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Efkan Ala’dan Kanal7’de açıklamalar
AK Parti Dış İlişkilerden Sorumlu Genel Başkan Yardımcısı Efkan Ala, Kanal7 Ankara Temsilcisi Mehmet Acet’in sunduğu Başkent Kulisi programında soruları yanıtladı. Ala, Türkiye’nin Osmanlı gibi davrandığına yönelik değerlendirmelere ilişkin de dikkati çeken açıklamalar yaptı.
NİJERYA’DA TÜRK GEMİSİNE KORSAN BASKINI
Şu an itibariyle 15 Türk vatandaşı korsanların elinde. Henüz korsanlar bir irtibat kurmuş değil. Genelde kaçırdıktan sonra irtibat kurup taleplerini iletiyorlar. Dışişleri Bakanımız açıklama yaptı, meselenin devlet tarafından takibi yapılıyor. İnşallah kısa zamanda sonuç alınır.
TÜRKİYE’NİN AKTİF DIŞ POLİTİKA HAMLELERİ
Türkiye’nin temel amacı bölgede huzur iklimini oluşturmak. Komşularımızın toprak bütünlüklerine saygılıyız. Türkiye, Azerbaycan, Ermenistan, Rusya ve İran merkezli bölgede bir barış geliştirelim.
Libya’da çok fazla iş yapan insanımız var. O insanlar bizi çağırmış davet etmiş. Biz de gittik. Orada denge oluştu. Görüşmeler yapılıyor. Biz bir yere giderken oradaki diğer güçleri de dikkate alarak gidiyoruz. Kötüleşmeyi önleyecek inisiyatifi alıyoruz ondan sonra bütün aktörleri dikkate alarak dış politika üretiyoruz.
TÜRKİYE OSMANLI GİBİ Mİ DAVRANIYOR?
Biz Osmanlı’nın erdemlerini niye reddedelim? Orta Doğu’da iki dönem vardır. Osmanlı barışı. Bir de Roma dönemi. Osmanlı erdemleri bugün bütün dünyaya lazım.
Osmanlı birçok yerde egemendi. Gidip oraları yönetelim demiyoruz ama orada insanlar barış içinde yaşasın istiyoruz.
Türkiye artık uluslararası meselelerde küresel aktör.
ABD VE AB İLE İLİŞKİLER
ABD ve Türkiye arasında çözülemeyecek hiçbir sorun görmüyorum.
AB ile ilişkilerde iki taraftan da iyi niyet mesajları ve somut adımlar geliyor.
2008 krizinden sonra AB ancak bugün normalleşme sürecine girmiş görünüyor.
ARAP ÜLKELERİYLE NORMALLEŞME DÖNEMİ
Katar’la diğer ülkelerin arasındaki sorunların derinleşmesini biz önledik. Çözüm için elimizden geleni yaptık nitekim çözüldü.
İlişkilerin iyi gitmesi de kötü gitmesi de herkesi etkiler. O yüzden ilişkilerin düzelmesi için elimizden geleni yapıyoruz.
Merkel’in halefi ‘Türk Armin’: 813 numaralı künyenin sırrı
Almanya’da bir devir resmen kapandı. Hristiyan Demokrat Parti’nin lideri Şansölye Merkel, partisinin başkanlığını Armin Laschet’e devretti. Laschet’in kurultayda Başkanlığını ilan etmesinin ardından elindeki 813 numaralı künye ile verdiği poz çok konuşulmuştu. O künyenin sırrı ortaya çıktı. İşte ‘Türk Armin’in hikayesi…
Hristiyan Demokrat Parti’nin kurultayı geçtiğimiz günlerde yapılırken, Merkel’in yerine Armin Laschet CDU’nun başkanı olarak seçildi. Laschet, seçilmesinin ardından kurultayda elinde 813 numaralı bir künye ile poz vermişti. Laschet’in pozuna ilk bakışta kimse anlam veremezken, o künyenin hikayesi ortaya çıktı.
GÖÇMEN BİR AİLENİN OĞLU
60 yaşındaki Armin Laschet 1963 yılında Belçika’nın Almanca konuşan Valon bölgesinden Aachen’a taşınmış bir ailenin çocuğuydu. Orta halli dört çocuklu bir Katolik ailenin çocuğu olarak büyüyen Laschet’in babası madende çalışarak yaşamını idame ettirdi. Tıpkı o dönemde Almanya’ya gelen diğer göçmenler gibi.
Annesi ev hanımı, babası Heinrich (Heinz) Laschet ise Alsdorf’taki Anna maden ocağında teknisyen olarak görev yaptı. Daha sonra baba Pedagoji eğitimi almış ve bir İlkokulda öğretmen olarak çalıştı.
EĞİTİMİ VE SİYASİ YAŞAMI
Zorluklarla dolu bir yaşam geçiren Laschet, Hukuk fakültesinde aldığı eğitimin ardından Gazetecilik yapmaya başladı. Gazetecilik kariyerine ara veren Laschet siyasete atılmaya karar verdi.
27 Haziran 2017’den beri Kuzey Ren-Vestfalya’nın on birinci Başbakanı olarak görev yapan Laschet, 2012’den beri de CDU’nun beş federal genel başkan yardımcısından biri konumunda.
TÜRK ARMİN
Armin Laschet göçmenliği ve zorlu yaşantısının yanı sıra, siyaset bölgesinde de oldukça göçmenlere karşı sıcakkanlı ve kucaklayıcı tavırları ile dikkat çekiyor. Almanlarda alışık olunmayacak kadar güleryüzlü ve sıcak kanlı davranışları ile bilinen siyasetçi, “Türk Armin” lakabıyla tanınıyor.
SOLİNGEN EYLEMLERİ DÖNÜM NOKTASI OLDU
Türklerle kurduğu samimi ve babacan diyaloglar nedeniyle, Türkler arasında da “Armin abi” olarak anılan Armin Laschet, Türklere karşı yakınlığını 93 yılındaki kanlı Neonazi olaylarıyla kazandığını belirtiyor. O dönemde Solingen’de yaşanan ırkçı terör eylemlerinde vahşice katledilen “Genç” ailesine vefası dikkat çekiyor.
Kuzey Ren Vestfalya Entegrasyon Bakanı olduğunda ilk iş olarak, Amasya’nın Mercimek Köyü’ne gitti. Burada üç gün kalan Laschet, Solingen kurbanlarının kabirlerini ziyaret etti, mezarları yeniden yaptırdı.
