World Peace “Lennon Ivan
Style” – Part 222
As a continuation from my last blog whereby I believe the root of “World
Peace” is centered on peace in the Middle East with the first step being
negotiated peace between Israel and the Palestinians, I would like to remain
objective and independent in my views such that I would like to today bring
Iraq into my views as they seem to be the closest at this time to a full fledge
civil war of rage like wild animals stuck together in a cage. However, it is
important to note that Israel and Palestine seem to be awakening from their
hatred induced coma state with the potential for peace negotiations to be
resumed in the near future in the United States, while Egypt continues to operate
in supremacy domination mode whereby the minority Christian military continues
to hold on to power while the Muslim majority is fuming at the seams hoping to
awaken from this horrible dream. As for the Syrians, both sides are still in
anger induced coma state for the mentally insane such that millions of Syrians
continue to suffer each and every day. In terms of the Russians and Ukrainians,
they seem to have entered into a political war game whereby neither party
wishes to concede but rather seems to prefer to enter into a civil war and
commit dirty deeds. While Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, Syrians, Russians
and Ukrainians continue along their respective paths toward enlightenment, it
is now time for the Iraqis to be enlightened as to the path of quelling their
current tensions before any more civil war breaks out which bears the risk of
leading to a third and final world war on this earth, after which, there will
be no place for anyone left to run. In summary, Observers around the world are
stunned by the speed and scope of assaults on every major city in the upper
Tigris River Valley, including Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, by the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. However, as the ISIS rebels extend
their reach across Iraq, the U.S. Air Force was forced to intervene in order to
prevent Genocide while Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki relinquished power opening
a new political chapter that U.S. officials hope will move Iraq toward a more
unified front against Islamic jihadists currently running wild and literally
beheading “Infidels” like pigs without shedding a tear as blood spills out of
their victims giving everybody creepy chills.
During the week ending on Sunday, November 27, 2016, TURKEY retreated
from their aggressive siege of CIZRE, SILOPI, DIYARBAKIR and NUSAYBIN,
predominantly KURDISH, which TURKEY had converted into a suburban war zone area
as TURKEY was on the defense as they were subject to an internal military “Coup
D’État” that failed as gunfire and explosions erupted in which 265 people died,
161 of them civilians, over one month ago. As a result of the failed “Coup
D’État”, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency,
extended the period during which suspects can be detained without charge to 30
days, closed more than 1,000 private schools and closed more than 1,200
associations. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued cleaning house again
this week after nearly three months since the failed “Coup D’État” for which
officials continue to blame the disciples of TURKISH cleric Fethullah
Gulen. A wide scale purge led by
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his governing AKP escalated further this
week under the disguise of emergency rule as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
continued his purge while the European parliament finally developed the
backbone to urge governments in the EU to freeze EU membership talks with
TURKEY in a powerful symbolic vote that will heighten tensions and that could
endanger the landmark migration deal. The European parliamentarians voted by
471 to 37 to halt TURKEY’s EU accession talks, with 107 abstentions, while the
majority of politicians backed a resolution condemning the TURKISH government’s
disproportionate repressive measures after the failed “Coup D’État” in July. The
TURKISH prime minister, BINALI YILDIRIM, dismissed the vote as being of no
importance but warned that ties with the EU that were already strained have
worsened such that the EU should decide whether it wants to continue its future
vision with or without TURKEY who remained defiant.
Moving
on to IRAQ, IRAQI and US-led ALLIANCE forces continued with their offensive
against ISIS on MOSUL. However, ISIS has sent the message to the world that it
will do whatever it takes to defend MOSUL as ISIS has chosen the usage of its
own people as human shields. Unfortunately, this week, ISIS carried out a vicious
attack as some 77 people, most of them SHIA pilgrims from IRAN and AFGHANISTAN
were killed and over 40 people wounded in a truck bomb attack. The blast struck
at a gas station and restaurant near HILLA, around 100 k.m. (60 miles) south of
BAGHDAD where busloads of pilgrims had stopped on their way home from
commemorating ARBAEEN, in the holy city of KARBALA. The victims were on board
four buses filling up with fuel at the road stop near the village of SHOMALI, around
80 km (50 miles) southeast of KARBALA, when a parked truck loaded with ammonia
nitrate and other explosive materials including fuel was detonated causing
massive damage. On a positive note, ISIS militants have been steadily
retreating from areas around MOSUL into the city center since the battle first
commenced on October 17 with a slow but steady advance by the ALLIANCE due to
the usage of civilians as shields by ISIS. Unfortunately, the battle for MOSUL
has seen civilians paying a growing price with more and more dead bodies
flowing out of the dense urban combat zones each day. For now, most of the
civilians killed have been casualties of ISIS artillery and snipers but the
rising civilian death toll has slowed down the fight to a crawl as IRAQI forces
are unable to make substantial progress while protecting civilians at the same
time. The IRAQI government is considering a mass evacuation but even that might
make civilians more vulnerable if the IRAQI military were to change its tactics
and introduce new weapons that may be more effective against ISIS fighters,
such as heavy artillery and tanks, while at the same time putting civilians in
even greater danger. Thus far, IRAQI, KURDISH and ALLIED forces advances have
been impressive on their push to retake MOSUL, ISIS's de facto capital in IRAQ
where as many as 1.5 million people are believed to still remain. However, there
are fears ISIS could use them to defend itself, as the operation gets closer to
the centre of the city. Unfortunately, ISIS is still a force to be reckoned
with, due to its significant wealth amassed in safe havens abroad, such that
although the battle for MOSUL will likely lead to the end of the ISIS era in
IRAQ, the ISIS wealth abroad will likely lead to ISIS taking the fight to the
streets on foreign soil which will necessitate heightened security measures
until kingdom come.
