AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)
IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AMERICA)
REVELATION 18:3-6,19-21
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,(U.S.A) and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,(U.S.A) and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,(AMERICA) my people,(CHRISTIANS,JEWS) that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her (AMERICA-NEW YORK) even as she rewarded you,(WITH FALSE FLAG TERRORISM) and double unto her double according to her works:(DOUBLE-EMP 1ST,THEN RUSSIA NUKE ATTACKS U.S.A) in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.(PROBABLY A RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK WILL SET THE WHOLE SITUATION UP AS RUSSIA HACKS THE USA ARMY COMPUTERS.THEN THE EMP,THEN THE NUKE ATTACK)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
OTHER SPEECHES
http://gadebate.un.org/70/spain
EU ON THE MIDEAST
http://webtv.un.org/watch/federica-mogherini-european-union-on-the-middle-east-media-stakeout-30-september-2015/4521743971001
RAISING OF THE BALESTINIAN FLAG AT THE UN-ABBAS SAYS NEXT WE RAISE FLAG OVER JERUSALEM
http://webtv.un.org/watch/raising-of-the-palestinian-flag-at-the-united-nations/4521239871001
CONFLICTS IN THE MIDEAST
http://webtv.un.org/watch/part-2-conflicts-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-security-council-7527th-meeting/4521861960001
Dispatch-Russia’s First Strikes in Syria Hit U.S. Ally, Not Islamic State-Moscow says its enemy is ISIS, but the initial phase of its air war in Syria hit American-backed rebels battling Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.By David Kenner-September 30, 2015
Russia’s First Strikes in Syria Hit U.S. Ally, Not Islamic State-Barack Obama’s administration said Wednesday that it doesn’t know whom Russia is bombing inside Syria. Rebel leaders on the ground there say they know precisely whom Moscow is targeting — and it isn’t the Islamic State.Instead, Russia’s first airstrikes in Syria — which dominated the final day of the United Nations General Assembly session — appear to have struck a rebel group that likely was vetted by the CIA, uses U.S.-made weapons, and has publicly backed the international coalition fighting the Islamic State. The group is also part of the ad hoc alliance of militias battling the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which means that the early phase of Moscow’s military intervention will strengthen Assad at least as much as it will weaken the Islamic State.Jamil al-Saleh, a defected Syrian army officer who is now the leader of the rebel group Tajammu al-Aaza, told AlSouria.net that the Russian airstrikes targeted his group’s base in al-Lataminah, a town in the western Syrian governorate of Hama. That area represents one of the farthest southern points of the rebel advance from the north and is therefore a crucial front line in the war. An alliance of Syrian rebel factions, including both the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front and groups considered by Washington to be more moderate, successfully drove Assad regime forces out of the northern governorate of Idlib and are now pushing south into Hama.Tajammu al-Aaza released a video of the airstrike and its aftermath before Saleh’s statement. Syrian security sources also confirmed that a Russian airstrike took place in al-Lataminah. The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, released a video of what it said was one of the strikes.U.S. officials were quick to criticize the strikes, which they said had hit targets that didn’t appear to be linked to the Islamic State. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said at the Pentagon that the strikes were in areas “where there probably were not ISIL forces,” using an alternate acronym for the group. White House spokesman Josh Earnest, for his part, told reporters that it was “too early for me to say exactly what targets they were aiming at and what targets were actually hit.”The strikes come amid a flurry of diplomatic maneuvering at the United Nations, where Moscow and Washington have traded potshots about who is to blame for the rise of the Islamic State and who should take the lead in fighting the group.In public comments at the United Nations, Russian officials have said that the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State isn’t working and instead have called for working more closely with Assad and Iran to defeat the group. But rather than spurring cooperation over the shared threat posed by the Islamic State, Moscow’s moves threaten to usher in a new era of conflict with Washington by weakening groups devoted to the fight against Assad while bolstering Tehran’s influence in the region.Tajammu al-Aaza, for instance, has posted several videos of its fighters deploying U.S.-made anti-tank missiles against Syrian regime forces. One video shows fighters launching a missile at a Syrian army tank stationed at a checkpoint in the Hama countryside.Experts say those videos show that the group is clearly receiving American weaponry. According to N.R. Jenzen-Jones, the director of specialist technical intelligence consultancy Armament Research Services, or ARES, the video of the attack on the Syrian tank shows a U.S.-made AN/TSQ-136 missile guidance set, consistent with other U.S.-made TOW missile systems that ARES has documented being used in Syria.According to Jenzen-Jones, the missiles “offer a noteworthy increase in anti-armor capability when compared to the majority of systems which are employed by the Syrian Arab Army and various rebel groups.”U.S.-made military equipment, most prominently anti-tank missiles, have been distributed to rebels through an operations center, called the Military Operations Command (MOC), that’s organized by countries arming the anti- Assad opposition, which allows them to vet the groups receiving support. The operations center reportedly includes U.S. intelligence officers, which suggests that the United States authorized the distribution of weapons to Tajammu al-Aaza.“Tajammu al-Aaza is widely reputed to receive support from the MOC, and the fact that the group has documented its use of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles over a period of several months strongly suggests this is the case,” said Noah Bonsey, a senior analyst for the Middle East at the International Crisis Group. “They seem to have passed MOC vetting, which suggests the U.S. and other state backers view them as mainstream rather than extremist, and relatively reliable.”One reason the United States may have allowed arms to flow to Tajammu al-Aaza is because rather than being an ally of the Islamic State, it has actually endorsed the U.S.-led air campaign against the jihadist movement. The group signed a statement that referred to the Islamic State as a “threat to the Syrian revolution” and that called on the U.S.-led international coalition to expand its air campaign to strike the Assad regime.Earlier Wednesday, State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that a Russian official had informed the United States that Russia would begin flying missions over Syria shortly before the strikes began. It’s not clear whether Moscow also told the United States that the first group it would bomb would be one that had received arms from Washington.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg Become a fan-Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Morocco; White House Middle East Adviser-Putin's Axis of Dictators May Save Assad-Posted: 09/30/2015 2:11 pm EDT
What ails our depressed, strife-torn world: not enough dictators. That's what Vladimir Putin (oh, I mean DOCTOR) Putin prescribed to the UN...just take an Assad and a Rouhani and call him in the morning.This week's UN General Assembly cavalcade of superstar dictators was a depressing juxtaposition coming on the heels of a remarkably inspirational U.S. papal visit.Just picture the Turtle Bay turnstile...Pope Francis' inspiring address urging world leaders to set aside their differences to heal the world's poverty and oppression. Flash forward to Russia's Putin grasping the UNGA lectern after a decade's absence asserting more dictators will create a new "stable" world order - by bombing Syria and Ukraine. The Amen Choir of UNGA autocrats were on their feet ready to dance the Barynya.For good measure, Iran's Supreme Leader stand-in Hassan Rouhani could not resist the temptation to pile on the U.S. "we must not forget the roots of today's wars...can be found in the occupation, invasion and military intervention..." by the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the U.S.'s unwarranted support for the inhumane actions of the "Zionist regime" (aka Israel). That's the guy we just signed a nuclear agreement with whose nation is the world's number one state sponsor of terror, and which is Putin's closest Assad ally in Syria.Putin seized upon the catastrophic rise of ISIS as an alibi to triple down on Russia's support for Syria's Assad regime -- asserting that the road to defeating ISIS lies through Damascus. Typical feint by Putin. It seems that the only person surprised with Putin's air strikes in Syria is President Obama - and that alone says all that needs to be said about this White House's abject naiveté why it's Syria "policy" is an unmitigated disaster on every count.Putin also would have none of Obama's clarion call to statesmanship. He defiantly asserted that "...we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world." The real bogeyman of global disorder, Putin asserted, is NATO and the United States. In a vain attempt to curry favor with his new-found bully buddies Putin exclaimed that the United Nations is the only institution that stands in the way of American domination of the world.What is most diabolical about Putin's orchestrated defense of Assad wrapped in an anti-ISIS appeal is how much his brazen assessment is gaining traction in the least likely of places -- western Europe. Europe's leaders, overrun by a torrent of Syrian refugees with no end in sight, are throwing their lot in with Putin on Assad - bowing to the cruel reality on the ground that Assad won't be leaving anytime soon for fear that the torrent of refugees would turn into a tsunami of boat people. And any rush to force Assad and his family to the exit could make matters worse by enabling ISIS to establish its caliphate capital in Damascus.Obama had once infamously declared "Assad must go." Now, the U.S. is talking about Assad's "managed transition." That is code for we are in no hurry to get rid of Assad, either. So much for Secretary Kerry's empty admonitions. That is the sad reality of the ground game in Syria today - coupled with a free-fire zone free-for-all of Russian, American, French, Syrian, Turkish and "coalition" warplanes (add Israeli drones) buzzing overhead without an order of battle bombing targets with abandon in an almost cartoonish display of indiscriminate air might -- all without a strategy.