Executive Summary

• The US/Russia proxy war in Syria is fast escalating to dangerous levels
• Much of the unrest today was imminently avoidable and sadly ignored
• The US neo-con model is making more enemies both outside and inside America
• The risks of full-blown war breaking out
• What to do to prepare in advance

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Fool Me Once…

Armed with that information, you are now free to decode the news.  Note the grade-school level propaganda involved.  Assad’s government is always called a “regime” instead of “government” because regimes are bad and the US has claimed for itself the special obligation to topple them.

Similarly, the hodge-podge of foreign extremists are referred to as “rebels” or even “freedom fighters” but never mercenaries (which they often are) or violent jihadists (more often the case).  In this way, opinion is shaped.

Here’s the most recent news on that front (and it’s not good):

U.S., Allies to Boost Aid to Syria Rebels

Nov 4, 2015

WASHINGTON—The U.S. and its regional allies agreed to increase shipments of weapons and other supplies to help moderate Syrian rebels hold their ground and challenge the intervention of Russia and Iran on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. officials and their counterparts in the region said.

The deliveries from the Central Intelligence Agency, Saudi Arabia and other allied spy services deepen the fight between the forces battling in Syria, despite President Barack Obama’s public pledge to not let the conflict become a U.S.-Russia proxy war.

In the past month of intensifying Russian airstrikes, the CIA and its partners have increased the flow of military supplies to rebels in northern Syria, including of U.S.-made TOW antitank missiles, these officials said. Those supplies will continue to increase in coming weeks, replenishing stocks depleted by the regime’s expanded military offensive.

An Obama administration official said the military pressure is needed to push Mr. Assad from power. 

“Assad is not going to feel any pressure to make concessions if there is no viable opposition that has the capacity, through the support of its partners, to put pressure on his regime,” the official said.