813 NUMARALI KÜNYENİN SIRRI
Solingen olayı ile siyaseti insanlığına tercih etmeyeceğini gösteren Laschet, Türkler başta olmak üzere göçmenlerin gönlünde önemli bir yer edindi.
Genel başkan seçildiği kurultayda, fotoğrafta gördüğünüz metal künyeyi gösterdi. Künyesi ile poz veren Laschet’in 813 numaralı “sarı plakasına” ilişkin detaylar, kendi sözleriyle ortaya çıktı. Laschetin gösterdiği 813 numalaralı künyenin, geçmişte maden teknisyeni olarak babasının madendeki künyesi olduğu ortaya çıktı.
Laschet kurultayda şu sözleri kullandı
“Babam bana hep bir nasihat verdi. Mademlerde, yerin binlerce metre altındaki o gün ışığının girmediği karanlık yerlerde çalışırken, kimsenin nereli olduğunun, nereden geldiğinin ve hangi dine inandıklarının hiçbir önemi yok. Önemli olan yanındakilere güven duyman… Ben bu nasihatı hiç unutmadım”
ALMANYA-TÜRKİYE İLİŞKİLERİNE YANSIMASI
Laschet’in hem Türklere hem de siyasetten çok insancıl bakış açısı Türkiye-Almanya ilişkilerinde bir dönüm noktası olabileceğine işaret ediliyor. Özellikle Laschet’in olası bir Başbakanlık kazanması durumunda iki ülke arasındaki ilişkilerin ne yönde evrileceği şimdiden merak konusu.
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NATO Secretary General congratulates President Joe Biden on his inauguration
On behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I congratulate Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris as the Vice President. Today is the start of a new chapter for the transatlantic Alliance.
(Archive photo)
The bond between North America and Europe is the bedrock of our security, and a strong NATO is good for both North America and Europe. For more than seventy years, our transatlantic Alliance has guaranteed freedom, peace, and security for our people. U.S. leadership remains essential as we work together to protect our democracies, our values and the rules-based international order.
NATO Allies need to stand together to address the security consequences of the rise of China, the threat of terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a more assertive Russia. None of us can face these challenges alone, but together in NATO, we represent one billion people, and half of the world’s military and economic might.
So I look forward to working closely with President Biden and welcoming him to the NATO Summit in Brussels later this year. Our focus will be NATO2030, the initiative to make our strong Alliance even stronger and fit for the future.
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NATO Secretary General discusses security issues with Turkish Foreign Minister
The Secretary General welcomed the continuation of NATO-brokered talks between Turkey and Greece on a military deconfliction mechanism in the Eastern Mediterranean. “The de-confliction mechanism has helped to reduce tensions and create the space for political discussions to resolve the underlying issues. I also welcome the Exploratory Talks taking place in Istanbul next week.”, the Secretary General said.
On Afghanistan, Mr. Stoltenberg reiterated that, at the next NATO Defence Ministers meeting in February, NATO will need to address the future of its training mission. “Whatever path we choose, it is important that we do so together, in a coordinated and deliberate way”, he said, adding that NATO supports the Afghan peace talks and, as part of this process, stands ready to further adjust its presence.
Also on the agenda was the planned expansion of NATO’s Training Mission in Iraq to help ensure ISIS never returns. On Libya, the Secretary General expressed his concern about the situation and restated the long standing NATO position that the Alliance remains committed to providing advice in the area of defence and security institution building, taking into account political and security conditions.
The Secretary General also thanked Turkey for its significant contributions to NATO operations and for leading NATO’s high readiness forces in 2021.
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Remembering What Larry King Wrote in “I Am Jewish”
When Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was brutally murdered in Pakistan in 2002, many Jews were particularly touched by his last words affirming his Jewish identity. In a book edited by Judea and Ruth Pearl titled, “I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl,” prominent Jews from around the word were asked to share some thoughts on their Judaism.
Here is what the legendary interviewer Larry King, who died today at 87, wrote:
First and foremost, I had nothing to do with being Jewish. Fortunately for me, my parents, Eddie and Jennie from Minsk and Pinsk in Belorussia, respectively, happened to be Jewish themselves. I say fortunately because despite many of the trials and tribulations Jews have faced over the years, I still consider it kind of a blessing to be Jewish.
Now, let’s get this straight: I am not religious. I guess you could say I am agnostic. That is, I don’t know if there is a God or not (if there is I sure have a lot of questions for him—or her). But I’m certainly culturally Jewish. I love the Jewish sense of humor. The shtick of the Jewish comedian burns in me. I love a good joke. I don’t mind jokes about Jews told by Jews. Jewish humor has become universal.
The Yiddish language has many words now in daily use in other cultures all over the world. Is there, for example, a better word than “chutzpah”? It means “gall,” but actually it’s more than gall. Here’s a good illustration of chutzpah: The Jewish women’s organization Hadassah that raises money for Israel opens a fund-raising office in Libya. See what I mean by beyond gall?
And it’s funny, even though I don’t observe all the dietary laws, certain things have stayed with me since early childhood. For instance, I cannot eat meat with a glass of milk. The very thought of it turns my stomach. Jewish dietary laws prescribe that you don’t mix the two. That is almost inbred in me. I don’t observe the Jewish holidays, but I do admit to a certain reverence on Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah because it gives me a chance to reflect about my late parents. They were observant Jews. (Where did I go wrong?)
My father died when I was nine and a half and he was forty-three. My mother raised my younger brother and me, never remarrying. She was the classic Jewish mother. My Jewish name is Label, and so to her I was always Labela. I could do no wrong. Everything was for her children. That is Jewish to the core. I used to say that if I blew up a bank, killing four hundred people, my mother would say, “Perhaps they made a mistake in his checking account.”
Judaism is both a religion and a race. It’s an imprint I carry with me everywhere. I was taught to hate prejudice. I was taught the values of loyalty—the values of family. Even though I was not fortunate enough to go to college, I was certainly embedded with strong Jewish values of education and learning, no matter what the form. It is said that if you call a Jewish man in the middle of the night and ask him if you woke him up, he would say no, he was reading a book. The joke on the other side is, why do Jewish women never open their eyes during intercourse? It’s because they can’t stand to see someone else having pleasure. I throw in these little trinkets because they are so Jewish. We are small in number; our impact has been incredible.
