Dispatches from
STEPHEN LENDMAN
Meanwhile… where the hell is the European antiwar movement?
Media scoundrels blame Russia and Syria for US-led high crimes, The New York Times a lead instrument of media misinformation, a lying machine for wealth, power and privilege. Its editors ignored Assad’s right to defend his nation and people against hordes of US-supported terrorists, blaming him for raging conflict, notably in Aleppo…They maintain the myth of “moderate rebels,” and shamelessly lied saying Assad keeps killing civilians “and recently struck a hospital and three clinics in Aleppo.” Fact is different: Terrorists and a US warplane were responsible. Times editors, correspondents and contributors systematically ignore horrendous US high crimes in all its war theaters – at the same time, turning truth on its head, falsely accusing Assad of “increasing disregard for international law…”
A typical example of this filth is given below. Does anchorman Pelley know how immoral his pseudo reporting is? Does he know he’s lying? Does he care? (Most US journalists are notorious for their appalling level of parochialism and ignorance.) These are valid and urgent questions unlikely to be answered as long as this criminal plutocratic system remains in place.
And another example, this time maligning North Korea…a nation that is almost certain none of these media drones understand.
US aggression against Syria continues, an entire nation and its people victimized by its ruthlessness. … Endless conflict shows no signs of ending. Millions are suffering horrifically. Peace talks are farcical with no chance for success – cessation of hostilities more myth than reality. What country is next on America’s hit list? All independent ones are vulnerable.
To answer that question, we can turn momentarily to what the Empire is doing through its malignant instrument for constant imperial war and aggrandizing, NATO, and the propaganda whores that keep the lies flowing…
Russia Bashing at NATO Changing of the Guard Ceremony
by Stephen Lendman
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ATO is a US-dominated instrument of war, a killing machine for offense, not defense, at a time world threats are only ones Washington and its allies invent. From Brussels, US-appointed NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised retiring US alliance commander General Philip Breedlove and US General Curtis Scaparrotti replacing him.
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He lied, saying Alliance members “face challenges to the east and to our south.” He turned truth on its head, claiming NATO “exist(s) for one reason – to keep our people safe.” Saying “NATO is ready and up to the challenge” is code language for endless planned wars of aggression. Scaparotti distorted truth, claiming the Alliance is “committed to the principles of democracy, individual liberty and rule of law.” Its mandate is polar opposite – a killing machine serving US imperial interests.
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He said he’ll continue where his predecessor left off, adapting to security challenges – despite no threats warranting the NATO’s existence. It should have been disbanded a generation ago when Soviet Russia dissolved. Instead it provocatively expanded east to its Federation borders. Its planned greater military presence requires a Moscow response, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, saying “a number of measures (are being taken) to respond to” NATO’s threat. By yearend, “two new divisions will be formed in the Western Military District and one in the Southern Military District.”
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Military training and preparedness are increasing, along with production of advanced weapons. Russia threatens no one. Unlike America, it seeks world peace and stability. Scaparrotti’s claim about a “resurgent Russia striving to project itself as a (menacing) world power” is disproved by cold, hard facts. Calling terrorism a threat ignores its US creation, support and use against sovereign governments Washington wants toppled. Scaparrotti urged greater militarization “in the spirit of being able to fight tonight if deterrence fails.”
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Russia’s lower house State Duma International Affairs Committee chairman Alexey Pushkov said Scaparrotti’s remarks “surpassed his predecessor’s in war-mongering.”
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained “a resurgent Russia” threatens no other nation, adding Moscow can’t ignore any potential threats to its national security. It will continue defending its interests responsibly.
America is the greatest threat to world peace, Russia the best hope to preserve it. The things most people don’t know are the most important ones.
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