War

UN investigator concludes the Syrian rebels used chemical weapons, not the government.

"Thanks to Land Destroyer blog for reminding us that two years ago the Washington Post reported that literally tons of sarin and other chemical weapons were, thanks to NATO's disastrous invasion, floating around Libya for the taking. These were easy targets for the US-aided al-Qaeda franchise, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, many of whom shortly after "liberating" Libya made their way to Syria for the next jihad."

Great.

On the Israeli, jihadist alliance.

"It’s seems counterintuitive, to say the least. Indeed, it seems quite mad. And yet we now have all the evidence we need to point to a de facto Israeli alliance with Al Qaeda. The bombing of Damascus suburbs by Israeli jets – purportedly in order to prevent the Syrians from supplying Hezbollah with long range missiles – at precisely the moment when the Syrian “rebels” are demanding Western intervention on their behalf highlights one of the most bizarre alliances in history."
"Why would the Israelis aid a “rebel” army made up almost exclusively of hardened jihadists who supposedly hate Israel and want to see its non-Arab inhabitants driven into the sea? For the same reason they initially nurtured Hamas – because they believe it serves their long range purposes. The reason the Israelis granted official legal status to the group that eventually morphed into one of the Jewish state’s most implacable enemies was simple: to divide the Palestinian resistance, and therefore weaken it. At the time, Fatah, the largest component of the secular Palestinian Liberation Organization, was the most effective opposition to the Israeli occupation. The Israelis thought aiding an Islamist competitor would achieve certain desired ends: the decline of the PLO’s influence, the alienation of Arab governments from the Palestinian cause, and the marginalization of that cause in Western eyes. All three goals have since been achieved. "

This might seem in Israel's self-interest if funds were unlimited. When western governments go bankrupt, Israelis will pay a terrible price for this.

Guantanamo costs taxpayers $900,000 per prisoner.

Air Force officer in charge of sexual assault prevention arrested for sexual assault.