War Lies From the Ministry of Truth-version 2

[rich]

I think we should stop saying 'Syrians' for the time being. What we have is
essentially a Sunni insurgency against a minority tribe, the Alawites
supported by Shia proxies--the iranians, Hezbollah. can think only Israel
will be happy with this status quo--all her enemies at each other's throats


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:13 PM, <malignd at aol.com> wrote:

> What's absurd?  They did the calculus and figured that, whatever the US
> response, it wouldn't be boots on the ground or anything they couldn't
> weather.
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> The idea that the Syrians risked large scale western intervention in a war they
> are winning seems absurd also.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
> To: P-list List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 3, 2013 9:41 am
> Subject: Re: War Lies From the Ministry of Truth-version 2
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>  The idea that the Syrians risked large scale western intervention in a war they
> are winning seems absurd also.  Considering the history of War lies from the
> ministry of truth there is little reason to think they stopped lying.
> On Sep 3, 2013, at 8:00 AM, David Morris wrote:
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> > http://www.juancole.com/2013/09/president-gassing-divisions.html
> >
> > Some Iranian spokesmen have taken up the same line as Russia, that the rebels
> gassed themselves, though this conclusion is absurd on the face of it and
> contradicted by French, British, US and Israeli intelligence, including
> telephone intercepts that make it clear that the Syrian military deployed the
> gas.
> >
> > On Monday, September 2, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:
> > When I  originally questioned the reliability of the core story as a possible
> false flag operation it was simply mistrust based on too many lies. It appears
> there is another possible explanation of nerve gas deaths based on investigative
> reporting and named sources. Worth reading imo.
> >
> > Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible?
> > by Jim Naureckas  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/02-3
> >
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