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The US and its proxies gave birth to ISIS, and they never really wanted to defeat it. Their think tanks called it a "useful tool"

It was Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, and Russia — with generals like Qassem Soleimani — who defeated the genocidal fascists in ISIS
thegrayzone.com/2016/08/23/us-…
US protectorates Saudi Arabia and Qatar supported ISIS, along with NATO member Turkey. Of course Washington knew they were all along

The US DIA predicted ISIS would rise in 2012, and was fine with it

Meanwhile, "enemies" Iran and Soleimani defeated ISIS
thegrayzone.com/2016/10/11/hil…
The director of a major US/NATO-backed Israeli think tank let the cat out of the bag in 2016, admitting that ISIS "serves a strategic purpose" and “can be a useful tool in undermining” Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, and Russia

The "main enemy," he said, was Iran
thegrayzone.com/2016/08/23/us-…
A 2012 US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report admitted al-Qaeda was "driving the insurgency in Syria" with the support of "the West, Gulf countries, and Turkey"

It predicted the rise of "a Salafist principality" precisely where ISIS' capital became
moderaterebels.com/transcript-cia…
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This is the UN special rapporteur, or top expert, on extra-judicial executions. She says very clearly that the Trump admin's assassination of Soleimani is "most likely unlawful and violates international human rights law"

The US is a criminal rogue state
Another point which hasn't been stressed enough: The US assassination of Iraqi commander al-Muhandis — which this UN top expert says was clearly illegal — is also a huge crime against Iraq and its sovereignty

Al-Muhandis helped lead the fight against ISIS
Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was a major leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMFs), which are officially backed by the Iraqi gov't and were key in the fight to defeat ISIS.

This US assassination of al-Muhandis is an attack on Iraqi sovereignty (and it helps ISIS)
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Iraqis are rising up against US neocolonialism in their country

The US bombed Iraq, massacring 25 fighters who have led the fight against ISIS

So Iraqis responded by attacking the US embassy

The US took over Venezuela's sovereign embassy. Now it got a taste of its own medicine
Outside the US embassy, Iraqi protesters threw stones while they chanted, 'No, no, America! ... No, no, Trump!'"

Now Washington is sending more military occupation forces to Iraq. It is an addict, addicted to more militarization and neocolonial oppression
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Iraqi protesters spray painted "Closed in the name of the people" on the gates of the US embassy 

The leader of a militia fighting against ISIS said the 5,000 US troops occupying Iraq "are unwanted... They are a source of evil and we want them to leave"
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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The US is now pushing regime change in Belarus, one of the only countries in E. Europe that maintained socialistic policies and state ownership after the wave of US-forced right-wing neoliberal "shock therapy"

Washington wants another "color revolution"
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Since its founding as a CIA-backed disinformation weapon in the Cold War, US government propaganda outlet @RFERL has amplified right-wing opposition groups across Eastern Europe

It was originally named "Radio Liberation from Bolshevism"

Today they're doing the same in Belarus
@RFERL While the Trump administration has been waging relentless hybrid warfare to try to overthrow Venezuela's elected leftist government and install a far-right puppet regime (à la Bolivia), Belarus has remained a close ally of Caracas
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1: The key here is the reaction of the people.

Most Iraqis don't like the Iranians and the Iranian influence. The anti govt protests there were against a govt controlled by the Iranians and against the Iranians themselves. The PMUs were the ones using snipers to shoot protesters
2: With regards to #Iran, this is a big event that can't go without retaliation. The situation can easily lead to a full scale war. Everybody in the region is now preparing for the eventuality of war.

If conflict starts, It'll be a regional war including Israel, Hezboallah, etc
3: Let's not even talk about the price of oil if conflict starts. This is the oil hub of the world & doesn't matter is a country is self sufficient in oil or not. Oil follows an international price. So if the fireworks go in big scale, oil will skyrocket & the economy 👎
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2-As early as Dec 2016, some of us warned here (see thread below) that @realDonaldTrump Admin was likely to take an anti-Iran tilt & make it a pillar of its regional strategy. The Admin was also expected to be more Pro-Israel than its predecessors. Both turned out to be right =>
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