-Let's take a step back.-Despite all the kabuki drama in New York nothing that the U.S. says or does is going to change the Syrian equation -- nada. Obama forfeited having much of a say about Assad's coming or going when he took his red-line ante off the table and failed when confronted at every Syrian policy turn of opportunity in the road thereafter. Too late arming moderate rebels. Too late providing urgent humanitarian relief. Too late comprehending the threat that a disintegrating Syria poses to U.S. homeland security. Too late coordinating a policy with Turkey. Too late recognizing ISIS' threat. Too late demanding Sunni states stop supporting extremist anti-Assad forces. Too late to put any political pressure on Assad. The list of "too lates" is bottomless.And yet, even today before Congress, Kerry enjoys boasting about HIS 43 nation anti-ISIS coalition - quantity over quality - a paper tiger coalition that has hardly affected hardly anything on the ground because Obama won't permit U.S. Special Forces target spotters to make that air coalition effective. Kerry is flailing as is his want. He demands a political solution in Syria that would lead to a "transition government" but there is no one to hand power off to.If Kerry had the presence of thought to stay off his plane for a while and get back to basics perhaps the U.S. could come up with a plan which would: a) refocus Arab and European efforts against ISIS by organizing the boots on the ground needed to carve up ISIS; b) put some time in Baghdad to shore up its internal efforts against ISIS; 3) cajole Syria's other patron states (China and Iran) to create an anti-ISIS coalition that has some teeth to it.Alternatively, everything that Russia does, will - for the short term -- favorably impact Assad's bloody hold on power. So why is anyone surprised Russia is pouring more arms into its client state...Russia has been doing that for decades and has a convenient naval base at Tartus to unload all that equipment. Neither Iran, China, or Hezbollah (and Israel...yes ISRAEL) want to part with the devil they know, and each in their own way are determined to keep Assad's regime from collapsing. They know ISIS and Al Nusra Front will pillage and murder any Shiite left standing.Mind you, Putin is no hero here. While Russia's escalation may keep the Caliph out of Damascus, it will certainly fuel the refugee exodus, produce even more vicious fighting and civilian carnage, and serve as Hollywood blockbuster advertisement for Sunni recruits to join ISIS' forces. Afghanistan redux??But Obama's Middle East foreign policy team put his leaky ship of state on this course - get out of the Middle East, turn the keys over to the Iranians; pivot to Asia, and exit stage left declaring victory with honor. Anyone warning them of Syria's consequences was shown the door including Robert Ford -- our best mind on Syria who was the courageous envoy there.Regrettably, the unmitigated stubbornness of his National Security Council team to grasp the strategic essentials of the Middle East is the root cause of this Greek tragedy. Now, it is too late to throw our weight around without a plan that focuses on what really is essential to U.S. interests in Syria. And so far the Administration hasn't a clue what an effective plan may look like. It talks as if it has a plan, but that, too, is fantasy.
Here are some remedies: 1. Syria is Putin's Bait: The U.S. never had a geo-political stake in Syria. Syria has been Russia's #1 client state for 50 years. Syria is Russia's #1 purchaser of arms. China, too, is Assad's major big-power benefactor. Assad's fall would convert Syria into a partitioned Sunni extremist-dominated state pouring Jihadis into Chechnya and Dagestan. Putin has a geo-strategic imperative to prevent that from happening and to expand Russia's influence with the new Middle East world order that Obama and Co. have bequeathed him. The emerging Russian-Iranian Shiite alliance had the vote in the Middle East and has even snared Iraq into it - again much to the surprise of the Obama team. The U.S. must refocus to ensure that Lebanon and Jordan remain able to withstand the consequences of the Syrian extremist and refugee crisis now within their borders. That requires more strategic planning with Israel, Egypt and Turkey...I don't see any of that happening. 2. ISIS is Job #1 for US & Allies. The U.S. and its European allies have few anti-Assad cards left. The two cards that Obama and his team have failed to play so are 1) robbing ISIS of its territorial bases in Raqqa Syria and Mosul, Iraq; and 2) containing the flow of ISIS fighters to and from those areas. If Putin is going to join in and help - all the better. Cutting the Caliphate down the middle (i.e., severing its lines of communications between Syria and Iraq is essential to robbing ISIS of its attraction to Jihadis and to its own legitimacy. Putin and Iran will never be brow-beaded into changing their conduct in Syria - so Kerry should quit bellyaching about it and focus instead on protecting U.S. interests where they matter, i.e., numbers 1 & 2, above. That means organizing an ARAB expeditionary force to chop up ISIS's territory. I don't see Kerry doing anything of the sort, yet. By the way, the Europeans have yet to be brought into a planning enterprise to get this organized. 3. Homework/Homework on Homeland Security. A bi-partisan Congressional Committee issued a damning report yesterday on the Obama Administration's "two hands tied behind its back" military and intelligence failures against ISIS asserting that the U.S. is losing the battle to stop Americans from traveling abroad to enlist in ISIS. More than 25,000 foreigners have flocked to war-torn Syria and Iraq since 2011 to fight with Islamist terrorist groups including ISIS, according to U.S. government estimates noted in the report. The Obama Administration has a bipartisan "F" grade on the one danger that matters most to Americans in this conflict. We have no military, political, or strategic policy in place to deal with this. All the more reason why we need to refocus our energies and stop our Syrian flailing. 4. Just a Few Boots on the Ground. I have repeatedly called for the U.S. to unshackle itself by permitting forward spotting teams to support air strikes against ISIS - without which 75% of coalition airstrikes fail to occur or miss their targets. Obama has consistently overruled his military and intelligence advisers -- as if these boots on the ground would short-sheet his pledge not to have boots on the ground in Syria. Penny wise-pound foolish, to say the least. 5. Safe Havens/No Barrel Bombing Fly Zones. The U.S. and Turkey have been haggling over whether there should be safe-havens for Syrians defended by U.S. and Turkish forces. The U.S. can do so much more to provide the urgent humanitarian relief Syrians desperately need within Syria while leveraging strategic safe-havens to place more military pressure on the Assad regime by training Syrians to defend these safe-havens that would also be no-fly zones against Assad's dreaded barrel bombing. We have a coalition Mr. Kerry...43 members? Where are they??? Syria is so broken it is inevitable that it is going to be partitioned - the only question is when and whether the extremists will hold just a sliver of what is left. Our goal must be principally to expedite the demise of ISIS and its threat to us, and push Sunni Arab states to end their clandestine support for ISIS and Al Nusra in Syria and Iraq. Russia, Iran and China are all in for Assad until someone finally takes him down, which is surely to happen given the hundreds of thousands seeking retribution against him.What remains of America's Middle East policy is now in the hands of our adversaries. It will take a new, bold, creative foreign policy team to pick up the pieces of this broken china - and that is 15 months away.Follow Amb. Marc Ginsberg on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@ambmcg
Read Putin’s U.N. General Assembly speech By Washington Post September 28
