, 2017, at 13:50, Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu<mailto:fboyle at illinois.edu>> wrote:

Obama just provided manpads to his terrorist jihadis in Syria to be used against Russian planes. And now anti-Russian warmongering 24-7 over this new Report that I am currently reading. And Obama has promised covert retaliation once he gets this Report, which he got yesterday. NATO heavy weapons are being moved to all around Russian borders. They just put US Special Forces into  Lithuania. Etc.  Zbig/Obama have 2 weeks to set off something here with Russia. Zbig  will go for broke. This is his last shot against Russia and the Russians. He will take it. But don’t just take my word for it. The 24/7 Warmongering by the Obama administration, Congress and the MSMS are just like it was before Bush Jr invaded Iraq in 2003. They are all clearly preparing public opinion for some type of attack/conflict/confrontation  with Russia. People  are free to circulate/publish my Comment below if you wish. Fab.

From: Boyle, Francis A [mailto:fboyle at illinois.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2017 11:18 AM
To: Killeacle <fboyle at uiuc.edu<mailto:fboyle at uiuc.edu>>
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I graduated from the exact same PHD Program at Harvard that produced Kissinger and Brzezinski before me. They gave me Kissinger’s old office at Harvard’s Center for International Affairs.  I also went through the exact  same  Soviet/Russian Studies Program at Harvard  that produced Brzezinski before me, and passed my PHD Oral/General Examinations in Soviet Politics and Russian History  under Adam Ulam and Ned Keenan, respectively. R.I.P.   Obama was behind me at Harvard Law School.
Brzezinski has been Obama’s mentor and foreign policy guru since Obama’s  student days at Columbia. Zbig ran Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign on foreign affairs and defense, and stacked the White House and the Obama administration  with his protégés. It is the Brzezinski Policy that we are now seeing culminate against Russia.
Zbig is a die-hard Russophobe who detests Russia and the Russians with a passion. He wants to see them broken up into pieces  just like hebelieves he  broke up the Soviet Union for  President  Carter by launching their jihadi terrorists war against them in Afghanistan by means of Al Qaeda. This is Zbig’s last two weeks to start a war with Russia. Zbig  is going for broke! All the anti-Russian warmongering we are seeing everywhere  today 24/7  is just as bad as the anti-Iraq warmongering before President Bush Jr. invaded Iraq in 2003.

Francis A. Boyle
Professor of Law
Harvard: JD magna cum laude;  AM and PHD in Political Science; Associate, Center for International Affairs (on its Executive Committee for one year); Teaching Fellow.

Francis A. Boyle
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