Israeli officials have even expressed a preference for Saudi-backed Sunni extremists winning in Syria if that is the only way to get rid of Assad and hurt his allies in Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Even to the point of forming a 'de facto' alliance with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the Wahhabi Sunni monarch (known for his gross anti-Semitism and the "Golden Chain' that financed the September 11, 2001 attack upon the United States).
Last September,
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren told the Jerusalem Post
that Israel so wanted Assad out and his Iranian backers weakened, that Israel
would accept al-Qaeda operatives taking power in Syria.
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| Michael Oren |
“We always wanted Bashar Assad to go, we always preferred the
bad guys who weren’t backed by Iran
to the bad guys who were backed by Iran.”
to the bad guys who were backed by Iran.”
Even if the other “bad guys” were affiliated with al-Qaeda.
“We understand that they are pretty bad guys,” Oren said in the interview.
“We understand that they are pretty bad guys,” Oren said in the interview.
http://www.jpost.com/Syria-Crisis/Oren-Jerusalem-has-wanted-Assad-ousted-since-the-outbreak-of-the-Syrian-civil-war-326328
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| Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah |
It is important to remember that the attack upon the US
was funded and organized by Saudi Arabians, not by Iran.
Saudi Arms Shipments to Al Qaeda Rebels
Waiting behind Iraq’s Borders with Syria
Nearly 70 2-ton vehicles are waiting for the Iraqi
army forces to end its operation and withdraw from the region giving
them a chance to cross the border with Syria.
Saudi Arabia is still supporting the Al-Qaeda terrorist groups in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
While Turkey has closed a large part of its
borders to terrorists and Jordan has also considered restrictions for
the Saudi nationals who intend to sneak into Syria, Iraq’s desert
borders where the government does not have a lot of military and
security supervision are regarded as the best route for Saudi Arabia’s
logistical supports for the terrorists in Syria.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/saudi-arms-shipments-to-al-qaeda-rebels-waiting-behind-iraqs-borders-with-syria/5363794
Israel Attacks Syria in Support of al-Qaeda
Israeli struck
Syria from the air at least five times in the past year in support of al-Qaeda
elements in Syria. In January 2013, Israel struck a Syrian Army convoy carrying weapons while it
had stopped at a Syrian research center on the outskirts of Damascus.
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| CNN) -- A series of massive explosions illuminated the predawn sky in Damascus, prompting more claims that Israel has launched attacks |
Israel attacked
twice more, over the course of one weekend in May, targeting a shipment of
advanced surface-to-surface missiles at the Damascus international
airport.
The Israeli Air
Force struck at Assad's forces at least twice in October of 2013 and then again this
past week with another pair of airstrikes and an artillery barrage, in support of al-Qaeda forces, in Syria.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/19/israel-syria-airstrikes-army/6598085/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/31/1252115/-Breaking-Israel-Bombs-Syria#
Covert Israeli Forces Inside Syria Within al-Qaeda Ranks
Israeli Military Vehicle Seized in al-Qasayr
Media sources
confirm the seizure of an Israeli military vehicle in Al Qseir inside Syrian
territory.
The vehicle’s licence plate corresponds to that of the Israeli
military with a black background and the letter Tsade (צ) (see image below)
Al Qseir is a
strategic border town on the Northern frontier of Lebanon. Occupied by rebels,
it was taken back by Syrian forces on Monday.
Al-Qseir
controls the highway which runs from the Lebanese border to Homs. It is through
this border city that weapons and foreign mercenaries have entered Syria.
According to SANA,
quoting (unconfirmed) media source:
“The seizure of an
Israeli military vehicle which terrorists had been using in al-Qseir refutes
the allegations made by Israel to justify its aggression on Syria and proves
the scale of Israel’s military and intelligence involvements in the events in
Syria.”
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| Israeli military vehicle which terrorists had been using in al-Qseir |
“The source said
that the Israeli military support for the armed terrorist groups proves the
involvement of Qatar, Turkey and Israel in the aggression on Syria which is
waged through a single central operations room.
Israeli military support for terrorism in Syria proves once more
that Israel was and still is
adopting the policy of organized state terrorism, stressing that the world must act to confront this terrorism.
adopting the policy of organized state terrorism, stressing that the world must act to confront this terrorism.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/covert-israeli-forces-inside-syria-within-rebel-ranks-israeli-military-vehicle-seized/5335769
See, nothin' to it, but to do it.
ReplyDelete;-)
You see, if desired we can get in the 'Way Back' machine and get back to when the discourse was reasonablly polite, for hose that want to read the repartee.
ReplyDeleteThe messages have not really changed, all that changed, the temperament of the 'new' contributors.
So, for those that enjoy that type of thing, if there is demand, we can bring some of it back.
May or may not make it a 'regular' feature, but there is lots of content, some of it 'fun'.
;-)
That was before your death threats to Bob and myself? Your claims of being a special forces "wet ops" under Ollie North?
DeleteA lot of water under the bridge, and now? you're one bats hit crazy jew hating, anti-semitic, low life, pot smoking, drug smuggling, gun running asshole...
Hope the cops bust your ass sooner than later...
Delete;-)
DeleteYou had your chance at the archive, you should have spent your time searching, fruitless as the search would have been.
Instead you had other priorities, see where those got you.
You should have spent your time reading Sun Tsu, like Ms T recommended ...
but you wouldn't take advise from a woman, fool.
DeleteInstead you spent your time insulting a person MUCH smarter than you have proved to be.