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Monday and said the West was making an "enormous mistake" by not cooperating with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the fight against the Islamic State militant group. Here is the full text of his remarks.-PUTIN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): Your excellency Mr. President, your excellency Mr. Secretary General, distinguished heads of state and government, ladies and gentlemen, the 70th anniversary of the United Nations is a good occasion to both take stock of history and talk about our common future.In 1945, the countries that defeated Nazism joined their efforts to lay solid foundations for the postwar world order.But I remind you that the key decisions on the principles guiding the cooperation among states, as well as on the establishment of the United Nations, were made in our country, in Yalta, at the meeting of the anti-Hitler coalition leaders.The Yalta system was actually born in travail. It was won at the cost of tens of millions of lives and two world wars.This swept through the planet in the 20th century.Let us be fair. It helped humanity through turbulent, at times dramatic, events of the last seven decades. It saved the world from large-scale upheavals.The United Nations is unique in its legitimacy, representation and universality. It is true that lately the U.N. has been widely criticized for supposedly not being efficient enough, and for the fact that the decision-making on fundamental issues stalls due to insurmountable differences, first of all, among the members of the Security Council.However, I'd like to point out there have always been differences in the U.N. throughout all these 70 years of existence. The veto right has always been exercised by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, the Soviet Union and Russia later, alike. It is absolutely natural for so diverse and representative an organization.When the U.N. was established, its founders did not in the least think that there would always be unanimity. The mission of the organization is to seek and reach compromises, and its strength comes from taking different views and opinions into consideration. Decisions debated within the U.N. are either taken as resolutions or not. As diplomats say, they either pass or do not pass.Whatever actions any state might take bypassing this procedure are illegitimate. They run counter to the charter and defy international law. We all know that after the end of the Cold War — everyone is aware of that — a single center of domination emerged in the world, and then those who found themselves at the top of the pyramid were tempted to think that if they were strong and exceptional, they knew better and they did not have to reckon with the U.N., which, instead of [acting to] automatically authorize and legitimize the necessary decisions, often creates obstacles or, in other words, stands in the way.It has now become commonplace to see that in its original form, it has become obsolete and completed its historical mission. Of course, the world is changing and the U.N. must be consistent with this natural transformation. Russia stands ready to work together with its partners on the basis of full consensus, but we consider the attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the United Nations as extremely dangerous. They could lead to a collapse of the entire architecture of international organizations, and then indeed there would be no other rules left but the rule of force.We would get a world dominated by selfishness rather than collective work, a world increasingly characterized by dictate rather than equality. There would be less of a chain of democracy and freedom, and that would be a world where true independent states would be replaced by an ever-growing number of de facto protectorates and externally controlled territories.What is the state sovereignty, after all, that has been mentioned by our colleagues here? It is basically about freedom and the right to choose freely one's own future for every person, nation and state. By the way, dear colleagues, the same holds true of the question of the so-called legitimacy of state authority. One should not play with or manipulate words.Every term in international law and international affairs should be clear, transparent and have uniformly understood criteria. We are all different, and we should respect that. No one has to conform to a single development model that someone has once and for all recognized as the only right one. We should all remember what our past has taught us.We also remember certain episodes from the history of the Soviet Union. Social experiments for export, attempts to push for changes within other countries based on ideological preferences, often led to tragic consequences and to degradation rather than progress.It seemed, however, that far from learning from others' mistakes, everyone just keeps repeating them, and so the export of revolutions, this time of so-called democratic ones, continues. It would suffice to look at the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, as has been mentioned by previous speakers. Certainly political and social problems in this region have been piling up for a long time, and people there wish for changes naturally.But how did it actually turn out? Rather than bringing about reforms, an aggressive foreign interference has resulted in a brazen destruction of national institutions and the lifestyle itself. Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster. Nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life.I cannot help asking those who have caused the situation, do you realize now what you've done? But I am afraid no one is going to answer that. Indeed, policies based on self-conceit and belief in one's exceptionality and impunity have never been abandoned.It is now obvious that the power vacuum created in some countries of the Middle East and North Africa through the emergence of anarchy areas, which immediately started to be filled with extremists and terrorists.Tens of thousands of militants are fighting under the banners of the so-called Islamic State. Its ranks include former Iraqi servicemen who were thrown out into the street after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Many recruits also come from Libya, a country whose statehood was destroyed as a result of a gross violation of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973. And now, the ranks of radicals are being joined by the members of the so-called moderate Syrian opposition supported by the Western countries.First, they are armed and trained and then they defect to the so-called Islamic State. Besides, the Islamic State itself did not just come from nowhere. It was also initially forged as a tool against undesirable secular regimes.Having established a foothold in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State has begun actively expanding to other regions. It is seeking dominance in the Islamic world. And not only there, and its plans go further than that. The situation is more than dangerous.In these circumstances, it is hypocritical and irresponsible to make loud declarations about the threat of international terrorism while turning a blind eye to the channels of financing and supporting terrorists, including the process of trafficking and illicit trade in oil and arms. It would be equally irresponsible to try to manipulate extremist groups and place them at one's service in order to achieve one's own political goals in the hope of later dealing with them or, in other words, liquidating them.To those who do so, I would like to say — dear sirs, no doubt you are dealing with rough and cruel people, but they're in no way primitive or silly. They are just as clever as you are, and you never know who is manipulating whom. And the recent data on arms transferred to this most moderate opposition is the best proof of it.We believe that any attempts to play games with terrorists, let alone to arm them, are not just short-sighted, but fire hazardous (ph). This may result in the global terrorist threat increasing dramatically and engulfing new regions, especially given that Islamic State camps train militants from many countries, including the European countries.Unfortunately, dear colleagues, I have to put it frankly: Russia is not an exception. We cannot allow these criminals who already tasted blood to return back home and continue their evil doings. No one wants this to happen, does he?Russia has always been consistently fighting against terrorism in all its forms. Today, we provide military and technical assistance both to Iraq and Syria and many other countries of the region who are fighting terrorist groups.We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian government and its armed forces, who are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face. We should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad's armed forces and Kurds (ph) militias are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria.We know about all the problems and contradictions in the region, but which were (ph) based on the reality.Dear colleagues, I must note that such an honest and frank approach of Russia has been recently used as a pretext to accuse it of its growing ambitions, as if those who say it have no ambitions at all.However, it's not about Russia's ambitions, dear colleagues, but about the recognition of the fact that we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world. What we actually propose is to be guided by common values and common interests, rather than ambitions.On the basis of international law, we must join efforts to address the problems that all of us are facing and create a genuinely broad international coalition against terrorism.Similar to the anti-Hitler coalition, it could unite a broad range of forces that are resolutely resisting those who, just like the Nazis, sow evil and hatred of humankind. And, naturally, the Muslim countries are to play a key role in the coalition, even more so because the Islamic State does not only pose a direct threat to them, but also desecrates one of the greatest world religions by its bloody crimes.The ideologists (ph) of militants make a mockery of Islam and pervert its true humanistic (ph) values. I would like to address Muslim spiritual leaders, as well. Your authority and your guidance are of great importance right now.It is essential to prevent people recruited by militants from making hasty decisions and those who have already been deceived, and who, due to various circumstances found themselves among terrorists, need help in finding a way back to normal life, laying down arms, and putting an end to fratricide.