WE ARE SMALL IN NUMBER; OUR IMPACT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
I once asked a noted author, the late Harry Golden, if he ever regretted being Jewish. And he said no because when he dies there are only four possible leaders in the afterlife. They would be Moses, Christ, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud. And they were all Jewish so he figured he was on the right team from the start.
I remember how proud I was on my trip to Jerusalem with my brother a few years back. Seeing all of the street signs in Hebrew, feeling a sense of identity and belonging.
One vivid memory of that trip is when I was standing by the Western Wall, known as the famous Wailing Wall, where Jews from all over the world go to pray. A rabbi standing near me was davening (the Jewish form of prayer) when he looked up and said: “What’s with Perot?” It was a funny incident, really hitting me, showing the impact of CNN all over the world. Also on that trip I had the opportunity to visit many Israeli leaders, including spending a day with Yitzhak Rabin, who was campaigning to be prime minister, a job he would eventually win.
Again, having no strong religious affiliation, I must say the trip really hit home to me. The very flavor of Jerusalem stayed with me long after I left. I liked all the people of the region, including the many Palestinians I met. I felt a sense of belonging and I thought a lot about my late parents, who would have loved to step on that soil.
I’ll close with classic Jewish humor. A Jewish grandmother takes her grandson to the beach. He goes in the water and disappears from view. His grandmother falls to the ground crying: “God save him.” Suddenly, the boy washes to shore safe, alive, and breathing. The woman looks at the heavens and says: “He had a hat.”
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‘Yolcu uçağı lazer silahıyla vurularak düşürüldü!’
239 kişiyi taşıyan yolcu uçağının kaybolduğu gün, yeni bir lazer silah sistemi test edildi. Gizemi hala çözülemeyen uçağın akıbetine ilişkin yazılan kitap, gündeme bomba gibi düştü.
8 Mart 2014’te Malezya’nın başkenti Kuala Lumpur’dan Çin’in başkenti Pekin’e gitmek üzere havalanan uçaktan, bir daha hiç kimse haber alamadı.
Hint Okyanusu’nun birçok kıyısında onlarca enkaz parçası bulundu ancak MH370 sefer sayılı uçağın gizemi uluslararası çabalara rağmen bir türlü çözülemedi.
Yaklaşık dört yıl boyunca Hint Okyanusu’nun neredeyse her noktası tarandı, 2018 yılında yayınlanan 450 sayfalık resmi rapor ise gizemin daha da büyümesine yol açtı.
Uçağın parçalanmış olabileceği ihtimali üzerinde duran uzmanlar, ancak aracın uçuş sırasında mı yoksa okyanus sularına çarparak mı parçalandığı konusunda kesin bir şey söyleyemedi.
Raporda uçağın neden gece yarısı aniden rota değiştirdiği ve saatlerce yeni rotasında yol aldığına dair mantıklı bir bilgi de yoktu. Sadece kanıt bulunmadığından bütün ihtimallerin göz önünde bulundurulması gerektiği belirtildi.
Bu ihtimaller arasında uçağa dışarıdan müdahalede bulunulmuş olabileceği de yer aldı. Uçağın kaybolmasından yaklaşık sekiz yıl sonra yayınlanan bir kitap ise, gündeme bomba gibi düştü.
Araştırmacı gazeteci Florence de Changy, ‘The Disappearing Act’ isimli kitabında uçağın Vietnam yakınlarındaki gizli bir operasyonda vurularak düşürüldüğünü yazdı.
Ödüllü Fransız gazeteci Florence de Changy’nin kitabındaki en çarpıcı detay ise, MH370 sefer sayılı yolcu uçağının yeni bir lazer silahıyla vurulduğu iddiası.
Uçağın kaybolduğu gün yeni bir lazer silah sisteminin test edildiğini belirten gazeteci, MH370’nin vurulmasının bir hata olabileceğini veya yanlış ellere gidecek özel kargonun durdurulması için hedef alındığını savundu.
Kitapta MH370’in pilotu Zahari Ahmed Şah’ın arkadaşı Peter Chong’un bir tanıklığına da yer verildi. Buna göre, kendisi de pilot olan Chong, trajediden günler sonra Tayland Körfezi’nin üstünde uçtu.
Chong’un ifadesine göre, uçuş sırasında kabin ekibinin uyarısyla aşağı baktı, Tayland Körfezi’nde bir enkaz vardı ve ekipler hassas bir arama operasyonu yürütüyordu.
Havacılık tarihinin en büyük bilmecelerinden biri haline gelen MH370’in nasıl düştüğüne dair şimdiye kadar birçok senaryo gündeme getirildi.
Bunlar arasında, yakıtın tükenmesi, kaçırma, bir askeri uçak tarafından vurulma ve pilotun intihar etmesi de vardı. Uçağın kasten düşürülmesi, 238 kişinin öldürülmesi anlamına geliyor.
ABD’li uzmanlar tarafından ortaya atılan ‘intihar’ teorisi büyük ilgi toplamıştı. Ancak araştırmalardan pilotun psikolojik veya mali sıkıntısının olmadığı ortaya çıkmıştı.
2014: Kuzeye iniş teorisi
Yolculardan 153’ü Çin vatandaşı olan uçağın başına ne geldiği gizemini korurken, İngiliz The Guardian gazetesi iddiaları ve teorileri derledi. Olayın hemen ardından geliştirilen teoriye göre, uçak okyanusun güneyine değil Orta Asya’ya inmiş olabilir. Bu teori, sivil uçuş takibi sisteminden çıktıktan sonra askeri radarlar kullanılarak yapılan takibe dayanıyor.
Buna göre MH370 Kuala Lumpur’dan kuzeydoğudaki Pekin’e doğru uçarken 40 dakika sonra güneybatıya doğru yönünü değiştirdi. Bir süre sonra kuzeybatıya, Hindistan’a doğru döndü. Sonrasında askeri radarın alanından da çıktı. Ancak Inmarsat, kendi uydu verilerine dayanarak bu teoriyi çürüttü. 2015’te de Afrika kıyılarında uçağın bazı parçaları bulundu.
2015: Avustralya’nın batısında düştü iddiası
2015’te, MH370’e ait olduğu teyit edilen bazı parçalar, Afrika’nın doğu kıyılarında bulundu. Bunun üzerine uçağın Hint Okyanusu’nun güneyinde, Avustralya’nın batı kıyılarına yakın bir bölgede düşmüş olabileceği, bir sene içinde kalıntılarının okyanus akıntılarıyla Afrika kıyılarına ulaştığı teorisi ortaya atıldı. Uydu verilerine göre, uçak en son güneydoğuda görülmüştü ve Afrika kıyılarında düşmüş olması imkansızdı.