BTW, regarding the Gulf:
ReplyDeleteThe Gulf is, Now, producing 65,484 bbls / day Less Oil than it was in Dec. 2006.
See, there is editorial VALUE in getting nto the 'Way Back' machine, every once in a while.
DeleteIt could become a 'regular feature', like the 'Thread Break Girl'
;-)
DeleteHugo died of natural causes and his replacement is ruling Venezuela with a fist.
All that was old, is new again.
And all that 'Good News' wasn't.
DeleteKinda like 'shale oil'?
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DeleteIsn't Gulf production up from the Bush post Katrina, and then the early Obama pre BP blow-out days?
DeleteShit, I should have looked at your chart, before asking the question, not after.
Delete;-)
Why did GW have those huge troughs?
Deletetrough___ I assume the second was the BP blowout fallout period.
DeleteHurricanes.
DeleteKatrina in 2005
DeleteIke in 2008
The spike after Ike was Thunderhorse coming online. It was a 12 Year Project, and you see how long that production affected the overall trend.
DeleteAs for the "shale," it is a real thing, and it came along at a crucial time, BUT, remember that old Jimmy Buffet song "A Pirate turns 40"?
DeleteI made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast.
Never Meant to Last. Never meant to last.
If you will go
DeleteHere
you will see that they added 140 Producing Wells to the N. Dakota Bakken in December, and January, and
Production Fell by 40,060 bbls / day.
That is the kind of Decline Rate you're looking at with "Shale."
Of the 18, I think it is, producing counties in N. Dakota, only 2 (McKenzie, and Mountrail) are still increasing production.
DeleteNever meant to last
A Pirate Looks at 40
Delete
DeleteSwitchgrass, grows up fresh each year, on those 300 million acres laying fallow ...
Pirate, ranks right under 'Cowboy in the Jungle' on the list of favorites.
DeleteThrough in some Warren Zevon, and there we be.
Down in Honduras, surrounded by 'Lawyers, Guns and Money'.
Looking like an 'Expatriated American'.
;-)
That should have been
DeleteThrow in ...
mea culpa.
We've, also, been proven right about Solar, and Wind,
Deleteand if someone comes back in 5 more years, I think they'll say, "damn, that Rat and Rufus were Right about the 'Cellulosic Ethanol' thing." :)
Well, here is some interesting news, from 'Forbes - the Capitalists Tool'
ReplyDeleteAnother Sign ObamaCare Works: Wellpoint Boosts Profit Forecast
Wellpoint WLP +0.06% Inc. (WLP), one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, raised its full-year earnings forecast, citing more than 1 million new health plan members related in part to new business from the Affordable Care Act.
When a company raises its earnings forecast, that means it will make more money than it originally thought. In Wellpoint’s case, the company raised its 2014 “earnings outlook from greater than $8.00 per share to greater than $8.20 per share,” company chief executive officer Joseph Swedish said this morning. Swedish cited “growth of 1 to 1.3 million net new medical members and mid-single digit percent increases in both operating revenue and operating gain.”
Wellpoint specifically cited its ability to successfully manage new business coming from Americans signing up for coverage via the state and federal marketplaces known as exchanges. President Obama last week said that enough Americans have signed up to private health plans under the health law that it will work even though there could be up to two million fewer Americans covered than the White House had hoped.
Wellpoint is a major operator of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, including those operated under the Anthem brand. In addition to selling health benefits to employers and individuals, Wellpoint is a major contractor to states and the federal government by providing coverage under Medicaid programs for the poor and the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly.
“While it is early in 2014, we are encouraged by results thus far across our businesses and we believe exchanges are tracking our general expectations,” Swedish said in a statement released this morning prior to addressing analysts and investors at a conference in New York. “We are building on the positive operating momentum we’ve achieved across the organization over last year.”
Wellpoint’s rhetoric is a continuation of positive financial projections that were issued in January and February during fourth-quarter earnings from insurers including Aetna AET +0.42% (AET), Cigna CI -0.91% (CI), Humana HUM -1.51% (HUM) and UnitedHealth Group UNH -0.23% (UNH).
Insurance companies for much of this quarter having been telling Wall Street that they are going to be able to manage the first year of risk from newly insured customers buying subsidized private health plans via government-run exchanges. Under the law, millions of Americans can get subsidies to purchase an array of health plan choices.
Swedish also indicated the business outlook for the insurance company wouldn’t be short-lived.
“Our outlook also remains prudent in light of the dynamic nature of the marketplace, and we believe this is a point from which we will grow in the future,” Swedish said. “We have entered a period of tremendous change across the health care system and are confident that WellPoint has the leadership, assets and strategy to drive profitable growth over the next several years.”
ReplyDelete(CNN) -- A federal judge on Friday ruled that Michigan's prohibition on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution, ordering the state to stop enforcing the ban.
Why are about 98% of the comments on the last few threads by this Jack Hawkins idiot and Rufus?
ReplyDeleteIs this a blog or an e-mail correspondence?
This place sucks.
Charles Gaba is figuring
ReplyDelete6.2 Million Exchange Enrollments.
Not quite 7 million, but pretty good, considering they lost a month and a half due to the website debacle.
Well, anonymous, maybe we're just place-holding until someone shows up to tell us about their bathroom adventures.
ReplyDelete?
ReplyDeleteYou prove my point. It's that Rufus fellow again.
This place is a laughing stock. It's not a blog.
NSA must have hooked in to the Rufus and Jack Hawkins email accounts and somehow it got here.
Why even NSA would want to read this shit I don't know, but they seem to read anything. Maybe they want to get something more on Jack.