Russia will shortly convene, as the (ph) current president of the Security Council, a ministerial meeting to carry out a comprehensive analysis of threats in the Middle East.First of all, we propose discussing whether it is possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinating the actions of all the forces that confront the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations. Once again, this coordination should be based on the principles of the U.N. Charter.We hope that the international community will be able to develop a comprehensive strategy of political stabilization, as well as social and economic recovery, of the Middle East.Then, dear friends, there would be no need for new refugee camps. Today, the flow of people who were forced to leave their homeland has literally engulfed first neighboring countries and then Europe itself. There were hundreds of thousands of them now, and there might be millions before long. In fact, it is a new great and tragic migration of peoples, and it is a harsh lesson for all of us, including Europe.I would like to stress refugees undoubtedly need our compassion and support. However, the — on the way to solve this problem at a fundamental level is to restore their statehood where it has been destroyed, to strengthen the government institutions where they still exist or are being reestablished, to provide comprehensive assistance of military, economic and material nature to countries in a difficult situation. And certainly, to those people who, despite all the ordeals, will not abandon their homes. Literally, any assistance to sovereign states can and must be offered rather than imposed exclusively and solely in accordance with the U.N. Charter.In other words, everything in this field that has been done or will be done pursuant to the norms of international law must be supported by our organization. Everything that contravenes the U.N. Charter must be rejected. Above all, I believe it is of the utmost importance to help restore government's institutions in Libya, support the new government of Iraq and provide comprehensive assistance to the legitimate government of Syria.Dear colleagues, ensuring peace and regional and global stability remains the key objective of the international community with the U.N. at its helm. We believe this means creating a space of equal and indivisible security, which is not for the select few but for everyone. Yet, it is a challenge and complicated and time-consuming task, but there is simply no other alternative. However, the bloc thinking of the times of the Cold War and the desire to explore new geopolitical areas is still present among some of our colleagues.First, they continue their policy of expanding NATO. What for? If the Warsaw Bloc stopped its existence, the Soviet Union have collapsed (ph) and, nevertheless, the NATO continues expanding as well as its military infrastructure. Then they offered the poor Soviet countries a false choice: either to be with the West or with the East. Sooner or later, this logic of confrontation was bound to spark off a grave geopolitical crisis. This is exactly what happened in Ukraine, where the discontent of population with the current authorities was used and the military coup was orchestrated from outside — that triggered a civil war as a result.We're confident that only through full and faithful implementation of the Minsk agreements of February 12th, 2015, can we put an end to the bloodshed and find a way out of the deadlock. Ukraine's territorial integrity cannot be ensured by threat of force and force of arms. What is needed is a genuine consideration for the interests and rights of the people in the Donbas region and respect for their choice. There is a need to coordinate with them as provided for by the Minsk agreements, the key elements of the country's political structure. These steps will guarantee that Ukraine will develop as a civilized society, as an essential link and building a common space of security and economic cooperation, both in Europe and in Eurasia.Ladies and gentlemen, I have mentioned these common space of economic cooperation on purpose. Not long ago, it seemed that in the economic sphere, with its objective market loss, we would launch a leaf (ph) without dividing lines. We would build on transparent and jointly formulated rules, including the WTO principles, stipulating the freedom of trade, and investment and open competition.Nevertheless, today, unilateral sanctions circumventing the U.N. Charter have become commonplace, in addition to pursuing political objectives. The sanctions serve as a means of eliminating competitors.I would like to point out another sign of a growing economic selfishness. Some countries [have] chosen to create closed economic associations, with the establishment being negotiated behind the scenes, in secret from those countries' own citizens, the general public, business community and from other countries.Other states whose interests may be affected are not informed of anything, either. It seems that we are about to be faced with an accomplished fact that the rules of the game have been changed in favor of a narrow group of the privileged, with the WTO having no say. This could unbalance the trade system completely and disintegrate the global economic space.These issues affect the interest of all states and influence the future of the world economy as a whole. That is why we propose discussing them within the U.N. WTO NGO (ph) '20.Contrary to the policy of exclusiveness, Russia proposes harmonizing original economic projects. I refer to the so-called integration of integrations based on universal and transparent rules of international trade. As an example, I would like to cite our plans to interconnect the Eurasian economic union, and China's initiative of the Silk Road economic belt.We still believe that harmonizing the integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union is highly promising.Ladies and gentlemen, the issues that affect the future of all people include the challenge of global climate change. It is in our interest to make the U.N. Climate Change Conference to be held in December in Paris a success.As part of our national contribution, we plan to reduce by 2030 the greenhouse emissions to 70, 75 percent of the 1990 level.I suggest, however, we should take a wider view on this issue. Yes, we might defuse the problem for a while, by setting quotas on harmful emissions or by taking other measures that are nothing but tactical. But we will not solve it that way. We need a completely different approach.We have to focus on introducing fundamental and new technologies inspired by nature, which would not damage the environment, but would be in harmony with it. Also, that would allow us to restore the balance upset by biosphere and technosphere (ph) upset by human activities.It is indeed a challenge of planetary scope, but I'm confident that humankind has intellectual potential to address it. We need to join our efforts. I refer, first of all, to the states that have a solid research basis and have made significant advances in fundamental science.We propose convening a special forum under the U.N. auspices for a comprehensive consideration of the issues related to the depletion of natural resources, destruction of habitat and climate change.Russia would be ready to co-sponsor such a forum.Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, it was on the 10th of January, 1946, in London that the U.N. General Assembly gathered for its first session.Mr. Suleta (ph) (inaudible), a Colombian diplomat and the chairman of the Preparatory Commission, opened the session by giving, I believe, a concise definition of the basic principles that the U.N. should follow in its activities, which are free will, defiance of scheming and trickery and spirit of cooperation.Today, his words sound as a guidance for all of us. Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation. Together with other countries, we will consistently work towards strengthening the central coordinating role of the U.N. I'm confident that by working together, we will make the world stable and safe, as well as provide conditions for the development of all states and nations.Thank you.(APPLAUSE)-END
IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AMERICA)
REVELATION 18:3-6,19-21
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,(U.S.A) and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,(U.S.A) and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,(AMERICA) my people,(CHRISTIANS,JEWS) that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her (AMERICA-NEW YORK) even as she rewarded you,(WITH FALSE FLAG TERRORISM) and double unto her double according to her works:(DOUBLE-EMP 1ST,THEN RUSSIA NUKE ATTACKS U.S.A) in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.(PROBABLY A RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK WILL SET THE WHOLE SITUATION UP AS RUSSIA HACKS THE USA ARMY COMPUTERS.THEN THE EMP,THEN THE NUKE ATTACK)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
OTHER SPEECHES
http://gadebate.un.org/70/spain
EU ON THE MIDEAST
http://webtv.un.org/watch/federica-mogherini-european-union-on-the-middle-east-media-stakeout-30-september-2015/4521743971001
RAISING OF THE BALESTINIAN FLAG AT THE UN-ABBAS SAYS NEXT WE RAISE FLAG OVER JERUSALEM
http://webtv.un.org/watch/raising-of-the-palestinian-flag-at-the-united-nations/4521239871001
CONFLICTS IN THE MIDEAST