Araştırmacılar, uçakta işlevsizlik, yangın ya da küçük bir kaza çıkmış olabileceğini, uçağın bu sebeple acil iniş yapabilmek için rotasını değiştirme ihtimalinin olduğunu söyledi. Bu teoriye göre uçakta oksijen kaybı yaşandı, hem yolcular hem pilotlar uçak inişe geçemeden bilinç kaybı yaşadı.
Otomatik pilotla bir süre daha Hint Okyanusu üzerinde uçan uçak, yakıtı bittiğinde düştü. Malezya hükümeti ve Avustralya Ulaşım Güvenlik Bürosu (AUGB) resmi olarak bugün hâlâ bu oksijen kaybı teorisini kabul ediyor.
2016: Kasıtlı mı düşürüldü?
2016’ya gelindiğinde Amerikalı araştırmacılar ve AUGB, uçağın pilotu Zaharie Ahmed Şah’ın evinde, kişisel bir uçuş simülatörü buldu. Pilotun evindeki simulatorle, Hint Okyanusu’nun güneyine doğru bir uçuş taslağı hazırlanmıştı. Bu, MH370’in kaybolduktan sonra döndüğü düşünülen rotaydı. Ancak AUGB, bunun Zaharie’nin uçağı bilerek düşürdüğü iddiasını kanıtlamayacağını söyledi ve planlı bir uçak düşürme teorisini reddetti.
Malezya hükümeti de Zaharie’nin uçak düşerken bilinç kaybı yaşadığı teorisine ve onun da kurbanlardan biri olduğu iddiasına bağlı kaldı. Bugüne kadar uçağın bilinçli olarak pilot tarafından düşürülmüş olabileceğine dair hiçbir kanıt bulunamadı.
2017: ‘Öncelikli bölgede’ düştü
AUGB, 2017’de konu hakkındaki en geniş çaplı raporunu açıkladı. Avustralya hükümetine bağlı kurumun 2014’ten itibaren 120 bin kilometrekarelik alanda yaptığı incelemeler, iki farklı teorinin ortaya çıkmasına yol açtı. İlki, pilotun bilincini kaybetmiş olduğu teorisiyle aynıydı. Bu teoriyi destekleyen yeni bir kanıt da bulunmuştu: Uçak, yüksek ve artan bir hızla suya iniş yapmıştı, yani kimsenin kontrolü altında değildi.
İkinci teoriye göre, MH370, araştırma yapılan yerin hemen kuzeyinde, ‘öncelikli bölge’ adını verdikleri bir bölgede düştü. Bu öncelikli bölge araştırılmamıştı. Daha sonra devreye girecek araştırmacılara bu bölgenin araştırılması çağrısı yapılıyordu.
2018: ‘Pilot bilinçliydi ve kontrollü iniş yaptı’
2018’de, ABD’li Ocean Infinity firması Avustralya’nın önerisiyle 25 bin kilometrekarelik “öncelikli bölgeyi” inceledi. Ancak hiçbir sonuç alınamadı. Öncelikli bölge teorisi, pilotun bilincini kaybettiği; uçağın o bölgede yakıtının bitip düştüğü bilgisine dayanıyordu.
Uçağın enkazı orada da bulunamayınca, yakıt biterken pilotun bilincinin açık olduğu ve uçağı kontrollü şekilde başka bir bölgede suya indirdiği iddiası ortaya atıldı. Çünkü kontrollü şekilde indirilen uçak, 200 kilometre daha gidebilir; araştırma bu sebeple sonuçsuz kalmış olabilirdi. Ancak AUGB bu iddiayı reddetti. Onlara göre, uçağın hızla ve kontrolsüz şekilde düştüğü daha önce kanıtlanmıştı.
2019: Sonuca hâlâ yaklaşılamadı
5 yılın sonunda, toplam 200 bin kilometrekarelik bir alanda inceleme yapılmasına rağmen hala uçağa ne olduğuna dair bir kanıt bulunamadı. Malezya hükümeti, 2018’de açıkladığı ve hiçbir yeni kanıt ya da bilgi sunmayan raporunun, bilgi eksikliği sebebiyle “son rapor” olduğunu söylüyor.
Fransız polisine bağlı Hava Ulaşımı Jandarması, 2018’de uydu verilerinin nasıl elde edildiğine yönelik bir soruşturma başlattığını açıkladı. 2019’da ise Malezya Ulaştırma Bakanı Anthony Luke ancak iyi bir teklif gelirse araştırmaları yeniden başlatabileceğini söyledi. Bu açıklamanın ardından Ocean Infinity, araştırmaya yeniden başlamak istediğini açıkladı.
12. ΠΟΙΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ TO No “1 KOMMOYNI ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ!
Συντρόφια όλων αυτών των “δημοκρατών” της Άπω Ανατολής είναι οι “δημοκράτες” της ελληνικής “γειτονιάς” …Οι Αλέκες και οι υπόλοιποι του ελληνικού Politbyro, οι οποίοι εξέλεξαν την νέα ηγεσία του ΚΚΕ… Μια ηγεσία, η οποία έχει αναγνωρισμένο ανώτερο “pedigree”.
Ο νέος Γραμματέας του ΚΚΕ ΚΟΥΤΣΟΥΜΠΑΣ δεν είναι ένας τυχαίος κομμουνιστής. Δεν είναι ένας απλός ιδεολόγος, ο οποίος έκανε μια ιδεολογική επιλογή στη ζωή του και αγωνίστηκε γι’ αυτήν. Δεν είναι απλά ένας έξυπνος ή άξιος κομμουνιστής, ο οποίος με τη δουλειά του και την αξία του “ανέβηκε” τα “σκαλοπάτια” της ιεραρχίας… Είναι κομμουνιστής “αναντάν παπαντάν” με γνήσιο κομμουνιστικό DNA. Αν ήταν Κορεάτης, θα έμοιαζε με τον Κίμ και αν ήταν Κουβανός μπορεί να τον φωνάζαμε Ραούλ.
