The US government and mainstream media are being dishonest about the recent US strikes in Iraq and Syria. Iraq and Syria want the US out of their countries, and Iran is their ally but not their proxy. The US's actions have further antagonized sovereign states and non-state actors in the region who want the US to leave the Middle East. This move by Biden will only accelerate the process of pushing the US out of their remaining exposed positions.
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@21WIRE - Patrick Henningsen
EXPLAINER: TRUTH ABOUT THE LATEST U.S. STRIKES ON IRAQ & SYRIA:
As usual, US government and MSM are lying about just about everything surrounding the 3 United States soldiers killed at “Tower 22” and supposed “Iranian aggression”. Iraq and Syria want the U.S. occupiers out of their countries, simply put. #Iran is their ally, but they are not Iran’s proxies. Watch this video and you will know and understand more than 99% of people in America and its allied countries. Watch & Share:
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The recent US military escalation in the Middle East is based on a lie, according to the speaker. The claim is that Iranian-backed forces killed three US soldiers in Jordan. The speaker argues that the US has been illegally occupying 25% of Syria's territory since 2017 to control oil fields and resources, while imposing sanctions on Syria. The speaker also claims that ISIS only exists in areas where the US military is present, and that the US attacks against Iraqi militias have allowed ISIS to mount attacks. The speaker criticizes the US presence in Iraq and Syria, stating that the Iraqi parliament has condemned it. The lies told by the US are said to cover up reality, such as NATO's expansion and Israel's actions in Gaza. The speaker concludes by stating that the US is stealing Syrian oil and using the funds for undisclosed purposes.
Speaker 0: A few words about the recent US military escalation in the Middle East. Like all US military actions, this one relies on a lie in order to give it the pretense of legitimacy. The claim by Washington is that Iranian backed forces or Iranian proxies have killed 3 US soldiers in Jordan in a place called tower 22. Now this is significant where the location is because had it been a few meters In the Syrian territory, this would have had huge legal implications for the United States. It also meant that the United States would not have been able to retaliate in the broad fashion that it has done.
Because the fact is the United States has been illegally occupying 25% of Syria's territory since 2017. For no reason at all well, there is a good reason why they're there. They're there to squat the Syrian oil fields in and around the Deir ez Zor area and to keep Syria from having access to its oil, its gas, also its agriculture, as well, all of its resources, while simultaneously the United States and the EU apply vicious sanctions like a total embargo on the country of Syria. So this is all part of the maximum pressure strangulation of Syria, but there's another reason why the United States is there and specifically in the area of Al Tanf, on the border there with Jordan. This magically is where ISIS loiters and hangs out.
And what's amazing is that ISIS doesn't exist in any territory controlled by the Syrian government. ISIS only exists and is allowed to exist in areas where the United States military are. And if you look at after these US attacks, So these cruise missiles, these salvos, the bombing that was done over the last 48 hours by the United States and its coalition of the willing. What's interesting is that ISIS took advantage of this and mounted attacks against Iraqi militias. Those resistance forces, these Iraqi resistance militias, these aren't just ragtag militias.
These are part of the people's mobilization units or the Hashd al Shaabi. These fall under the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. They were deputized during the rise of ISIS to fight ISIS. Those forces are there in the Iraqi and Syria border regions in order to protect The Iraqi people against the emergence of ISIS. And ISIS is still on the loose in these areas where the United States appears to be providing them some level of cover or level of protection.
It's quite obvious after US strikes against these Iraqi militia facilities that ISIS then took advantage of that. And the joke is if ISIS had an air force, it would be the United States and Israel. And this Time and time again, we see examples of this. This happened many times in Syria, during the height of the dirty war over that period of 2012, into 2020. Okay?
So this is beyond debate at this point. And by the way, the Iraqi parliament has passed multiple resolutions, made multiple statements condemning the US presence in Iraq. Nobody wants them there in Iraq. Nobody wants them in Syria. The Syrian government never invited them.
The United States flew in and occupied with their Kurdish militia proxies. Those are real proxies, the ones the United States are paying and developing there to create a breakaway state in Northeastern Syria. A lot of people might be surprised at everything I'm saying, but this is all factual. You can go ahead and Look it up, but you will not I guarantee you will not hear or see anything like this in the United States mainstream media or the European media or the UK, for that matter. This idea that the United States has to escalate, in order to deescalate tensions, in the region is ridiculous.
