World Peace “Lennon Ivan
Style” – Part 228
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, January 8, 2017, 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’s
iron fisted rule is slowly but surely leading TURKEY to an economic collapse in
the face of rising violence as WESTERN tourists recently have chosen to avoid
TURKEY. Furthermore, due to the brutal New Year’s Eve massacre at TURKEY's
avant-garde REINA nightclub with Jordanians, Lebanese, Saudis, Tunisians and
Israelis among the 39 victims, TURKEY will likely feel the chills from even
less Middle Eastern tourists who now see TURKEY as a breeding ground for hate
induced violence. As a friendly reminder, just weeks before the New Year’s Eve
carnage in TURKEY, RUSSIAN ambassador ANDREI KARLOV was assassinated in TURKEY
while the preceding months were in the news by a series of devastating attacks
including the failed “Coup D’État” in July in which more than 250 died and the
horrible triple suicide-bomb attack on ATATURK International Airport in June
where 45 died. Finally, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become so thin
skinned that his lawyers have launched almost 3,000 lawsuits against Turks
accused of insulting him, including a former Miss Turkey and a bunch of school
kids. In addition, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has surpassed Iran as the
world’s leading jailer of journalists with over 150 now believed to be in
Turkish prisons. Furthermore, more than 40,000 people from parliament, military
and civilian services are also behind bars while almost half of the admirals
and generals have been fired from the military and more than 110,000 have been terminated
from their government jobs including teachers, police officers, prosecutors and
judges. Lastly, the media has been squeezed where companies with asset values
at as much as $US 10 billion have been seized as suspected “Coup D’État”
sympathisers.
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. Nonetheless, IRAQI and ALLIED forces managed to push
ISIS militants back from MOSUL, their last major stronghold in IRAQ, whereby IRAQI
troops entered MOSUL from the north for the first time as part of a new phase
in the battle for MOSUL whereby elite forces crossed a river under the cover of
darkness in a unique night raid. However, the ISIS militants in the number of several
thousands in MOSUL continue to put up fierce resistance using suicide car bombs
and snipers making it pain staking difficult for ALLIANCE forces to advance
other than at a slow and agonizing pace. In addition, elite troops captured
AL-MUTHANA following nighttime fighting putting them in a position to take
higher ground nearby that comes days after IRAQI forces began the second phase
of a push to conquer the last major ISIS stronghold in IRAQ. Thus far, about
two-thirds of east Mosul has been retaken since October as the IRAQI army
troops raised the IRAQI national flag after capturing AL-MUTHANA. However, 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 by ISIS of civilians as human shields. 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, progress has been slow as
the ALLIANCE forces have faced counterattacks from the ISIS fighters who
deployed hundreds of suicide car bombs, as well as mortars and snipers and used
MOSUL’s million plus residents as human shields. 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. 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, SYRIAN government forces have retaken full control of ALEPPO,
since the uprising began, after nearly six years of bloody fighting for Syria’s
most populous city and SYRIA’s economic hub that has been the most prized and
fiercely contested city throughout the Syrian conflict. 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
1,000 people, including over 250 children while injuring over 5,000. Now, a
ceasefire across SYRIA appears to be holding as its brokers, RUSSIA, TURKEY and
IRAN obtained approval of the plan from the UN Security Council overriding all
previous failed peace proposals and finally ending the six-year conflict. RUSSIA
that has invested much political time and energy in ending the fighting after
bombing the opposition relentlessly for the past 15 months started to cut back
its forces in SYRIA beginning with an aircraft carrier group as the ceasefire
appeared to take hold. If the ceasefire holds, peace negotiations are slated to
take place in late January in ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN although rebel groups have
complained of Syrian regime violations since the ceasefire came into force on December
30 and warned that they could boycott the talks if the violations continue. The
Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other armed groups say the regime is continuing its
siege of rebel-held areas outside DAMASCUS and claim government forces have
launched an assault on WADI BARADA that supplies the capital with much of its
water. The opposition fears the SYRIAN regime is using the truce to regroup and
selectively pick off rebel-held areas it wants to regain. However, the SYRIAN
regime says it is going after terrorists who were deliberately excluded from
the agreement.
