This is hard to understand, how a well-educated and widely read and respected reporter puts forth a ridiculous Russian conspiracy. Man, oh man, this seems like something one would hear in a small old-fashioned coffee shop in the old suq of Manama where the wi-fi is somehow interrupted. The thing is: 1000's of well-educated and important people read the extensive coverage given to certain events she provides.
I daily read a substantive, somewhat progressive blog about
politics and security led by an expert document analyst who links directly to
sources for facts, and a team – each with his/her own expertise -- who has
worked together for years in different online formats and venues. I think it’s one of the
best blogs using documentary evidence in narrow scope within their areas, with a sophisticated narrative.
However, it
is not the only academically expert independent blog about politics and
security and it’s become apparent to me that the lead blogger is not an expert in the
complexities of the Middle East, nor are the other team members. Her summary of the conspiracy she believes the
Mueller investigation will uncover, and as such she continues to promote to this
very day, is that Trump is pulling the U.S. military out of Syria as Russia’s
reward for its supposed interference in the 2016 election to get him elected, and that the agreement to do so was made manifest the minute he was sworn.
She’s covered a number of substantive issues and I
greatly respect her work generally, but when she puts out opinion rather than
documentation on Syria, when she advocates for continued U.S. presence there
under any pretense, when it’s apparent that she doesn’t read deeply informed
opinion such as she can give on her own research subjects, it lowers the quality of her
work. It’s removed from documents. She fell for White Hat propaganda about
chemical/gas attacks, repeatedly. Her crusade against Russia and Turkey is not
quite up to the Mad Cow Maddow standard, but it approaches.
I don’t prefer to argue with her or her colleagues, especially the one whose habit is to demean those who disagree with their vaunted opinions. I don't seek the attention. I won’t name
her, but I’m not going to sit still, see the crap folded in with the caviar.
She evidently believes war should be continued
because Sultan Erdogan says he will bury the terrorist PKK-aligned Kurds in ditches
after the U.S. leaves. She maybe never saw huffing and puffing, man-strutting. She leaves out the complex relationships between the
parties in the war and went straight for the R2P propaganda line. She
apparently doesn’t read the on-the-ground war reporting done by those with more
years of experience than she has; there’s a couple with years of experience with online presence and summaries on Twitter.
So she says that Trump is basically allowing Kurds to be killed by
Turks because either the Russians or the Turks or both have compromising evidence
of actions taken by Trump which could be released and cause him more legal and political troubles.
She certainly doesn't understand why Erdogan has gone after Mohammed Salman for murdering Jamal Khashoggi, not even the nutshell version that Bonesaw is unfit for service in defense of the Holy Mosques including Jerusalem. She doesn't appreciate the wily Sultan.
Her team must be backing up her uninformed
speculative opinion or they would argue with her in the commentary. I despise Trump too, for a
long and lengthening list of dodgy actions he’s taken in the interests of
himself and his spawn. However, I think it’s beyond silly to think that removing troops
from Syria is a gift to Russia.
It’s a gift to Syria, but a small one, like a slice
of good chocolate cake. It doesn’t mean that the schemes against Syria -- of the Turks, Kurds, Israelis,
Kushner and Bolton-led neocons along with some dollar diplomacy from Mo Zayed
and Bonesaw -- will just fade away.
Mujtahidd says Bonesaw wants to be Warrior
Prince of a big war with American bombs and bombers following his and Mo Zayed's catastrophic failure in Yemen, whilst Netanyahoo and Trump both need a serious diversion to escape
pending legal woes. He suggested that the Mattis's resignation as Sec Def wasn't merely in opposition to Trump's demand that the troops be removed from Syria since "We've defeated ISIS except for one percent that neighbor Turkey" will clean out, but because Trump is determined to attack Iran and Mattis knows that Iran will retaliate against our forces and interests in the Persian Gulf.
Trump doesn't care, then, because he owes favors to whoever has been pulling his anti-Iran strings for money. Maybe he is pulling U.S. troops out of Syria to clear the path for Israel to start another war it can't fight for itself. I don't know. He's got some issues.
If only things were so simple as U.S. troops and
mercenaries getting out of a mess we sure don’t need in Syria after years of
kowtowing to wingnuts -- and all as a favor to Russia from Trump because they
engaged in activity promoting his candidacy. It’s hard to believe a serious
blog would put out tripe like that.
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