…Είναι γιος παλιού κομμουνιστή “καταδικασμένος” να επιτύχει στη ζωή του. Είναι όμοιος με τον Σωκράτη Κόκκαλη τον γιο του Πέτρου …Γνήσιος σταλινικός “γόνος”. Αυτοί ποτέ δεν χάνονται, γιατί σε όλα τα περιβάλλοντα μπορούν να επιβιώσουν. Πάντα οι καλοί συνεργάτες των μυστικών υπηρεσιών βολεύονται σε όλες τις καταστάσεις.
Τέτοιος είναι και ο νέος γραμματέας του ΚΚΕ… Γιος γνήσιου κομμουνιστή “ελεγμένου” από τον ίδιο τον Ζαχαριάδη και βεβαίως από την KGB του Στάλιν …
Γιος ενός κομμουνιστή, που, για να ήταν τέτοιος εκείνη την εποχή —και να αντέξει η “μπογιά” του μέχρι σήμερα—, θα πρέπει να έδινε “αναφορά” απευθείας στην KGB…
Γιος ενός “συναγωνιστή” του Πέτρου Κόκκαλη, ο οποίος ήξερε από “μπίζνες” στις παρυφές του παρακράτους.
Όμως, αυτός ο γιος του “ηρωικού” κομμουνιστή δεν αρκούνταν στις οικογενειακές “δόξες”. Έχει και ο ίδιος τις δικές του “δάφνες”. Άλλωστε το μήλο πέφτει κάτω από τη μηλιά… Ήρωας γιος ήρωα…
Διαβάζουμε το βιογραφικό του και αισθανόμαστε εξαιρετικά ταπεινοί και αδύναμοι μπροστά του. Μέσα σε λίγες ημέρες από την άφιξή του στην Αθήνα το επαρχιωτόπουλο έκανε “μπάσιμο” στο “κόλπο” του Πολυτεχνείου. Ακόμα δεν είχε προλάβει το παιδί να ανοίξει τις βαλίτσες του στην Αθήνα και ήταν ήδη εκεί να “κυνηγιέται” με τη Χούντα. Το καλοκαίρι ήταν τελειόφοιτος του γυμνασίου στη Λαμία και κάποια μέρα του Νοέμβρη πρωταγωνιστούσε στα υπόγεια του Πολυτεχνείου μαζί με τη “σερβιτόρα” τη Μαρία… Γεννημένος το 1955 στα δεκαεφτά του χρόνια ώριμος “αντιστασιακός”…
Γεννημένος “ήρωας”… Ο “ήρωας” των ΚΤΕΛ με την καρό βαλίτσα. Φυσιογνωμικά να τον δει κανείς φαίνεται και λίγο “άγριος”. Σε κάστινγκ ταινίας θα τον έπαιρναν για τον ρόλο του “σκληρού” …οπωροπώλη. Μιλάμε για φαινόμενο. Στον χρόνο εκείνον, που τα παιδιά των κοινών θνητών δεν προλαβαίνουν να μάθουν με ποιο αστικό να πηγαίνουν στη σχολή τους, αυτός είχε μάθει όλα τα “κόλπα” της Πρωτεύουσας. Είχε μάθει τα “κόλπα” να “ξεγλιστράει” από την ασφάλεια της Χούντας. Δεν μας φαίνεται παράξενο για το ΚΚΕ. Εδώ ο Σιάντος παρίστανε τον αρχιστράτηγο του ΕΑΜ για χρόνια και δεν έμαθε ποτέ να διαβάζει στρατιωτικούς χάρτες, θα μάθαινε τα δρομολόγια των λεωφορείων ο Κουτσούμπας; …Ο ΚΟΥΤΣΟΥΜΠΑΣ; Γιατί να μάθουν όλοι αυτοί τους “χάρτες”, που προϋποθέτουν όλοι οι αγώνες; Αφού έχουν το ΚΟΜΜΑ να τους δείχνει πού να “πάνε” …Ό,τι πει το ΚΟΜΜΑ.
…Το ΚΟΜΜΑ τα εξασφάλιζε όλα …Το ΚΟΜΜΑ “καθάριζε” για τη στέγη στα πανεπιστημιακά χρόνια …Το ΚΟΜΜΑ “καθάριζε” για τα μαθήματα στη Σχολή. Έτσι κι αλλιώς επαγγελματική δραστηριότητα δεν θα ανέπτυσσε, ώστε να φαίνεται κάποια επιστημονική ανεπάρκεια …Στο ΚΟΜΜΑ θα κατέληγε και εκεί το πτυχίο ήταν καλό μόνον για τη “βιτρίνα”, την οποία απαιτούσε η αστική λογική της Μεταπολίτευσης …
Στο κομματικό “θερμοκήπιο” όλη του τη ζωή ο Κουτσούμπας …Από τότε που υπήρχε. Τί εικάζουμε ότι συνέβη στη ζωή του και “προόδευσε” τόσο γρήγορα; Προφανώς με τις σπουδές του άλλαξε έδρα και όχι “δραστηριότητα”. Ο ίδιος άνθρωπος με την ίδια ενασχόληση άλλαξε πόλη. Μέχρι τότε χαφιέδιζε στην Ασφάλεια και στο Κόμμα τους συμμαθητές του στη Λαμία και μετά την εισαγωγή του στο Πανεπιστήμιο έκανε το ίδιο για τους συμφοιτητές του στην Αθήνα.
Το πώς “μπλέχτηκε” τόσο γρήγορα στην “Αντίσταση” είναι κάτι, το οποίο έχει την εξήγησή του. Είχε καλές πληροφορίες, όπως είχε για παράδειγμα και η Δαμανάκη. Γνώριζαν τα “συντρόφια” από την επαρχία πότε θα γίνουν οι μεγάλες αμερικανικές εκπτωτικές “προσφορές” στην Αθήνα. Κάποιοι από τη Λαμία γνώριζαν ότι στο “Πολυτεχνείο” έμπαιναν οι “υποθήκες” καριέρας για την επόμενη ημέρα της Μεταπολίτευσης και έστειλαν το παιδί τους, για να κάνει και τη δική του. Κομματικό μέσον είχαν και έτσι μπόρεσε το παιδί τους να περάσει το face control του Λαμπράκη και της Αμερικανικής Πρεσβείας …Δεν έμπαινε όποιος κι όποιος στο Πολυτεχνείο …Πόσο μάλλον κάποιος επαρχιώτης μερικών ημερών στην Αθήνα …Είχε “κονέ” ο ΚΟΥΤΣΟΥΜΠΑΣ.
