Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Late last night the White House issued a warning accusing Syria of preparing to gas its people. US defense officials have no idea why.

Okay so this was broadcast on cable news last night. (I personally saw it toward the end of the Rachel Maddow Show.)

And on the face of it this seems like kind of a crazy way to announce that the president of Syria is about to murder his own people again. Typically this would be addressed through diplomatic channels and the public would only become aware if there were an imminent military response planned by the United States. (And seriously what does "pay a heavy price" even mean?)

But then it gets even weirder.

Courtesy of The Independent

The White House has said it believes the Syrian government is planning a chemical weapons attack and warned Bashar al-Assad that his regime will “pay a heavy price” it it does so. However, several US defence officials have said they are not familiar with the intelligence that informed the statement.

White House officials did not respond to requests for comment on Monday night on the allegations or what form US retaliation would take. 

Several sources across the US State Department, Pentagon and Central Command, which oversees the country’s military operations in Syria and Iraq – said that they did not know what had prompted the unprecedented threat to the Assad regime. 

Okay, okay, let's back the fuck up here.

Are we to believe that the White House received intelligence that the Pentagon did not receive which justified a threat like this?

I call bullshit.

I am beginning to think that Donald Trump is becoming so desperate over those Russia investigations that he is literally considering plunging this country into a war simply to distract the public.

48 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:12 AM

    Image of the United States has plunged under Trump, survey shows

    Reuters - 4 hours ago



    Well America, what can we say? There's nothing we can say or respond to how the world feels about us. We (for talking purposes) elected this know nothing Putin baboon puppet who is definitely afraid to show his taxes because he may have ties to and owes the Russian mafia and Oligarchs for keeping his organization afloat.

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    1. Anonymous9:33 AM

      Israel must have tipped their hand, the trumphouse knows what our "Friend" isnotreal is about to do to Syria all while blaming Bashar Al Asad. isntreal still haven't given Golan heights back to Syria after they took it from them

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    2. Anonymous1:53 PM

      lol ya think?

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    3. Anonymous5:03 PM

      One more time, don't insult baboons. T.Rump is a bald-crested tangerine shitgibbon.

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  2. Anonymous8:18 AM

    Trump is a fucking mess and needs to be declared incompetent as to holding the office of potus. Why the Hell aren't the Republicans and Democrats standing up against the asshole? Absolutely makes no sense.

    Americans can see he is a disaster, hateful, a racist, egomaniac, inept, liar and fraud. He is dragging our country down, down, down.

    He has committed treason as have some of the others in his cabinet/administration. That alone should call for his immediate impeachment!

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  3. Anonymous8:21 AM

    Of course Trump will plunge the country into a war to distract from Russia and any other of the crimes & shenanigans his administration is engaged in. It's just a matter of when it begins.

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    1. Anonymous10:31 AM

      Inside the White House:

      President Trump's Dangerous Syria Wag The Dog Holds Many Pretexts

      Last night the White House released a statement warning of an Assad plot to use chemical weapons, in a repeat of their actions just two months ago which led to President Trump ordering a missile strike, at Ivanka's encouragement. Let us be clear: Not only is the President apparently setting the stage for a false pretext wag-the-dog military action, he may also be attempting to play Syria and Russia against themselves. It is difficult to understate the danger of such a scenario. Using back door coordination with Russia to sabotage Russia's allies for the President's political gain could inspire Russia to escalate to overt military conflict.

      Last night's statement was created on a moment's notice, at the President's order. Despite claiming that the claim is based on recent intelligence nobody seems to have any knowledge of such intelligence. All of the highest ranking staff seem to be just as perplexed and are currently trying to get the President to explain the reasoning that has led him to this conclusion. Spicer was so surprised that he asked the Priebus and Pence before releasing the statement, hoping to be able to stall long enough for someone to intervene and talk sense to the President...

      http://potusstaff.com/president-trumps-dangerous-syria-wag-the-dog-holds-many-pretexts.html

      https://twitter.com/RoguePOTUSStaff/status/879732185401618432

      From before, he shows his cards:

      Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.

      2:39 PM - 9 Oct 2012

      https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/255784560904773633

      Polls are starting to look really bad for Obama. Looks like he'll have to start a war or major conflict to win. Don't put it past him!

      7:30 AM - 17 Oct 2012

      https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/258575681275965440

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  4. Anonymous8:29 AM

    Obviously Agent Orange got the idea from fox noise. Decided to make it a shiny object to distract from #Russiagate. Fake News comes from the Kremlin/WH and congress.

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    1. You mean, it wasn't in his for your eyes only daily briefings?