http://webtv.un.org/watch/part-2-conflicts-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-security-council-7527th-meeting/4521861960001
Dispatch-Russia’s First Strikes in Syria Hit U.S. Ally, Not Islamic State-Moscow says its enemy is ISIS, but the initial phase of its air war in Syria hit American-backed rebels battling Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.By David Kenner-September 30, 2015
Russia’s First Strikes in Syria Hit U.S. Ally, Not Islamic State-Barack Obama’s administration said Wednesday that it doesn’t know whom Russia is bombing inside Syria. Rebel leaders on the ground there say they know precisely whom Moscow is targeting — and it isn’t the Islamic State.Instead, Russia’s first airstrikes in Syria — which dominated the final day of the United Nations General Assembly session — appear to have struck a rebel group that likely was vetted by the CIA, uses U.S.-made weapons, and has publicly backed the international coalition fighting the Islamic State. The group is also part of the ad hoc alliance of militias battling the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which means that the early phase of Moscow’s military intervention will strengthen Assad at least as much as it will weaken the Islamic State.Jamil al-Saleh, a defected Syrian army officer who is now the leader of the rebel group Tajammu al-Aaza, told AlSouria.net that the Russian airstrikes targeted his group’s base in al-Lataminah, a town in the western Syrian governorate of Hama. That area represents one of the farthest southern points of the rebel advance from the north and is therefore a crucial front line in the war. An alliance of Syrian rebel factions, including both the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front and groups considered by Washington to be more moderate, successfully drove Assad regime forces out of the northern governorate of Idlib and are now pushing south into Hama.Tajammu al-Aaza released a video of the airstrike and its aftermath before Saleh’s statement. Syrian security sources also confirmed that a Russian airstrike took place in al-Lataminah. The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, released a video of what it said was one of the strikes.U.S. officials were quick to criticize the strikes, which they said had hit targets that didn’t appear to be linked to the Islamic State. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said at the Pentagon that the strikes were in areas “where there probably were not ISIL forces,” using an alternate acronym for the group. White House spokesman Josh Earnest, for his part, told reporters that it was “too early for me to say exactly what targets they were aiming at and what targets were actually hit.”The strikes come amid a flurry of diplomatic maneuvering at the United Nations, where Moscow and Washington have traded potshots about who is to blame for the rise of the Islamic State and who should take the lead in fighting the group.In public comments at the United Nations, Russian officials have said that the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State isn’t working and instead have called for working more closely with Assad and Iran to defeat the group. But rather than spurring cooperation over the shared threat posed by the Islamic State, Moscow’s moves threaten to usher in a new era of conflict with Washington by weakening groups devoted to the fight against Assad while bolstering Tehran’s influence in the region.Tajammu al-Aaza, for instance, has posted several videos of its fighters deploying U.S.-made anti-tank missiles against Syrian regime forces. One video shows fighters launching a missile at a Syrian army tank stationed at a checkpoint in the Hama countryside.Experts say those videos show that the group is clearly receiving American weaponry. According to N.R. Jenzen-Jones, the director of specialist technical intelligence consultancy Armament Research Services, or ARES, the video of the attack on the Syrian tank shows a U.S.-made AN/TSQ-136 missile guidance set, consistent with other U.S.-made TOW missile systems that ARES has documented being used in Syria.According to Jenzen-Jones, the missiles “offer a noteworthy increase in anti-armor capability when compared to the majority of systems which are employed by the Syrian Arab Army and various rebel groups.”U.S.-made military equipment, most prominently anti-tank missiles, have been distributed to rebels through an operations center, called the Military Operations Command (MOC), that’s organized by countries arming the anti- Assad opposition, which allows them to vet the groups receiving support. The operations center reportedly includes U.S. intelligence officers, which suggests that the United States authorized the distribution of weapons to Tajammu al-Aaza.“Tajammu al-Aaza is widely reputed to receive support from the MOC, and the fact that the group has documented its use of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles over a period of several months strongly suggests this is the case,” said Noah Bonsey, a senior analyst for the Middle East at the International Crisis Group. “They seem to have passed MOC vetting, which suggests the U.S. and other state backers view them as mainstream rather than extremist, and relatively reliable.”One reason the United States may have allowed arms to flow to Tajammu al-Aaza is because rather than being an ally of the Islamic State, it has actually endorsed the U.S.-led air campaign against the jihadist movement. The group signed a statement that referred to the Islamic State as a “threat to the Syrian revolution” and that called on the U.S.-led international coalition to expand its air campaign to strike the Assad regime.Earlier Wednesday, State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that a Russian official had informed the United States that Russia would begin flying missions over Syria shortly before the strikes began. It’s not clear whether Moscow also told the United States that the first group it would bomb would be one that had received arms from Washington.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg Become a fan-Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Morocco; White House Middle East Adviser-Putin's Axis of Dictators May Save Assad-Posted: 09/30/2015 2:11 pm EDT
What ails our depressed, strife-torn world: not enough dictators. That's what Vladimir Putin (oh, I mean DOCTOR) Putin prescribed to the UN...just take an Assad and a Rouhani and call him in the morning.This week's UN General Assembly cavalcade of superstar dictators was a depressing juxtaposition coming on the heels of a remarkably inspirational U.S. papal visit.Just picture the Turtle Bay turnstile...Pope Francis' inspiring address urging world leaders to set aside their differences to heal the world's poverty and oppression. Flash forward to Russia's Putin grasping the UNGA lectern after a decade's absence asserting more dictators will create a new "stable" world order - by bombing Syria and Ukraine. The Amen Choir of UNGA autocrats were on their feet ready to dance the Barynya.For good measure, Iran's Supreme Leader stand-in Hassan Rouhani could not resist the temptation to pile on the U.S. "we must not forget the roots of today's wars...can be found in the occupation, invasion and military intervention..." by the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the U.S.'s unwarranted support for the inhumane actions of the "Zionist regime" (aka Israel). That's the guy we just signed a nuclear agreement with whose nation is the world's number one state sponsor of terror, and which is Putin's closest Assad ally in Syria.Putin seized upon the catastrophic rise of ISIS as an alibi to triple down on Russia's support for Syria's Assad regime -- asserting that the road to defeating ISIS lies through Damascus. Typical feint by Putin. It seems that the only person surprised with Putin's air strikes in Syria is President Obama - and that alone says all that needs to be said about this White House's abject naiveté why it's Syria "policy" is an unmitigated disaster on every count.Putin also would have none of Obama's clarion call to statesmanship. He defiantly asserted that "...we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world." The real bogeyman of global disorder, Putin asserted, is NATO and the United States. In a vain attempt to curry favor with his new-found bully buddies Putin exclaimed that the United Nations is the only institution that stands in the way of American domination of the world.What is most diabolical about Putin's orchestrated defense of Assad wrapped in an anti-ISIS appeal is how much his brazen assessment is gaining traction in the least likely of places -- western Europe. Europe's leaders, overrun by a torrent of Syrian refugees with no end in sight, are throwing their lot in with Putin on Assad - bowing to the cruel reality on the ground that Assad won't be leaving anytime soon for fear that the torrent of refugees would turn into a tsunami of boat people. And any rush to force Assad and his family to the exit could make matters worse by enabling ISIS to establish its caliphate capital in Damascus.Obama had once infamously declared "Assad must go." Now, the U.S. is talking about Assad's "managed transition." That is code for we are in no hurry to get rid of Assad, either. So much for Secretary Kerry's empty admonitions. That is the sad reality of the ground game in Syria today - coupled with a free-fire zone free-for-all of Russian, American, French, Syrian, Turkish and "coalition" warplanes (add Israeli drones) buzzing overhead without an order of battle bombing targets with abandon in an almost cartoonish display of indiscriminate air might -- all without a strategy.