Likewise, the idea that United States is doing this as a deterrent against Iran is ridiculous because Iran didn't attack the United States. It's the Iraqi militias, the PMUs. It's the resistance in Syria and Iraq. You're not going to deter them. They are not Iran.
They will continue to attack US facilities because they don't want them there. United States is illegal. They shouldn't be occupying Syria and the Iraqis don't want them either. So Washington is totally tied up in knots as usual on this issue, and nobody within the Beltway knows what's going on in the Middle East anymore. It certainly doesn't look like I do.
So why are these lies important? Because these lies paper over reality, and we see this time and time again. With Crane, the lie to justify the proxy war against Russia was that Russia was planning to take over the whole of Ukraine and then reestablish the Russian Empire in Eastern Europe. And because of that, it gave the green light for this massive unprecedented Arms build up and proxy war in Ukraine is was a lie. What it was designed to do cover up the reality that NATO is the one who has been expanding.
So in similar fashion, the the the other big lie here is that Iran is planning to take over the region and reestablish the Persian Empire. You laugh, but I hear people in Washington tell us this all the time. And in similar fashion, the other lie is that Hamas intends to genocide All Jews in Palestine and Israel. This is another lie that's designed to cover up the reality, the proven documented fact that Israel is undertaking, intends to and is executing an actual genocide in Gaza. So time and time again, you See these lies one after another.
And this latest one is that the Iran has killed 3 US service I mean, Americans are up in arms demanding that the United States, once again turn the Middle East into, a glass crater. So a literal reboot of the neo conservative hysterics, okay? The reality is this, the reason the It states are in those positions illegally in Syria and in Jordan and everywhere else in the region for that matter is because of the state of Israel. Israel requires the United States be there to weaken their neighbor to the North Syria, but also to prevent Any, functional border between Syria and Iraq that can be used for trade or even for military assistance, of course, from Iran all the way to Lebanon. Okay?
That is the reason. So let's not lie to ourselves. And by the way, the US is stealing the oil in Syria. Donald Trump said it. We need to go take the oil.
The United States went and took the oil, and they're still taking the oil. And they're using the Funds from the stolen Syrian oil that should be going to heat homes in Syria while they're being embargoed, while people are starving in Syria. The United States steals that fuel and then sells it for cash and uses that cash for a slush fund likely for black ops or something like this. It's probably been quite useful, to have, some cash that you don't have to get appropriations from Congress for. So that's the reality of the situation there.
So let's just dispense, with any pretenses here. ISIS is not there on its own. ISIS can only exist with the US presence in the region. Okay? The US has done nothing, to eliminate ISIS.
In fact, if you wanna know the real truth of it, When ISIS rose out of nowhere in 2014, the ones who defeated ISIS on the ground in Iraq, okay, between 2014 and 2017. Who did the heavy lifting on the ground? Face to face combat was the Iraqi PMUs, was the Hashd al Shaabi and the Quds forces led by Qasem Soleimani. They fought and they defeated ISIS. The United States did stuff in the air that is debatable, how consequential it was.
They did manage to flatten the entire city of Mosul And Iraq, so the United States does have that on its resume. They they are good at, reducing cities to rubble like the Israelis have done in Gaza. So but in terms of actual defeating ISIS, who took the losses, who drew the blood? It was the Iraqis. They fought this, Western backed and Gulf state backed creation.
This monstrosity known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Iraq and Levant or Iraq and Sham, whatever, way you wanna pronounce the acronym of ISIS. ISIS comes from Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda comes from again the United States and the British. So let's get our history straight When we're trying to see what's going on today and take the propaganda, wrap it up into a nice neat little ball and throw it into the bin because that's about how useful all of the stuff coming out of the mainstream media conveyor belt of lies is to you in the real world.
@21WIRE - Patrick Henningsen
ADDENDUM: This week, the warhawks in Washington have treated U.S. media consumers with another episode of “shock and awe” as it launches a series of attacks which it claims are targeting alleged “pro-Iranian groups” located in Syria and Iraq.Â
While this display of military prowess may play well to an American domestic audience, the reality is that the White House has further antagonized multiple sovereign states and non state actors in the region who would like to see an accelerated exit by the US from a beleaguered Middle East.
The United States is already on extremely weak footing in both Syria and Iraq, and locals have made it very clear their occupation presence is unwelcome – a key point which most in Washington have chosen to ignore.
Far from deterring regional opposition to the occupation activities of the US and Israel, this move by Biden is only going to speed-up that process of pushing the US asset out of their remaining exposed positions…