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  5. Anonymous8:29 AM

    Give her a chance America!

    Eric Trump wedding planner and family trustee who was given this important job to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s New York and New Jersey office is asking America to look past her lack of Housing and Urban credentials and find it within your hearts to risk lives and give her a chance. The president wants New York and New Jersey's elderly folks and the down and out to give the Trump friend a chance. What do you say? We all had to start somewhere.


    NYT:

    “I am close to the Trump family. I am loyal to the Trump family, and they are trying to embarrass the Trump family any chance they get,” Ms. Patton, 44, said Sunday in her first interview since being appointed head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s New York and New Jersey office. 




    ‘Give Me a Chance,’ Trump Associate-Turned-Housing-Official Says
    -New York Times

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    1. Anonymous3:41 PM

      Exactly why??? Does Ms. Patton have any special expertise in heading the housing offices for New York and New Jersey? I doubt it. Knowing where to get a cheap fancy wedding cake should not be enough. There are lots of qualified housing experts in this country to choose from.
      Beaglemom

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  6. Anonymous8:31 AM

    Top stories

    McConnell warns Trump, GOP on health bill failure

    Politico - 2 hours ago

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    1. Anonymous9:21 AM

      It needs to go DOWN and McConnell needs to eat crow. He's one evil white Republican and should be voted out of his deplorable office next time he runs for reelection.

      He, Ryan, Trump are truly the scum of the earth!

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    2. Anonymous5:16 PM

      You know, I love turtles. Have participated in turtle rescues on beaches. However, chinless Yertle McCOnnell needs to be STOMPED, politically speaking and hard. I'll wear my stilettos.

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    3. Anonymous5:16 PM

      It's Kinfucky, 9:21. years of incest and knuckledraggin' mean they ain't that bright.

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  7. Anonymous8:34 AM

    Wanky Wanker:
    http://www.politicususa.com/2017/06/27/trumps-reaction-retracted-cnn-story-troubling-sign-mental-illness.html

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  8. Anonymous8:36 AM

    “His presidency has created this new deal-breaker,” said Laurie Davis Edwards, a relationship coach and founder of the website eflirtexpert.com.

    Sacramento Bee

    How Donald Trump is killing romance

    In the treacherous, amusing and sometimes rewarding world of online dating, Donald Trump has become the newest way to find – or reject – a romantic match.

    “Did you vote for or do you support Trump? Then I’m not your man. It would never work,” one user says in the opener to his bio on Tinder, a popular mobile dating platform that boasts 26 million matches per day.

    “Trump voters please swipe left, and go to your room and think about what you’ve done,” wrote another Tinder user, referring to the way to dismiss a potential date in the app.

    “What I’m looking for . . . well, in this crazy day and age, first and foremost, someone who did not vote for Trump,” says a profile on Bumble, a dating app in which women make the first move...

    http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article158183454.html#storylink=mainstage

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    1. Anonymous9:17 AM

      I cannot imagine ANY woman falling (or being) in love w/The Donald and having to live with him.

      I sincerely doubt his current wife has love for him....she never smiles, has no expression in her face and has steely eyes that rarely blink. Would not want to be walking in her shoes!!

      Trump is an ass and requires impeachment sooner than later. He is tearing our country apart and making us an alien to other countries who have been our partners for eons!

      Fuck him!

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    2. I'd go further.

      "If you're a Republican, don't bother."

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    3. Anonymous5:18 PM

      Pretty much, if already married, I'd consider it grounds for divorce.

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  9. Anonymous8:40 AM

    Don't tell President Trump that his Ivanka turned against her father and his China

    Huffington Post -
    State Department Downgrades China In Annual Human Trafficking ReportThe country received the lowest possible grade.

    The U.S. State Department on Tuesday named China one of the world’s worst offenders in the fight against human trafficking, a move likely to increase tension between the two nations.

    Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, standing beside White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, unveiled to Congress this year’s iteration of the Trafficking in Persons Report, which covers more than 180 countries and bills itself as the world’s most comprehensive analysis on the subject.

    In what will likely be seen as an affront to China, the report dropped the country to a “Tier 3” ranking, the lowest grade the report offers, for failing to prevent human trafficking or the use of forced labor. Being designated a Tier 3 country ― a group that also includes Syria, North Korea and Russia  ― can result in sanctions and affect a country’s relationships with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

    “China was downgraded to Tier 3 status in this report, in part because it has not taken serious steps” to stop its support of North Korean forced labor, Tillerson said

    http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article158183454.html#storylink=mainstage

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    1. Anonymous9:10 AM

      http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/us-lists-china-among-worst-human-trafficking-offenders/

      c-h-i-n-a
      “does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so,”

      The 'pipeline' has cracked and isis NOW leaking...