Moving
on to SYRIA, the SYRIAN army had initially intensified attacks on ALEPPO as
RUSSIA defied global pressure over the escalation of violence that has crushed
diplomacy, as the bombing of the city of ALEPPO has been described by most as
“Barbarous”. Subsequently, Free Syrian Army (FSA) held areas of ALEPPO saw the
FSA in SYRIA announcing a big offensive aimed at breaking the government siege
of east ALEPPO whereby the FSA fired hundreds of missiles killing at least 15
civilians. The Syrian FSA initiated their push to break the ALEPPO siege
whereby about 275,000 people have been besieged in the east of the city for months.
Then, RUSSIAN President, VLADIMIR PUTIN warned the Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels
and civilians trapped in eastern ALEPPO to leave the city when a temporary
moratorium on air strikes expired. Then, President elect Donald Trump reaffirmed
his campaign trail position that assisting the SYRIAN government in fighting
ISIS should be the US main objective in SYRIA despite appeals from the Free
Syrian Army (FSA) rebels for continued help in their fight against President
Bashar al-Assad. Now, Donald Trump’s eldest son, emerging as a potential special
envoy for the president-elect, held private discussions with diplomats,
businessmen and politicians in Paris that focused in part on finding a way to
cooperate with Russia to end the war in
Syria. Thirty people, including DONALD TRUMP JR. attended the
meeting hosted by a FRENCH think tank that has worked closely with RUSSIA to
try to end the conflict. Ms. Kassis, co-founder of the think tank, who was born
in SYRIA, is a leader of a SYRIAN group endorsed by RUSSIA that wants a
political transition in SYRIA but in cooperation with President Bashar al-Assad,
Russia’s close ally. As a friendly reminder, since the Syrian army’s assault
against rebel held ALEPPO began in late September, RUSSIAN and SYRIAN government
bombardments have killed more than 500 people, including over 100 children
while injuring over 3,000.
In my opinion, Turkey’s participation in the military battle against
ISIS is a positive addition to the ALLIANCE albeit Turkey’s negative stance
against the PKK which in my opinion is currently unwarranted and deteriorating.
However, with the recent majority victory by the governing AKP and President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it appears that Turkey’s future is heading for more war
and bloodshed. Unfortunately, the governing AKP and President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan have chosen the path of war with the PKK as opposed to diplomacy via
the KURDISH HDP political party which secured close to 11% during recent
Turkish elections. Therefore, in my opinion, the governing AKP and President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will learn the hard way that nobody on the outside world
looking in is stupid but rather everyone chooses to close their eyes and allow
Turkey to continue with its ethnic cleansing campaign of the KURDS in exchange
for Turkey signing a deal with the European Union (EU) to stem the flow of
refugees arriving in Greece. In exchange for reducing human trafficking and
improving living conditions for 2.5 million refugees within its borders, Turkey
will receive Euro 3 billion in financial aid in return, the possibility of
visa-free travel for its citizens, and a reopening of EU membership talks. In
my opinion, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the governing AKP will learn the
hard way that the current failed “Coup D’État” exposes the deep discontent
within the TURKISH military ranks as the governing AKP and President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan persist with their quest to annihilate the HDP and the KURDS as
the AKP is converting itself into a majority fascist regime with its house
cleaning exercises whereby virtually all dissidents have been fired. In my
opinion, the recent European parliament vote to halt TURKEY’s EU accession backed
by a resolution condemning the TURKISH government’s disproportionate repressive
measures after the failed “Coup D’État” in July was long overdue as TURKEY has
demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt, with its repressive measures over all
opposition, that TURKEY does not share common values, morals, principals,
ethics and views as the EU such that TURKEY does not fit into the EU mould. However,
in my opinion, TURKEY still represents a major player on the European economic stage
such that the EU will nonetheless have to negotiate deals with TURKEY as an
independent NON-EU member country regarding the huge refugee crisis. In my
opinion, in exchange for reducing human trafficking and improving living
conditions for 2.5 million refugees within its borders, TURKEY should only
receive Euro 1.5 billion, half of the initial proposed 3 billion, in financial
aid along with visa-free travel for its citizens who do not pose any
significant risks outside of TURKISH borders. However, in my opinion, all talks
with TURKEY regarding future ascension into the EU should be suspended indefinitely
pending TURKEY’s conformance with EU civil rights and liberties including the
protection of all minorities rights including the freedom of expression and the
rights to promote ones divergent views within the parameters of democratic
principals.