-Let's take a step back.-Despite all the kabuki drama in New York nothing that the U.S. says or does is going to change the Syrian equation -- nada. Obama forfeited having much of a say about Assad's coming or going when he took his red-line ante off the table and failed when confronted at every Syrian policy turn of opportunity in the road thereafter. Too late arming moderate rebels. Too late providing urgent humanitarian relief. Too late comprehending the threat that a disintegrating Syria poses to U.S. homeland security. Too late coordinating a policy with Turkey. Too late recognizing ISIS' threat. Too late demanding Sunni states stop supporting extremist anti-Assad forces. Too late to put any political pressure on Assad. The list of "too lates" is bottomless.And yet, even today before Congress, Kerry enjoys boasting about HIS 43 nation anti-ISIS coalition - quantity over quality - a paper tiger coalition that has hardly affected hardly anything on the ground because Obama won't permit U.S. Special Forces target spotters to make that air coalition effective. Kerry is flailing as is his want. He demands a political solution in Syria that would lead to a "transition government" but there is no one to hand power off to.If Kerry had the presence of thought to stay off his plane for a while and get back to basics perhaps the U.S. could come up with a plan which would: a) refocus Arab and European efforts against ISIS by organizing the boots on the ground needed to carve up ISIS; b) put some time in Baghdad to shore up its internal efforts against ISIS; 3) cajole Syria's other patron states (China and Iran) to create an anti-ISIS coalition that has some teeth to it.Alternatively, everything that Russia does, will - for the short term -- favorably impact Assad's bloody hold on power. So why is anyone surprised Russia is pouring more arms into its client state...Russia has been doing that for decades and has a convenient naval base at Tartus to unload all that equipment. Neither Iran, China, or Hezbollah (and Israel...yes ISRAEL) want to part with the devil they know, and each in their own way are determined to keep Assad's regime from collapsing. They know ISIS and Al Nusra Front will pillage and murder any Shiite left standing.Mind you, Putin is no hero here. While Russia's escalation may keep the Caliph out of Damascus, it will certainly fuel the refugee exodus, produce even more vicious fighting and civilian carnage, and serve as Hollywood blockbuster advertisement for Sunni recruits to join ISIS' forces. Afghanistan redux??But Obama's Middle East foreign policy team put his leaky ship of state on this course - get out of the Middle East, turn the keys over to the Iranians; pivot to Asia, and exit stage left declaring victory with honor. Anyone warning them of Syria's consequences was shown the door including Robert Ford -- our best mind on Syria who was the courageous envoy there.Regrettably, the unmitigated stubbornness of his National Security Council team to grasp the strategic essentials of the Middle East is the root cause of this Greek tragedy. Now, it is too late to throw our weight around without a plan that focuses on what really is essential to U.S. interests in Syria. And so far the Administration hasn't a clue what an effective plan may look like. It talks as if it has a plan, but that, too, is fantasy.
Here are some remedies: 1. Syria is Putin's Bait: The U.S. never had a geo-political stake in Syria. Syria has been Russia's #1 client state for 50 years. Syria is Russia's #1 purchaser of arms. China, too, is Assad's major big-power benefactor. Assad's fall would convert Syria into a partitioned Sunni extremist-dominated state pouring Jihadis into Chechnya and Dagestan. Putin has a geo-strategic imperative to prevent that from happening and to expand Russia's influence with the new Middle East world order that Obama and Co. have bequeathed him. The emerging Russian-Iranian Shiite alliance had the vote in the Middle East and has even snared Iraq into it - again much to the surprise of the Obama team. The U.S. must refocus to ensure that Lebanon and Jordan remain able to withstand the consequences of the Syrian extremist and refugee crisis now within their borders. That requires more strategic planning with Israel, Egypt and Turkey...I don't see any of that happening. 2. ISIS is Job #1 for US & Allies. The U.S. and its European allies have few anti-Assad cards left. The two cards that Obama and his team have failed to play so are 1) robbing ISIS of its territorial bases in Raqqa Syria and Mosul, Iraq; and 2) containing the flow of ISIS fighters to and from those areas. If Putin is going to join in and help - all the better. Cutting the Caliphate down the middle (i.e., severing its lines of communications between Syria and Iraq is essential to robbing ISIS of its attraction to Jihadis and to its own legitimacy. Putin and Iran will never be brow-beaded into changing their conduct in Syria - so Kerry should quit bellyaching about it and focus instead on protecting U.S. interests where they matter, i.e., numbers 1 & 2, above. That means organizing an ARAB expeditionary force to chop up ISIS's territory. I don't see Kerry doing anything of the sort, yet. By the way, the Europeans have yet to be brought into a planning enterprise to get this organized. 3. Homework/Homework on Homeland Security. A bi-partisan Congressional Committee issued a damning report yesterday on the Obama Administration's "two hands tied behind its back" military and intelligence failures against ISIS asserting that the U.S. is losing the battle to stop Americans from traveling abroad to enlist in ISIS. More than 25,000 foreigners have flocked to war-torn Syria and Iraq since 2011 to fight with Islamist terrorist groups including ISIS, according to U.S. government estimates noted in the report. The Obama Administration has a bipartisan "F" grade on the one danger that matters most to Americans in this conflict. We have no military, political, or strategic policy in place to deal with this. All the more reason why we need to refocus our energies and stop our Syrian flailing. 4. Just a Few Boots on the Ground. I have repeatedly called for the U.S. to unshackle itself by permitting forward spotting teams to support air strikes against ISIS - without which 75% of coalition airstrikes fail to occur or miss their targets. Obama has consistently overruled his military and intelligence advisers -- as if these boots on the ground would short-sheet his pledge not to have boots on the ground in Syria. Penny wise-pound foolish, to say the least. 5. Safe Havens/No Barrel Bombing Fly Zones. The U.S. and Turkey have been haggling over whether there should be safe-havens for Syrians defended by U.S. and Turkish forces. The U.S. can do so much more to provide the urgent humanitarian relief Syrians desperately need within Syria while leveraging strategic safe-havens to place more military pressure on the Assad regime by training Syrians to defend these safe-havens that would also be no-fly zones against Assad's dreaded barrel bombing. We have a coalition Mr. Kerry...43 members? Where are they??? Syria is so broken it is inevitable that it is going to be partitioned - the only question is when and whether the extremists will hold just a sliver of what is left. Our goal must be principally to expedite the demise of ISIS and its threat to us, and push Sunni Arab states to end their clandestine support for ISIS and Al Nusra in Syria and Iraq. Russia, Iran and China are all in for Assad until someone finally takes him down, which is surely to happen given the hundreds of thousands seeking retribution against him.What remains of America's Middle East policy is now in the hands of our adversaries. It will take a new, bold, creative foreign policy team to pick up the pieces of this broken china - and that is 15 months away.Follow Amb. Marc Ginsberg on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@ambmcg
Read Putin’s U.N. General Assembly speech By Washington Post September 28