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    2. Anonymous9:18 AM

      Iwanja is an airhead, does she even know her knockoffs are produced in China?? Since she gives her sugar daddy an "A" for the way he is running the country, I seriously doubt that she is any smarter than he is, or Beavis and Butthead, either. They all have very punchable faces.

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    3. Anonymous5:19 PM

      It was only done so Ivaaahhhhnker can continue using Chinese factories to make her stolen design shoes there, while claimin gto be against such slave labor. Ivaaaahhhhhnker is a horrid bitch.

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  10. Anonymous9:04 AM

    http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/trumps-favorable-ratings-abroad-are-even-worse-than-at-home/

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    1. https://www.yahoo.com/news/image-united-states-plunged-under-trump-survey-shows-000941582.html

      "The survey, based on the responses of 40,447 people and conducted between Feb. 16 and May 8 this year, showed even deeper mistrust of Trump himself, with only 22 percent of those surveyed saying they had confidence he would do the right thing in world affairs, compared to 64 percent who trusted Obama.

      Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with confidence ratings of 27 percent and 28 percent respectively, scored higher than Trump. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with a confidence rating of 42 percent, scored highest among the four leaders in the survey."

      That's right. The world trusts Putin more than Trump, but not by much.

      "The only two countries where ratings improved compared to Obama were Russia, where confidence in the U.S. president surged to 53 percent from 11 percent, and Israel, where it rose 7 points to 56 percent."

      And there you have it.

      "Globally, 75 percent of respondents described Trump as "arrogant", 65 percent as "intolerant" and 62 percent as "dangerous"."

      I suppose that is better than "stupid" and "moron."

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  11. Anonymous9:51 AM

    ARTICLE 25 !!!!!

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  12. Of course we are going to be plunged into another war. Or two.

    In war there is profit.

    It also serves to distract from whatever impeachable violations Trump is committing.

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  13. Anonymous10:27 AM

    US defense officials have no idea why Trump his threatening Syria?


    READ THIS
    DOES IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING TRUMP WOULD DO?

    Two weeks prior to reelection, the United States president lands in the middle of a sex scandal. In need of outside help to quell the situation, presidential adviser Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) enlists the expertise of spin doctor Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), who decides a distraction is the best course of action. Brean approaches Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman) to help him fabricate a war in Albania -- and once underway, the duo has the media entirely focused on the war.


    That was the movie Wag The Tail.

    In Trump's case he needs a distraction. Change sex scandal to his investigations from the CIA, FBI regarding his, Jared and his administration involvement with Russia, Putin, Oligarchs, money laundering, tax evasion and etc.

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    1. Anonymous1:24 PM

      The movie was Wag the Dog and yes, this is exactly what I am afraid Trump will do - start a war - to distract from his scandals. Trump would love to be a war president with all the powers he can garner.

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    2. Anonymous9:30 PM

      I think all the sabre rattling from Putin is an act to make Trump look presidential and not influenced by russia.

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  14. Anonymous10:39 AM

    How Donald Trump is killing romance

    ...“I’ve never seen it like this before, where people say ‘no’ to Trump supporters, or they only want to date other Trump supporters,” she said. “It tells me that people are valuing politics much higher as a preference than they were before. ... It’s another example of how massively our dating culture has changed over the past four years, partly because of politics and also because of technology.”

    Tinder allows people 500 characters to write their profiles. For Bumble, it’s only 300. Since January, many are using that limited space to make it public how much they detest Donald Trump.

    “Around the time of the election, we did see some people who would call out that they were Trump supporters, but since then, I don’t know if people necessarily need to say online that they support him – he’s the head of our nation whether you like it or not,” Davis Edwards said. “But I have clients all over the country, and people are saying, ‘If you’re a Trump supporter, swipe left.’ ”

    http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article158183454.html

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  15. Anonymous10:41 AM

    Even Republican mayors are bypassing Trump to back Paris climate goals

    ...Reed said he had attended a meeting in Miami on Saturday where more than 300 US mayors from both the Democratic and Republican parties pledged to honour the commitments Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama agreed to in Paris.

    The meeting showed this “is not a partisan issue,” the Democratic mayor said.

    “I won’t go as far as to say we can reach the exact same goals as we could have with national leadership,” Reed told AFP later.

    But he said cities could do enough to keep the ball rolling until the arrival of a new US president committed to the Paris agreement.

    He cited experts who argue that cities can achieve 35 percent to 45 percent of the targeted emission cuts without the involvement of national governments.