Moving on to IRAQ, the recent successful attacks on ISIS by IRAQI
security forces in MOSUL, has clearly sent the message to ISIS that it is just
a matter of time until the ISIS Empire in MOSUL dies. However, the recent vicious
truck bombs attack carried out by ISIS as some 77 people, most of them SHIA
pilgrims from IRAN and AFGHANISTAN were killed and over 40 people wounded in a
attack demonstrates the sheer ferocity of the ISIS fighters. Therefore, the
IRAQI led troops on the ground are essentially forced to fight ISIS style,
which is slow and brutal for any other type of heavy artillery attack on ISIS,
will result in significant collateral damage in terms of human casualties. Unfortunately
ISIS has managed to set new rules of war, with complete and utter disregard for
the laws of war as promulgated by the GENEVA convention, which is essentially
that there are no rules other than the dirtiest player in the game wins. Thus,
the world finds itself going backwards to the days of Barbarian, Neanderthal, Self-Centered, Egotistical,
Narcissistic, Masochistic, Sadistic, Idiosyncratic, Sociopathic and
Psychopathic maniacs. Nonetheless, in my opinion, ISIS militants have been steadily retreating
from areas around MOSUL into the city center, since the battle first commenced
on October 17, with a slow but steady advance by the ALLIANCE due to the usage
of civilians as shields by ISIS. Therefore, the IRAQI elite Counter-Terrorism
Service (CTS) units has been adequately trained to take on ISIS street fighters
at their own game that is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and a heart
for a heart. In my opinion, assuming that the KURDISH
peshmerga, IRAQI army, SHIITE militia and some SUNNI militia forces continue to
overlook their differences and stick together, ISIS will inevitably be
decimated in IRAQ, although ISIS will likely survive as an incognito terrorist
organization throughout the world. However, ISIS will resort to any and all
measures necessary to preserve, protect and promote its empire including the
usage of its own people as human shields. Therefore, the US-led ALLIANCE needs
to be on heightened security alerts world wide as ISIS will look to find any
and all possible retributory strikes, the most savage and barbarian possible,
in an attempt to save face from a humiliating defeat of its MOSUL base.
Moving on to SYRIA, the latest news that Donald Trump’s eldest son,
emerging as a potential special envoy for the president-elect, held private
discussions with diplomats, businessmen and politicians in Paris, as part of a
think tank meeting, that focused in part on finding a way to cooperate with
Russia to end the war in Syria, is a positive development as the war in SYRIA will never end
unless the U.S. works together with RUSSIA to negotiate a ceasefire followed by
some sort of power sharing arrangement. In my opinion, Ms. Kassis, co-founder
of the think tank, who was born in SYRIA, and who is currently leader of a
SYRIAN group, endorsed by RUSSIA, that wants a political transition in SYRIA but
in cooperation with President Bashar al-Assad, Russia’s close ally, are
pursuing the only viable alternative currently available as the reality of the
current situation on the ground is that with the backing of RUSSIA, President
Bashar al-Assad cannot be overthrown by military force. In my opinion, it is
still in everyone’s best interests to recognize RUSSIA’s great military power
beyond its region and to pressure RUSSIA to negotiate a ceasefire followed by
some sort of power sharing arrangement with President Bashar al-Assad which is
the only sustainable long-term solution for ALEPPO. In my opinion, the scars of
ALEPPO run too deep for any side to secede to defeat such that both sides will
likely fight until there is nothing and nobody left in ALEPPO other than a
bloody mess. Therefore, in my opinion, the current situation in ALEPPO is
deplorable as innocent civilians are living in a literal hell on earth as the
entire city is covered in blood with diminishing food, necessities and basic
supplies while innocent civilians continue to die. Ultimately, it is because of
this battle for ALEPPO that ISIS is able to survive, as ASSAD cannot be displaced as long as RUSSIA is behind
the SYRIAN military face while the U.S. is dreaming if they still believe that the
FSA race to overthrow ASSAD in disgrace stands a chance amid the looming new
SYRIAN think tank power sharing case.
In summary, I refer to “World Peace Lennon Ivan Style – Part 222” as the
belief that ISIS is evil such that the MOSUL victory is critical to ISIS
decimation but ASSAD cannot be displaced
as long as RUSSIA is behind the SYRIAN military face while the U.S. is dreaming
if they still believe in the FSA race to overthrow ASSAD in disgrace.
Spirit of John Lennon –
Kurdish Guerrilla Song:
November 27, 2016
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