Off- Guardian - Tidings Veterans Warn Of Us-Russia Conflict Inwards Syria
A grouping of veteran tidings officers calling themselves the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, receive got composed an opened upwardly memo to President Donald Trump, alert of the real existent possibility of a US-Russia conflict inwards Syria.
They assert the demand for Western voices to telephone band for the remnants of al-Nusra too al-Qaeda to surrender, rather than continuing to back upwardly them, too highlight the dangers of accidental escalation should the the States (or their allies) endeavour to strike Syrian authorities forces.
The thought that World War III could start, past times accident, because an American tomahawk missile hits a Russian base of operations instead of a Syrian base, or because American planes are brought downwards past times Russian anti-air missiles is an ominous one. One that we, inwards the alternate media, receive got been striving to communicate for nearly 2 years…but that gets niggling – if whatever – coverage inwards mainstream channels
These are of import words, too a vital message, at a unsafe time.
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
SUBJECT: Moscow Has Upped the Ante inwards Syria
Mr. President:
We are concerned that yous may non receive got been adequately briefed on the upsurge of hostilities inwards northwestern Syria, where Syrian military machine amongst Russian back upwardly receive got launched a full-out create to receive got dorsum the al-Nusra/al-Qaeda/ISIS-infested province of Idlib. The Syrians volition well-nigh for certain succeed, equally they did inwards belatedly 2016 inwards Aleppo. As inwards Aleppo, it volition hateful unspeakable carnage, unless individual lastly tells the insurgents theirs is a lost cause.
That individual is you. The Israelis, Saudis, too others who desire unrest to suffer are egging on the insurgents, assuring them that you, Mr. President, volition purpose the States forces to protect the insurgents inwards Idlib, too perchance besides pelting hell downwards on Damascus. We believe that your senior advisers are encouraging the insurgents to intend inwards those terms, too that your most senior aides are taking credit for your recent policy shift from troop withdrawal from Syrian Arab Republic to indefinite war.
Big Difference This Time
Russian missile-armed naval too air units are at nowadays deployed inwards unprecedented numbers to engage those tempted to interfere amongst Syrian too Russian forces trying to build clean out the terrorists from Idlib. We assume yous receive got been briefed on that — at to the lowest degree to around extent. More important, nosotros know that your advisers tend to live dangerously dismissive of Russian capabilities too intentions.
We produce non desire yous to live surprised when the Russians start firing their missiles. The prospect of straightaway Russian-U.S. hostilities inwards Syrian Arab Republic is at an all-time high. We are non sure yous realize that.
The province of affairs is fifty-fifty to a greater extent than volatile because Kremlin leaders are non sure who is calling the shots inwards Washington. This is non the commencement fourth dimension that President Putin has encountered such incertitude (see brief Appendix below). This is, however, the commencement fourth dimension that Russian forces receive got deployed inwards such numbers into the area, laid upwardly to produce battle. The stakes are real high.
We promise that John Bolton has given yous an accurate description of his acerbic talks amongst his Russian counterpart inwards Geneva a few weeks ago. In our view, it is a rubber bet that the Kremlin is uncertain whether Bolton faithfully speaks inwards your stead, or speaks INSTEAD of you.
The best agency to assure Mr. Putin that yous are inwards command of U.S. policy toward Syrian Arab Republic would live for yous to seek an early on chance to speak out publicly, spelling out your intentions. If yous wishing wider war, Bolton has seat yous on the correct path.
If yous wishing to cool things down, yous may wishing to consider what mightiness live called a pre-emptive ceasefire. By that nosotros hateful a world commitment past times the Presidents of the U.S. too Russian Federation to strengthen procedures to prevent an opened upwardly clash betwixt U.S. too Russian armed forces. We believe that, inwards introduce circumstances, this sort of extraordinary stride is at nowadays required to caput off wider war.
For the VIPS Steering Group, signed:
William Binney, erstwhile Technical Director, World Geopolitical & Military Analysis, NSA; co-founder, SIGINT Automation Research Center (ret.)
Marshall Carter-Tripp, Foreign Service Officer (ret.) too Division Director, State Department Bureau of Intelligence too Research
Philip Giraldi, CIA Operations Officer (retired)
James George Jatras, erstwhile U.S. diplomat too erstwhile unusual policy adviser to Senate Republican leadership (Associate VIPS)
Michael S. Kearns, Captain, U.S. Air Force, Intelligence Officer, too erstwhile Master SERE Instructor (retired)
John Kiriakou, Former CIA Counterterrorism Officer too Former Senior Investigator, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Matthew Hoh, erstwhile Capt., USMC Iraq; Foreign Service Officer, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (associate VIPS)
Edward Loomis, NSA Cryptologic Computer Scientist (ret.)
Linda Lewis, WMD preparedness policy analyst, USDA (ret) (Associate VIPS)
David MacMichael, Senior Estimates Officer, National Intelligence Council (ret.)
Ray McGovern, Army/Infantry Intelligence Officer too CIA Presidential Briefer (retired)
Elizabeth Murray, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East, National Intelligence Council (retired)
Todd E. Pierce, MAJ, the States Army Judge Advocate (ret.)
Coleen Rowley, FBI Special Agent too erstwhile Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel (ret.)
Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army reserve colonel too erstwhile U.S. diplomat who resigned inwards 2003 inwards opposition to the Republic of Iraq War
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