1939?

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, according the James Douglass, a back channel of communication facilitated by Norman Cousins and Pope John XXIII between Kennedy and Khrushchev allowed the two leaders to bypass their war hawks and work out a peace agreement. We can only hope that such a process is underway today, although the U.S. cannot be reduced to one leader, but rather a powerful clique possessing real power while Obama’s is merely apparent. How such a back channel can be facilitated when there is group consensus on this side without the ability of one designated leader to override it … it does not seem possible.

Russia, while of course having the same deep state powers as the US, does appear to have a masterful statesman at the helm. The following statements by Vladimir Putin would normally pass behind the scenes in back channels, but instead are made openly. This indicates to me that the US is not negotiating, but is rather intent on aggressive war, the ultimate crime in international affairs (according to the Nuremberg Tribunal). The whole of the Syrian situation, just as the “provocation” that allowed Germany to invade Poland in 1939, is a contrived fiction.

Here’s Putin, quoted at RT, my reliable news source:

“We believe that at the very least we should wait for the results of the UN inspection commission in Syria,” Putin said, adding that so far there is no information about what chemical agent exactly was used in the attack in Damascus’ suburbs and who did it.

“I’ve already said I find it absolutely ridiculous that [Syrian] government’s armed forces, which today are actually on an offense mission and in some regions have already encircled the so-called rebels and are finishing them off, that the Syrian army has used prohibited chemical weapons.”

“They know all too well that this could become a cause for sanctions and even for a military operation against them. That’s stupid and illogical.”

“We proceed from the assumption that if anyone has information that chemical weapons were used by the Syrian regular army, then such proof must be presented to the UN Security Council and the UN inspectors,” Putin said, stressing that the proof must be “convincing” and not based on “rumors” or any sort of “eavesdropped intelligence data,” conversations etc.

“Even in the US there are experts who question the reliability of the facts presented by the administration. These experts do not exclude the possibility that the Syrian opposition has conducted a pre-planned provocation in order to give their sponsors a reason for military intervention.”

Putin says he “does not exclude” that Russia may agree with a military operation if it is proved that the Syrian government is behind the attack, however he emphasized that in accordance with international law a decision of the UN Security Council is needed for that.

“All other reasons and means that excuse using military force against an independent sovereign state are unacceptable and cannot be classified otherwise but as an aggression.

The impetus for US aggression can be found in Putin’s words that the “so-called” rebels are being surrounded and finished off. That is what precipitated this crisis – failure of covert aggression requires overt aggression in its place.
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PS: In my view, though the “red line” was held in reserve as the ultimate tripwire, the event that triggered this (probable) false-flag event was the removal of Morsi from power in Egypt. The so-called rebels were losing, and the US called on Morsi to intervene on their behalf. The day he announced that decision, June 15, was his last day in office. Without a reliable proxy force to rescue to terrorist and death squads, the US has to resort to its own military.