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Monday and said the West was making an "enormous mistake" by not cooperating with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the fight against the Islamic State militant group. Here is the full text of his remarks.-PUTIN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): Your excellency Mr. President, your excellency Mr. Secretary General, distinguished heads of state and government, ladies and gentlemen, the 70th anniversary of the United Nations is a good occasion to both take stock of history and talk about our common future.In 1945, the countries that defeated Nazism joined their efforts to lay solid foundations for the postwar world order.But I remind you that the key decisions on the principles guiding the cooperation among states, as well as on the establishment of the United Nations, were made in our country, in Yalta, at the meeting of the anti-Hitler coalition leaders.The Yalta system was actually born in travail. It was won at the cost of tens of millions of lives and two world wars.This swept through the planet in the 20th century.Let us be fair. It helped humanity through turbulent, at times dramatic, events of the last seven decades. It saved the world from large-scale upheavals.The United Nations is unique in its legitimacy, representation and universality. It is true that lately the U.N. has been widely criticized for supposedly not being efficient enough, and for the fact that the decision-making on fundamental issues stalls due to insurmountable differences, first of all, among the members of the Security Council.However, I'd like to point out there have always been differences in the U.N. throughout all these 70 years of existence. The veto right has always been exercised by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, the Soviet Union and Russia later, alike. It is absolutely natural for so diverse and representative an organization.When the U.N. was established, its founders did not in the least think that there would always be unanimity. The mission of the organization is to seek and reach compromises, and its strength comes from taking different views and opinions into consideration. Decisions debated within the U.N. are either taken as resolutions or not. As diplomats say, they either pass or do not pass.Whatever actions any state might take bypassing this procedure are illegitimate. They run counter to the charter and defy international law. We all know that after the end of the Cold War — everyone is aware of that — a single center of domination emerged in the world, and then those who found themselves at the top of the pyramid were tempted to think that if they were strong and exceptional, they knew better and they did not have to reckon with the U.N., which, instead of [acting to] automatically authorize and legitimize the necessary decisions, often creates obstacles or, in other words, stands in the way.It has now become commonplace to see that in its original form, it has become obsolete and completed its historical mission. Of course, the world is changing and the U.N. must be consistent with this natural transformation. Russia stands ready to work together with its partners on the basis of full consensus, but we consider the attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the United Nations as extremely dangerous. They could lead to a collapse of the entire architecture of international organizations, and then indeed there would be no other rules left but the rule of force.We would get a world dominated by selfishness rather than collective work, a world increasingly characterized by dictate rather than equality. There would be less of a chain of democracy and freedom, and that would be a world where true independent states would be replaced by an ever-growing number of de facto protectorates and externally controlled territories.What is the state sovereignty, after all, that has been mentioned by our colleagues here? It is basically about freedom and the right to choose freely one's own future for every person, nation and state. By the way, dear colleagues, the same holds true of the question of the so-called legitimacy of state authority. One should not play with or manipulate words.Every term in international law and international affairs should be clear, transparent and have uniformly understood criteria. We are all different, and we should respect that. No one has to conform to a single development model that someone has once and for all recognized as the only right one. We should all remember what our past has taught us.We also remember certain episodes from the history of the Soviet Union. Social experiments for export, attempts to push for changes within other countries based on ideological preferences, often led to tragic consequences and to degradation rather than progress.It seemed, however, that far from learning from others' mistakes, everyone just keeps repeating them, and so the export of revolutions, this time of so-called democratic ones, continues. It would suffice to look at the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, as has been mentioned by previous speakers. Certainly political and social problems in this region have been piling up for a long time, and people there wish for changes naturally.But how did it actually turn out? Rather than bringing about reforms, an aggressive foreign interference has resulted in a brazen destruction of national institutions and the lifestyle itself. Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster. Nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life.I cannot help asking those who have caused the situation, do you realize now what you've done? But I am afraid no one is going to answer that. Indeed, policies based on self-conceit and belief in one's exceptionality and impunity have never been abandoned.It is now obvious that the power vacuum created in some countries of the Middle East and North Africa through the emergence of anarchy areas, which immediately started to be filled with extremists and terrorists.Tens of thousands of militants are fighting under the banners of the so-called Islamic State. Its ranks include former Iraqi servicemen who were thrown out into the street after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Many recruits also come from Libya, a country whose statehood was destroyed as a result of a gross violation of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973. And now, the ranks of radicals are being joined by the members of the so-called moderate Syrian opposition supported by the Western countries.First, they are armed and trained and then they defect to the so-called Islamic State. Besides, the Islamic State itself did not just come from nowhere. It was also initially forged as a tool against undesirable secular regimes.Having established a foothold in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State has begun actively expanding to other regions. It is seeking dominance in the Islamic world. And not only there, and its plans go further than that. The situation is more than dangerous.In these circumstances, it is hypocritical and irresponsible to make loud declarations about the threat of international terrorism while turning a blind eye to the channels of financing and supporting terrorists, including the process of trafficking and illicit trade in oil and arms. It would be equally irresponsible to try to manipulate extremist groups and place them at one's service in order to achieve one's own political goals in the hope of later dealing with them or, in other words, liquidating them.To those who do so, I would like to say — dear sirs, no doubt you are dealing with rough and cruel people, but they're in no way primitive or silly. They are just as clever as you are, and you never know who is manipulating whom. And the recent data on arms transferred to this most moderate opposition is the best proof of it.We believe that any attempts to play games with terrorists, let alone to arm them, are not just short-sighted, but fire hazardous (ph). This may result in the global terrorist threat increasing dramatically and engulfing new regions, especially given that Islamic State camps train militants from many countries, including the European countries.Unfortunately, dear colleagues, I have to put it frankly: Russia is not an exception. We cannot allow these criminals who already tasted blood to return back home and continue their evil doings. No one wants this to happen, does he?Russia has always been consistently fighting against terrorism in all its forms. Today, we provide military and technical assistance both to Iraq and Syria and many other countries of the region who are fighting terrorist groups.We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian government and its armed forces, who are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face. We should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad's armed forces and Kurds (ph) militias are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria.We know about all the problems and contradictions in the region, but which were (ph) based on the reality.Dear colleagues, I must note that such an honest and frank approach of Russia has been recently used as a pretext to accuse it of its growing ambitions, as if those who say it have no ambitions at all.However, it's not about Russia's ambitions, dear colleagues, but about the recognition of the fact that we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world. What we actually propose is to be guided by common values and common interests, rather than ambitions.On the basis of international law, we must join efforts to address the problems that all of us are facing and create a genuinely broad international coalition against terrorism.Similar to the anti-Hitler coalition, it could unite a broad range of forces that are resolutely resisting those who, just like the Nazis, sow evil and hatred of humankind. And, naturally, the Muslim countries are to play a key role in the coalition, even more so because the Islamic State does not only pose a direct threat to them, but also desecrates one of the greatest world religions by its bloody crimes.The ideologists (ph) of militants make a mockery of Islam and pervert its true humanistic (ph) values. I would like to address Muslim spiritual leaders, as well. Your authority and your guidance are of great importance right now.It is essential to prevent people recruited by militants from making hasty decisions and those who have already been deceived, and who, due to various circumstances found themselves among terrorists, need help in finding a way back to normal life, laying down arms, and putting an end to fratricide.