Από εκεί και πέρα ήταν όλα εύκολα. Πολυτελής αναμονή στους διαδρόμους του κόμματος. Άλλος ένας άεργος γόνος του βενιζελοκομμουνιστικού “κυκλώματος” του Εμφυλίου με εξειδίκευση στην “ταβανοθεραπεία”. Μιλάμε για ένα ακόμα αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα της ηγετικής ομάδας της Μεταπολίτευσης. Όπως ο Αντωνάκης, ο Γιωργάκης, η Ντόρα ή ο Κωστάκης, έτσι και ο Κουτσούμπας απλά “περίμενε” να του δοθούν κομματικά πόστα “ελέω” DNA.
Διαβάζουμε στο βιογραφικό του ότι κι αυτός “εργάστηκε” …στα φοιτητικά του χρόνια. Τον καιρό που ο Γιωργάκης έσχιζε ξύλα ως ξυλοκόπος” στη Σουηδία και ο Αντωνάκης “έσχιζε” ως “πιτσαδόρος” στην Νέα Υόρκη, ο Κουτσούμπας “εργαζόταν” στην Αθήνα. Την ημέρα εργαζόμενος και το βράδυ “παράνομος” ήρωας του “παράνομου” ΚΚΕ. Ήταν η εποχή που η Αλέκα εργάστηκε για μερικές ημέρες ως λογίστρια.
…Μιλάμε για απίστευτα πράγματα. Τριάντα χρόνια πέρασαν από το Πολυτεχνείο και οι “ήρωές” του εξακολουθούν να “πουλάνε” το ίδιο παραμύθι. Άνθρωποι, οι οποίοι δεν εργάστηκαν ποτέ στη ζωή τους, “θυμούνται” εργατικές “εμπειρίες” στα χρόνια κατά τα οποία σπούδαζαν. Τεμπελχανάδες, οι οποίοι ποτέ στη ζωή τους δεν εργάστηκαν και “θυμούνται” εργασία στα μόνα χρόνια που ένας άνθρωπος, ακόμα κι αν δεν εργάζεται καν, είναι ανεκτό. Τους φτύνουν πλέον στον δρόμο και αυτοί εξηγούν την αστάθεια του καιρού.
Αυτή η γενιά μπορεί να μην “έδωσε” στην Ελλάδα καταρτισμένους επιστήμονες, διάσημους καλλιτέχνες, μοναδικά ταλέντα ή επιχειρηματικά δαιμόνια, αλλά έδωσε “ηρωικούς” ηγέτες …Επαγγελματίες “ηγέτες” εσωτερικών “χώρων” …Εντός της Ελλάδας βέβαια και με κρατικούς μισθούς …Τροφίμους των ξένων πρεσβειών Ανατολής και Δύσης.
Αυτή η γενιά είναι μια γενιά με ιδιαίτερα βιοχαρακτηριστικά. Αν, για παράδειγμα, όλες τις γενιές ηρώων τις χαρακτήριζε η “Τεστοστερόνη”, αυτήν τη γενιά των ηρώων τη χαρακτηρίζει η “Χοληστερίνη”. Τέτοιες μπάκες, κώλους, μπούτια και προγούλια δεν πρέπει να έχουν δει ξανά οι κοινωνικοί “αγώνες”. Μόνον από έναν Γιωργάκη λείπει η κοιλιά, αλλά από αυτόν λείπει και το μυαλό …Πιο “ελαφρύς” δεν γίνεται …Πιθανόν να μην κατάλαβε ότι η γενιά του “μάζευε” κοιλιές και πήρε το κανό να ψάχνει για σουπιές. Σε γενικές γραμμές μιλάμε για “σαπιοκοιλιάδες”, που, αν τους βάλεις να τρέξουν, θα ενδιαφερθεί το “National Geographic”.
Μιλάμε για ανθρώπινο “κατιμά”, που σε άλλη περίπτωση θα αναζητούσαμε αλογίσιο “κρέας” στη σύνθεσή του …Λογικό είναι. Οι ήρωες όλων των γενιών στερούνταν οι ίδιοι, για να απολαύσουν οι υπόλοιποι, ενώ οι “ήρωες” της γενιάς του Πολυτεχνείου τα πήραν όλα από όλους, για να απολαύσουν οι ίδιοι …Οι ξεκούραστοι “ήρωες”.
Από τους ήρωες ασκητές του παρελθόντος πήγαμε —εξαιτίας τους— στους “ήρωες” μασητές της Μεταπολίτευσης. Θα θέλουν να τους θάψουν σαν “ήρωες” και δεν θα αντέχουν οι “κιλλίβαντες” για να τους μεταφέρουν …Κλαρκ θα χρειάζονται οι “χλαπάτσες”, για να μεταφερθούν στον χώρο “αναπαύσεως” …Caterpillar θα χρειάζονται, να σπρώχνουν χώμα για να τους σκεπάσουν …Καραμανλήδες (1956), Ντόρες (1954), Βενιζέλοι (1957), Παναγόπουλοι (1955), Καστανίδηδες (1956) και Σκανδαλίδηδες (1953) μια κοιλάδα ολόκληρη θέλουν, για να χωρέσουν σε μια άνετη ταφή …Τέτοιος ήρωας της “χοληστερίνης” είναι και ο Κουτσούμπας (1955) …Φαγανός “ήρωας” από τότε που υπάρχει.
Κλασσικός “ήρωας” της Μεταπολίτευσης με όλα τα χαρακτηριστικά των “ηρώων” της γενιάς του. Γνώριμη πολιτική “φιγούρα” των τελευταίων τριάντα χρόνων. Άεργος, ανεπάγγελτος αλλά …εξειδικευμένος “Περισσολόγος” από τότε που υπάρχει. Κρατικοδίαιτος κι αυτός, αν σκεφτεί κάποιος από πού προέρχονται τα περισσότερα χρήματα που λαμβάνει το ΚΚΕ, προκειμένου να πληρώνει τους κομματανθρώπους του. Άνθρωπος, που δεν έχει εργαστεί ούτε μία ημέρα στη ζωή του και θέλει να “σώσει” την εργατική τάξη. “Ευνούχος”, που ξέρει το μαρξιστικό “Κάμα Σούτρα” απ’ έξω κι ανακατωτά …Κου-Τσουμπάις κανονικός …Ραούλ Κουτσουμπάις με κληρονομικό “χάρισμα”.
