I recall, as I am sure everyone else does also, all the crap we, the American people, were fed about what Saddam was up to and why we should stop him……not that Saddam was an up standing guy, but to make war palatable to the American people we were lied to almost daily….and rushed head long into a war that did not need fighting at the time we were kicking the Taleban’s ass in Afghanistan……I am sure that somewhere there is someone that will justify the killing of Saddam…..and they may be correct…he needed to go….but NOT on the backs of soldiers killed because of a lie…….

Now fast forward top today…..Syria is a mess!  Civil war has begun and there are people scream for the US to get involved….in some way……the truth is that the Syrian opposition does not want direct involvement by the US….something some seem to want to ignore…and yes I know that for a fact….I am in contact with a long time friend in Syria…well I was….I have not heard from him in a month and I fear the worse….he stated that he and his group of “friends” were among the ones asking the US to remain on the sidelines….at least for now…they want it to be their victory over Assad not the West’s…..

Now I am afraid that there maybe a bit of the same sort of fear mongering going on again…..it seems that some defector has said that Assad is mobilizing his chemical weapons stock……this from an article written by Tony Cartalucci……..

Now in Syria, we have another “defector,” the discredited, former-Syrian ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf Fares, clearly fabricating fantastical tales to both undermine the Syrian government, and give the West the impetus it needs for wider military intervention – especially since NATO’s proxy “Free Syrian Army” has suffered catastrophic defeats in both Damascus, and now Aleppo. Fares claimed that he knew Syria’s weapons were being mobilized, and that the government planned on using them.

Building on this, Reuters has reported, “Syria rebels: Assad regime moved chemical weapons near border,” citing habitually deceitful FSA leaders and little else. Israel and Turkey have been gearing up for strikes against Syria to save a faltering FSA offensive that had begun in Damascus, but already has been put down, and is now faltering in Aleppo. The Israelis in particular have stated they will strike to prevent WMDs from “falling into the hands of Hezbollah,” the rhetorical cover they are using to swoop in and save their failing campaign to overthrow Syria’s government.

It is believed that NATO and the Gulf State’s FSA terrorist proxies have reached the very limit of their ability to destabilize Syria and the West recognizes the necessity of limited strikes to cripple a Syrian government that remains intact, coherent, and far from “crumbling” as the Western media has tried, but failed to portray.

However, a pretext for such strikes must be fabricated – and there have been stark warnings from analysts and international press from around the world of a possible false-flag chemical weapons attack staged by NATO and its proxies to be then blamed on the Syrian government, and give NATO, Israel, and the Gulf States the impetus they’ve sought for a wider military intervention.

My concern is that we will over react to falsehoods, as we have in the past, and another war will commence and more Americans will have to do the fighting….It maybe true….but I would like a little more proof than the word of some traitor trying to save his own ass.  The Western media is not asking the questions it needs to ask……Western journalists are of course having a hard time reporting the war. Some have lost their lives. Barred from legally entering Syria, most are covering it from Turkey, Lebanon or more distant listening posts. But as pointed out by Russ Baker, whose web site is sharply critical of American media coverage, reporters should be telling us more about their usually anonymous sources inside Syria.

Once again……personally, I want more information before the US runs head long into a possible  repeat of Iraq.