Russia will shortly convene, as the (ph) current president of the Security Council, a ministerial meeting to carry out a comprehensive analysis of threats in the Middle East.First of all, we propose discussing whether it is possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinating the actions of all the forces that confront the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations. Once again, this coordination should be based on the principles of the U.N. Charter.We hope that the international community will be able to develop a comprehensive strategy of political stabilization, as well as social and economic recovery, of the Middle East.Then, dear friends, there would be no need for new refugee camps. Today, the flow of people who were forced to leave their homeland has literally engulfed first neighboring countries and then Europe itself. There were hundreds of thousands of them now, and there might be millions before long. In fact, it is a new great and tragic migration of peoples, and it is a harsh lesson for all of us, including Europe.I would like to stress refugees undoubtedly need our compassion and support. However, the — on the way to solve this problem at a fundamental level is to restore their statehood where it has been destroyed, to strengthen the government institutions where they still exist or are being reestablished, to provide comprehensive assistance of military, economic and material nature to countries in a difficult situation. And certainly, to those people who, despite all the ordeals, will not abandon their homes. Literally, any assistance to sovereign states can and must be offered rather than imposed exclusively and solely in accordance with the U.N. Charter.In other words, everything in this field that has been done or will be done pursuant to the norms of international law must be supported by our organization. Everything that contravenes the U.N. Charter must be rejected. Above all, I believe it is of the utmost importance to help restore government's institutions in Libya, support the new government of Iraq and provide comprehensive assistance to the legitimate government of Syria.Dear colleagues, ensuring peace and regional and global stability remains the key objective of the international community with the U.N. at its helm. We believe this means creating a space of equal and indivisible security, which is not for the select few but for everyone. Yet, it is a challenge and complicated and time-consuming task, but there is simply no other alternative. However, the bloc thinking of the times of the Cold War and the desire to explore new geopolitical areas is still present among some of our colleagues.First, they continue their policy of expanding NATO. What for? If the Warsaw Bloc stopped its existence, the Soviet Union have collapsed (ph) and, nevertheless, the NATO continues expanding as well as its military infrastructure. Then they offered the poor Soviet countries a false choice: either to be with the West or with the East. Sooner or later, this logic of confrontation was bound to spark off a grave geopolitical crisis. This is exactly what happened in Ukraine, where the discontent of population with the current authorities was used and the military coup was orchestrated from outside — that triggered a civil war as a result.We're confident that only through full and faithful implementation of the Minsk agreements of February 12th, 2015, can we put an end to the bloodshed and find a way out of the deadlock. Ukraine's territorial integrity cannot be ensured by threat of force and force of arms. What is needed is a genuine consideration for the interests and rights of the people in the Donbas region and respect for their choice. There is a need to coordinate with them as provided for by the Minsk agreements, the key elements of the country's political structure. These steps will guarantee that Ukraine will develop as a civilized society, as an essential link and building a common space of security and economic cooperation, both in Europe and in Eurasia.Ladies and gentlemen, I have mentioned these common space of economic cooperation on purpose. Not long ago, it seemed that in the economic sphere, with its objective market loss, we would launch a leaf (ph) without dividing lines. We would build on transparent and jointly formulated rules, including the WTO principles, stipulating the freedom of trade, and investment and open competition.Nevertheless, today, unilateral sanctions circumventing the U.N. Charter have become commonplace, in addition to pursuing political objectives. The sanctions serve as a means of eliminating competitors.I would like to point out another sign of a growing economic selfishness. Some countries [have] chosen to create closed economic associations, with the establishment being negotiated behind the scenes, in secret from those countries' own citizens, the general public, business community and from other countries.Other states whose interests may be affected are not informed of anything, either. It seems that we are about to be faced with an accomplished fact that the rules of the game have been changed in favor of a narrow group of the privileged, with the WTO having no say. This could unbalance the trade system completely and disintegrate the global economic space.These issues affect the interest of all states and influence the future of the world economy as a whole. That is why we propose discussing them within the U.N. WTO NGO (ph) '20.Contrary to the policy of exclusiveness, Russia proposes harmonizing original economic projects. I refer to the so-called integration of integrations based on universal and transparent rules of international trade. As an example, I would like to cite our plans to interconnect the Eurasian economic union, and China's initiative of the Silk Road economic belt.We still believe that harmonizing the integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union is highly promising.Ladies and gentlemen, the issues that affect the future of all people include the challenge of global climate change. It is in our interest to make the U.N. Climate Change Conference to be held in December in Paris a success.As part of our national contribution, we plan to reduce by 2030 the greenhouse emissions to 70, 75 percent of the 1990 level.I suggest, however, we should take a wider view on this issue. Yes, we might defuse the problem for a while, by setting quotas on harmful emissions or by taking other measures that are nothing but tactical. But we will not solve it that way. We need a completely different approach.We have to focus on introducing fundamental and new technologies inspired by nature, which would not damage the environment, but would be in harmony with it. Also, that would allow us to restore the balance upset by biosphere and technosphere (ph) upset by human activities.It is indeed a challenge of planetary scope, but I'm confident that humankind has intellectual potential to address it. We need to join our efforts. I refer, first of all, to the states that have a solid research basis and have made significant advances in fundamental science.We propose convening a special forum under the U.N. auspices for a comprehensive consideration of the issues related to the depletion of natural resources, destruction of habitat and climate change.Russia would be ready to co-sponsor such a forum.Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, it was on the 10th of January, 1946, in London that the U.N. General Assembly gathered for its first session.Mr. Suleta (ph) (inaudible), a Colombian diplomat and the chairman of the Preparatory Commission, opened the session by giving, I believe, a concise definition of the basic principles that the U.N. should follow in its activities, which are free will, defiance of scheming and trickery and spirit of cooperation.Today, his words sound as a guidance for all of us. Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation. Together with other countries, we will consistently work towards strengthening the central coordinating role of the U.N. I'm confident that by working together, we will make the world stable and safe, as well as provide conditions for the development of all states and nations.Thank you.(APPLAUSE)-END