Αυτός ήταν για πάνω από μία δεκαετία διευθυντής του Ριζοσπάστη. Διευθυντής με μεγάλες δημοσιογραφικές αποκαλύψεις και “επιτυχίες”. Διευθυντής του Ριζοσπάστη στα χρόνια της μεγάλης διαπλοκής …Του Ριζοσπάστη, ο οποίος “κυνήγησε” με πάθος τη διαπλοκή του συντρόφου Σωκράτη στον ΟΤΕ και τον ΟΠΑΠ …Του Ριζοσπάστη, ο οποίος “κυνήγησε” με πάθος τη διαπλοκή του συντρόφου Μπόμπολα στην Αττική Οδό …Του Ριζοσπάστη, ο οποίος “κυνήγησε” με πάθος τη διαπλοκή του συντρόφου Γερμανού στον ΟΤΕ …Του Ριζοσπάστη, ο οποίος απέλυε εργαζόμενους με τρόπο τέτοιο, που, αν το έκανε ένας καπιταλιστής, θα του έκοβαν το κεφάλι με το “δρεπάνι” και θα τον χτυπούσαν με το “σφυρί”.
Από το άρθρο του Παναγιώτη Τραϊανού: «ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΚΟΜΜΟΥΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΗΛΙΘΙΕ»!..
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Οι «σκοτεινοί» χρηματοδότες Biden που του “άνοιξαν” το δρόμο για τον Λευκό Οίκο
Για «σκοτεινούς» ανώνυμους χρηματοδότες που συνέβαλλαν καθοριστικά στην εκλογή του Joe Biden στην προεδρεία των ΗΠΑ κάνει λόγο το Bloomberg.
Όπως αναφέρει, η προεκλογική εκστρατεία του νέου Αμερικανού προέδρου συγκέντρωσε 145 εκατομμύρια δολάρια σε «σκοτεινές» δωρεές, οι οποίες εδώ και χρόνια αποτελούν το μυστικό όπλο των Δημοκρατικών.
Με τη συμβολή αυτών των χρημάτων, η εκστρατεία του Biden συγκέντρωσε συνολικά 1,5 δισ δολάρια γεγονός που ευνόησε σημαντικά τη είσοδό του στο Λευκό Οίκο.
Η χρηματοδότηση Biden έσπασε κάθε ρεκόρ!
Η συγκέντρωση αυτών των 145 εκ. Δολαρίων επισκιάζει τα 28,4 εκατομμύρια δολάρια που κατάφερε να συγκεντρώσει ο Donald Trump και σπάνε το προηγούμενο ρεκόρ των 113 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων σε ανώνυμες δωρεές που κατάφερε να συγκεντρώσει ο Ρεπουμπλικανικός υποψήφιος για την προεδρεία Mitt Romney το 2012.
Οι δημοκρατικοί έχουν κατά καιρούς υποστηρίξει, ότι θέλουν να απαγορεύσουν την ροή «σκοτεινού χρήματος» στις προεκλογικές εκστρατείες καθώς θεωρούν ότι πρόκειται για καθαρή διαφθορά, καθώς επιτρέπει σε κάποιους, να υποστηρίζουν οικονομικά έναν υποψήφιο χωρίς κανείς ποτέ να τους ελέγχει. Ωστόσο, μπροστά στην μεγάλη τους επιθυμία να απομακρύνουν τον Trump από το Λευκό Οίκο σε αυτή την εκλογική αναμέτρηση, έκαναν τα στραβά μάτια.
Οι Δημοκρατικοί έκαναν λοιπόν τα «στραβά μάτια».
Χαρακτηριστική είναι η περίπτωση του Ταμείου Δράσης Priorities USA, το οποίο χρησιμοποίησε κεφάλαια 26 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων από κεφάλαια που διαχειρίζεται το μη κερδοσκοπικό τμήμα του, Priorities USA, για να στηρίξει τον Biden.
Στην θεωρία, οι νόμοι περί χρηματοδότησης των πολιτικών εκστρατειών υποτίθεται ότι περιορίζουν την επιρροή που έχει το μεγάλο κεφάλαιο προς τους πολιτικούς. Αλλά το σύστημα έχει κενά, τα οποία εκμεταλλεύονται ομάδες που υποστηρίζουν τον Biden και άλλους υποψηφίους.
Ο νέος πρόεδρος έλαβε εκατομμύρια ανώνυμες δωρεές. “Ο Biden επωφελήθηκε από αυτό», δήλωσε ο Larry Noble, πρώην γενικός σύμβουλος της Ομοσπονδιακής Εκλογικής Επιτροπής”.
Και δεν είναι ψέμα, καθώς ο νέος Αμερικανός πρόεδρος κατάφερε να συγκεντρώσει 1 δισ δολάρια για την καμπάνια του, καθώς μπορεί να δεχθεί δωρεές πάνω από 2.800 δολάρια από κάθε ιδιώτη.Σ αυτά περιλαμβάνονται και τα 318.6 εκατομμύρια δολάρια από δωρητές που έδωσαν λιγότερα από 200 δολάρια. Τα υπόλοιπα χρήματα προήλθαν από δωρητές με μεγάλα πορτοφόλια που έδωσαν περίπου 825 χιλιάδες δολάρια ο καθένας.
Επιταγές με 8 ψήφιο νούμερο.
Όμως το σκοτεινό χρήμα, δεν είναι η μεγαλύτερη πηγή χρημάτων στις προεκλογικές καμπάνιες. Πλούσιοι δωρητές έχουν το δικαίωμα να γράψουν επιταγές με οκταψήφιο νούμερο, προς τους υποψηφίους σε εκδηλώσεις και συγκεντρώσεις από τις οποίες μπορούν να συγκεντρωθούν ακόμη και 830.500 δολάρια.
Σε αυτή την εκλογική αναμέτρηση, οι Δημοκρατικοί ως κόμμα, κατάφεραν και συγκέντρωσαν 326 εκατομμύρια δολάρια για τον Joe Biden έναντι 148 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων των Ρεπουμπλικάνων για τον Donalt Trump.
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Former palace of Grand Mufti to become a synagogue
“There is a beautiful poetic justice when you see the house of Hajj Amin al-Husseini crumbling down.”
By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News
A house belonging to one of the most notorious enemies of the Jewish people in pre-state Israel is slated to become a synagogue, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday.
Called Qasr al-Mufti (the Mufti’s Palace), it was built for Haj Amin al-Husseini in 1933, 12 years after he was appointed the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the British authorities, who ruled what was then Palestine.
