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  The Second Round of Retaliation Between Israel and Iran Has Just Begun Joe Biden is caught in a trap caused by his own weakness PHILIP GIRALDI   Given the lying and fact twisting that have routinely been part and parcel of accounts of what is occurring in the Middle East, the past several weeks have nevertheless been shocking in terms of how an abysmally low standard of truth can be reduced even farther. Looking at developments objectively, one comes up with a series of facts. First of all, Israel was not at war with either Syria or Iran during the first weeks in April. Iran had never attacked Israel prior to that point and Syria last fought Israel in 1973, over fifty years ago. Israel, however, has regularly been assassinating Iranian officials and scientists and it has been frequently been bombing Syria since 2017, increasing the pace to weekly and sometimes even daily attacks over the past six months paralleling the Gaza fighting. A particularly devastating attack took place on Ma

  War and Peace in an Ocean of Lies Does anyone in Washington care about Israel’s crimes? PHILIP GIRALDI   One expects that anyone involved in politics will lie whenever they think they can get away with it to burnish one’s own image and while also distorting reality to promote policies that are being favored. Nevertheless, the record of high crimes committed by a series of presidents and their top aides since the so-called “war on terror” began has established a new low for government veracity. One would have thought that the fake intelligence fabricated by a group of Zionists in the Pentagon and White House to launch the misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq would be as bad as it could possibly get, but the Joe Biden team has outdone even those unfortunately unindicted criminals by allowing itself to be maneuvered by friends in NATO and by Israel into situations that are one step short of nuclear war. Listening to John Kirby, Lloyd Austin, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield speak suggests t

  Hamas In The Driver's Seat; US Considering Withdrawal From Syria MARK WAUCK Over the weekend Israel offered Hamas a two month ceasefire. This came basically out of the blue. What was driving this unexpected offer that seemed to fly in the face of all of Netanyahu’s public statements of intent? Maybe this—h/t Megatron. The Israeli general was speaking after the heavy casualties just the other day in an explosion in a storage facility: Israeli Chief of Staff: "We are still fighting, the battle will be long, and we will need reserve forces again. We will continue to fight Hamas with great determination for our right to live in safety. Our soldiers fell in battle during a defensive operation in the area separating Israeli towns and Gaza. The operation was aimed at creating security conditions for the residents of the Gaza envelope area to return to their homes safely. We will conduct an in-depth investigation and draw lessons so that such an incident will not be repeated."