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/even-republican-mayors-are-bypassing-trump-to-back-paris-climate-goals/

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    1. Anonymous3:36 PM

      I wish our governor, Rick Snyder, would take the high road and bypass Trump and his GOP to endorse the Paris accord goals. Michigan is the lynchpin state for the Great Lakes, the world's massive supply of fresh water. Already close to where Lakes Michigan and Huron join there are issues about an old pipeline which has not been properly maintained. Snyder has ignored the problem, much the way that he allowed the Flint crisis to boil over. Very few members of the GOP care about our states, our country or our planet. They care about greasing their palms as much as possible as soon as possible.
      Beaglemom

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    2. Anonymous5:20 PM

      Add in the Kalamazoo spill.

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  16. Anonymous11:48 AM

    I'm more than delighted to see them working 'around' The Donald. Think we are going to be seeing more and more of this because The Donald is such an ass and does not represent the majority of Americans.

    Fuck his sorry ass!

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    1. Anonymous3:11 PM

      With a RED HOT PRICK FORK up to HIS eye balls.

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  17. Anonymous12:25 PM

    FYI ===> Trusted member of Trump's inner circle has told family & friends that he knows both he & POTUS are going to prison. Developing ...

    https://twitter.com/20committee/status/879356472437735424

    http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/report-donald-trump-is-going-to-prison/3639/

    As Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasts "fake news", remember that the Trump WH feeds fake info to reporters "for fun".

    https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/879787373013368833

    Remember when I said our Foreign Intel partners know everything about Trump? Yeah, that.

    https://twitter.com/20committee/status/879356860196892673

    Hey Donald Trump, about those Trump-Russia collusion “tapes” you suddenly claim don’t exist…

    http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/hey-donald-trump-russia-collusion-tapes-claim-dont-exist/3637/

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  18. Anonymous12:26 PM

    BOOM ===> The Trump White House is letting Russian spies run wild in the USA. We should be asking why.

    https://twitter.com/20committee/status/879702283931570178

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    1. Anonymous9:13 PM

      My family member and her neocon husband claim it's a pre scheduled return to the Mother country. I say things were heating up for the ambassador.

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  19. Anonymous12:27 PM

    MUST WATCH: White House reporter @BrianKarem pushing back against Sarah Huckabee Sanders and saying what many people have been thinking.

    https://twitter.com/yashar/status/879785504488685569

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  20. Anonymous12:42 PM

    Megyn Kelly’s ratings fall

    good, let's just kill her voice on msnbc altogether.

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/megyn-kellys-ratings-fall-right-wing-rejoices/

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  21. Anonymous12:46 PM

    TRUMP ADMIRES HIS HERO PUTIN
    Trump wishes to be a Putin

    "White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, unveiled to Congress this year’s iteration of Human Trafficking"

    RUSSIA IS IN TIER 3 REGARD HUMAN TRAFFICKING

    Tier 1 Countries whose governments fully comply with the TVPA's minimum standards

    TIER 3: Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so.

    Trump should strive to be like President Obama than Putin

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    1. Anonymous5:22 PM

      hahhahahahhahahahaha. The Rump's entire raison d'etre is to get back at the honorable President Obama for that embarrassing roast - yes, the shitgibbon T.Rump is that thin-skinned.

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  22. Anonymous1:52 PM

    Absolutely! A war or a false flag attack here to get everyone all patrioticked up and deflect from a presidency that is crashing and burning faster than a plane that loses wings and engines...but still not fast enough...

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  23. Anonymous3:32 PM

    Trump obviously needs to change the subject and FAST! His endorsement of the House anti-health bill and his apparently moot acceptance of the Senate version, which will soon be voted on, puts him in a dubious position with regard to mistreating fellow citizens. While Trump's obviously not gassing his fellow citizens, he's dooming many of them to overly expensive or non-existent healthcare with the draconian bill that HIS Congress has come up with.

    The misanthropy and viciousness of the GOP knows no limits because, while the full effect of the BCRA might not be felt until 2026, the American people will be left reeling by then with the cuts and fund starvation of Medicaid and the ACA that will begin immediately. The wait until 2026 to finish the job means two more presidential elections and 5 more Congressional elections which will grant the GOP plenty of time to blame it all on President Obama and the Democrats. WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
    Beaglemom

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    1. Anonymous9:07 PM

      Trump was trustee of his fathers estate. He cut off his disabled nephew's health insurance when his brother challenged his father's will. When asked why,he said "He made me mad". The child was severely disabled with cerabal palsy at birth.

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  24. Anonymous3:32 PM

    Tight circle of security officials crafted Trump's Syria warning

    http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/27/trump-syria-warning-security-240021

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