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, with TURKEY’s hardline stance
against all opposition groups with the so-called “national mobilization against
all terrorist organizations” which in effect identifies virtually all
opposition groups as terrorists, TURKEY cannot conform to the EU protocol
regarding civil rights and liberties which protects all minorities from
persecution to the extent they follow democratic laws, regulations and
principals. Furthermore, TURKEY will deviate even further away from European
political protocol with TURKEY’s 3,000 plus lawsuits against Turks accused of
insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, including a former Miss Turkey and a
bunch of school kids. In my opinion, it is understood under modern democratic
principals that any President will be subject to significant criticism and will
shoulder the blame for the country’s ailments and pain, as after all it is the
President who is making the biggest bucks while the school kids are still
relying on Mommy and Daddy allowances to buy some bubble gum. Furthermore,
surpassing Iran as the world’s leading jailer of journalists with over 150 now
believed to be in Turkish prisons for having a different opinion from President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is counter intuitive to the European philosophy that
everyone is entitled to their opinion but at the end of the day it is money
that will talk such that the journalists living from pay check to pay check in
TURKEY will most likely walk. In regards to more than 40,000 people from parliament,
military and civilian services being behind bars, this is a recipe for disaster,
as this form of punishment will likely radicalize normal law abiding citizens
into future Cupid disguised mercenaries looking for vengeance. Lastly, seizing
media companies with asset values up to $US 10 billion as suspected “Coup
D’État” sympathisers will insure that there is no longer any foreign investment
capital entering TURKEY. Therefore, if President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cannot
see that his actions are excessive even after a failed “Coup D’État”, I
strongly recommend that he take a vacation and visit Bosnia Herzegovina which
has a comparable culture to TURKEY except that Bosnia Herzegovina has evolved
with more modern day democratic principals allowing freedom of speech and
respect of minority groups. In particular, I would strongly recommend that President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan visit Medjugorje which is a famous Catholic shrine for a
spiritual awakening to see first hand how the Muslim majority surrounding
Medjugorje have welcomed all pilgrims with open arms.
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 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. Therefore, elite forces crossing a
river under the cover of darkness in a unique night raid from the north of MOSUL is the right method of operation that I like
to refer to as “shock and awe” as attacking ISIS straight on tends to result in
“snap, crackle and pop” with detonation of suicide vests aloof. In regards to
elite troops capturing AL-MUTHANA following night-time fighting as about
two-thirds of east MOSUL has now been retaken since October, another effective
raid taking ISIS out of their element by attacking during the night when ISIS
is not expecting a fight. However, 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. In my opinion, with ISIS
inevitably nearing its downfall in IRAQ, IRAQI security forces need to be
prepared for a different kind of war against ISIS, shifting away from ground
offensives to intelligence work and surgical airstrikes to counter an expected
move by ISIS away from holding territory and back to a more terrorist role of a
dispersed underground terror organization. In my opinion, ISIS is already laying
the groundwork for a new terrorist strategy of hiding in remote areas, carrying
out attacks in IRAQ and abroad and resorting to organized crime to bankroll future
operations.
Moving
on to SYRIA, the latest news that the SYRIAN government forces have recaptured the
entire former rebel stronghold of east ALEPPO in an offensive that left bodies
in the streets and sparked global outrage managed to lead to a ceasefire across
SYRIA that appears to be holding as its brokers, RUSSIA, TURKEY and IRAN
obtained approval of the plan from the UN Security Council. In my opinion, RUSSIA
that invested much political time and energy in ending the fighting after
bombing the opposition relentlessly for the past 15 months was the critical
player in this ceasefire as RUSSIA managed to control the uncontrollable
consisting of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, Iran and Shiite militias like
Lebanon’s Hezbollah whereas TURKEY managed to control the Free Syrian Army
(FSA) along with their affiliated rebel factions. Meanwhile, the US lost all
relevance to the SYRIAN conflict as RUSSIA, President Bashar al-Assad, Iran and
Hezbollah have zero interest in hearing anything more from the USA who
advocated from the outset the removal of President Bashar al-Assad from power
as a pre-condition to any negotiations. Nonetheless, 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. Unfortunately,
the sporadic fighting that continues to be enflamed, between President Bashar
al-Assad’s forces and the FSA, whereby both parties engage in the finger
pointing game, is collateral damage after over six years of relentless hate,
while spitting directly in each others face, while behaving with complete and
utter disrespect and disgrace, that will take decades to replace.
In
summary, I refer to “World Peace Lennon Ivan Style – Part 228” as the belief
that ISIS is evil such that the MOSUL victory is critical to ISIS decimation
but SYRIAN ceasefire between ASSAD and
FSA brokered by RUSSIA, TURKEY & IRAN appears that actually might stand albeit
occasional bitch slaps of six year reflex hands.
Spirit of John Lennon –
Kurdish Guerrilla Song:
January 8, 2017
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