While his job was to be the Muslim cleric in charge of the city’s Islamic holy places, the British turned a mostly blind eye to his main activity, which was fomenting deadly riots against Jews across the country.
The empty mansion is situated on a hilltop in the Arab-majority Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, which is between the Old City and Mount Scopus. A 28-apartment complex owned by a Jewish developer has been largely built around it.
“There is a beautiful poetic justice when you see the house of Hajj Amin al-Husseini crumbling down,” he said.
The mufti finally drew the attention of the authorities when he turned his attention not only against Jews but also the British, starting a three-year-long Arab revolt against them in 1936. He had to flee the country the next year with a warrant sworn out for his arrest.
He ended up in Germany, collaborating with the Nazis by recruiting Bosnian Moslems for the Waffen-SS and regularly broadcasting propaganda for Hitler in Arabic on the radio. After the war, he fled to Egypt to escape prosecution for war crimes.
Following the War of Independence, the house became part of a hotel, but the state took over the abandoned property when Jerusalem was reunited in 1967’s Six Day War. It was eventually sold to late American billionaire Irving Moskowitz, a philanthropist and Zionist actively involved in building projects that include the Har Homa and Ma’ale HaZeitim neighborhoods.
The small new Jewish enclave is not yet on the market because the company building it has enough land to double its size. This requires rezoning the land, but its request to do so has been stuck since 2008, said the report.
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Doğu Akdeniz’de gövde gösterisi
Milli Savunma Bakanlığı’ndan yapılan açıklamada; “Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanlığımıza bağlı üslerimizden havalanan F-16, F4-E 2020 jet uçakları ile CN-235 CASA, E7-T (HİK) ve KC-135R havadan yakıt ikmal uçaklarımız, Doğu Akdeniz’de eğitim görevi icra etti.” denildi.
ΑΥΤΗ ΗΤΑΝ ΑΣΚΗΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΙΑ ΑΠΟΒΑΣΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ!
27. ΠΟΛΛΑ ΦΙΛΑΚΙΑ ΣΕ ΟΛΟΥΣ ΣΑΣ!
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Back to the Endless Wars: US Military Convoy Enters Northeast Syria
The military-industrial complex is back in the saddle again.
“A large US military convoy,” according to i24News, “entered northeastern Syria on Thursday.” Reportedly, the convoy “included some 40 trucks and armored vehicles and was backed from the air by helicopters.” Is Dotty Old Joe planning an American military misadventure in Syria? It wouldn’t be any surprise.
As former President Trump said last September, “the top people in the Pentagon…want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy. But we’re getting out of the endless wars, you know how we’re doing.” Not any more. The drumbeat to get American troops into Syria began almost immediately after Joe was anointed President-elect by the establishment media.
Of course, because of deep state interference in Trump’s presidency, we never really left Syria in the first place. Trump’s former special envoy for Syria, Never-Trumper Jim Jeffrey, boasted in November that he circumvented Trump’s orders to withdraw American troops from Syria by lying to the President. Jeffrey explained: “We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” and said that “the actual number of troops in northeast Syria is ‘a lot more than’ the roughly two hundred troops Trump initially agreed to leave there in 2019.”
What the Masters of War have in mind, however, appears to be a far greater commitment of American troops than even Jeffrey’s shell game allowed for. After all, how else are they going to keep happy “all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes”? There’s money to be made even in the devastated hellscape that is Syria after nearly a decade of civil war, and so our moral superiors are starting to beat the drums of war in Syria once again in order to ensure that Biden commits enough American troops to keep that money flowing into the right pockets.
And so the Associated Press reminded us at that time (in an article that was reprinted in the Huffington Post, which indicated an effort to make sure the far-Left will be on board) that “a half century after Hafez Assad launched a bloodless coup in Syria, his family still rules the country.” AP quoted English swamp creature Neil Quilliam of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa program: “There can be no doubt that 50 years of Assad family rule, which has been ruthless, cruel and self-defeating, has left the country what can only be described as broken, failed and almost forgotten.”
AP was not alone. The U.S. Embassy in Syria, no doubt a particularly fetid corner of the swamp, tweeted: “Russia and the Syrian regime hosted the so-called International Conference on Refugees. Conference staff left their microphones on during a live broadcast, they exposed the lies of the Assad regime by stating that Syrians would rather flee the country than return to it.” That followed a tweet Thursday by Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch: “Why are so few refugees willing to risk returning to Syria? Well, fear of being detained, tortured, and executed plays a big role. But rather than empty his nightmarish prisons, Syria’s Assad blames Western sanctions.”
Then when Syria’s foreign minister Walid al-Moalem died, Reuters’ obituary stated in its lead paragraph that al-Moalem was an “unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade-old conflict.” Reuters did deign to inform us later on in the article, in sneering tones, that al-Moalem “labeled insurgents ‘jihadi terrorists,’” without bothering to note that he was correct. They behaved like jihad terrorists: in July 2013, U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army fighters entered the Christian village of Oum Sharshouh and began burning down houses and terrorizing the population, forcing 250 Christian families to flee the area. Then in September 2013, a day after then-Secretary of State John Kerry praised the Free Syrian Army as “a real moderate opposition,” the FSA took to the Internet to post videos of its attack on the ancient Syrian Christian city of Maaloula. And the New York Times reported in August 2014 about “a combined operation involving fighters from the Free Syrian Army, the Nusra Front and ISIS.” That is, jihad terrorists.
Assad is without any doubt a scoundrel. But as his undeniable evils begin to preoccupy the military and media anew, it is useful to ask cui bono. Who benefits? There are oppressive rulers all over the world; why is Assad once again the focus of all this negative attention? The answer is clear enough: toppling Assad is a bit of unfinished business left over from the Obama administration. Now that it looks as if the messianic internationalists are going to be back in the saddle again, they’re ready to resume working to “make the world safe for democracy,” as their messianic internationalist forbear Woodrow Wilson put it, and to remake the globe in accordance with their smug and miseducated sense of the way things ought to be.
And if, along the way, a few friends make a bit of money, what could be wrong with that? The world’s policeman is back on the beat, heedless once again of the spiraling risks of interventionism, and that guarantees that the weaponry will continue to be needed, and the money will keep on flowing. So tell us more, AP, Reuters and friends, about just how bad this Assad chap is, and why it is up to the United States to do something about it militarily. You’ll no doubt manage to fool millions yet again.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 21 books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster.
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