{"id":33264,"date":"2018-04-09T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33264"},"modified":"2018-04-09T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:23:00","slug":"state-dept-accuses-russia-and-syria-of-gassing-civilians-before-any-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33264","title":{"rendered":"State Dept Accuses Russia And Syria Of Gassing Civilians Before Any Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/04\/08\/state-dept-accuses-russia-and-syria-of-gassing-civilians-before-any-investigation\/\">State Dept Accuses Russia And Syria Of Gassing Civilians Before Any Investigation<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"eltd-blog-single-share\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-holder eltd-dropdown\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-4379\" class=\"post-4379 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-news tag-chemical-weapons tag-douma tag-ghouta tag-heather-nauert tag-state-department tag-syria\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nauert.png?189db0&amp;189db0\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nauert.png 1140w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nauert-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nauert-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nauert-1024x614.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"684\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p>Just weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/we-are-one-false-flag-event-away-from-world-war-3-fe9244e70fb8\">two firebreathing neoconservative war whores<\/a> were promoted to the highest echelons of influence within the Trump administration. The <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/anti-war-trump-voters-just-officially-ran-out-of-reasons-to-support-this-president-8318f6456ad4\">new National Security Advisor<\/a> John Bolton only has one key on his piano, and that key is war. <a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2018\/03\/14\/trump-promotes-longtime-russia-hawk-just-as-russiagate-loses-momentum\/\">Neoconservative hawk<\/a> Mike Pompeo was promoted from the head of the notoriously vicious Central Intelligence Agency to Hillary Clinton\u2019s old job as Secretary of State after <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/great-news-everyone-the-cia-has-promised-to-become-much-more-vicious-a822786684d\">famously announcing<\/a> that he was trying to make the CIA \u201ca much more vicious agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump supporters talk a lot about the Deep State as though it is something separate from and at odds with the Trump administration. If that was ever the case, it certainly isn\u2019t anymore. Trump might be in a power struggle with certain factions or aspects of the power establishment, but you don\u2019t promote bloodthirsty swamp monsters like John Bolton and Mike Pompeo to positions of maximum impact if you\u2019re fighting the Deep State.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo\u2019s State Department has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/ps\/2018\/04\/280313.htm\">issued a press release<\/a> by way of its soulless spokeswoman Heather Nauert about the <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/new-syrian-chemical-weapons-attack-being-reported-by-all-the-usual-suspects-bb52e9a4f982\">nonsensical new report<\/a> that the Syrian government once again decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWAKEALERT\/status\/982778112000839680\">kill a bunch of children<\/a> with poison gas at the least strategically opportune moment imaginable. The press release is riddled with falsehoods and jaw-dropping accusations which cannot possibly be based in fact since they were made mere hours after the allegations surfaced, long before any sort of investigation into them could have even begun, much less been completed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Spokesperson Heather Nauert's Statement on Chemical Attack in Douma.\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox\/status\/982839708928618496\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Spokesperson Heather Nauert&#8217;s Statement on Chemical Attack in Douma.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 905px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 71.0497%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox\/status\/982839708928618496\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"Spokesperson Heather Nauert's Statement on Chemical Attack in Douma.\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DaO-wCRUQAAl_cv?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Spokesperson Heather Nauert's Statement on Chemical Attack in Douma.\" width=\"905\" height=\"643\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DaO-wCRUQAAl_cv\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox\/status\/982839708928618496\" data-tweet-id=\"982839708928618496\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Heather Nauert (screen name: statedeptspox)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/860236313898868737\/EY6GviE3_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/860236313898868737\/EY6GviE3_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/860236313898868737\/EY6GviE3_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We continue to closely follow disturbing reports regarding alleged chemical weapons attack\u00a0targeting a hospital in Douma, <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syria?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value Tweet-prettyLink\">Syria<\/span><\/a>. The Assad regime and its backers must be held accountable and any further attacks prevented immediately. <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/go.usa.gov\/xQ2YS\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8TfYjIYQ9S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/go.usa.gov\/xQ2YS\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"Tweet-complexLink\">go.usa.gov\/xQ2YS<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox\/status\/982839708928618496\" data-datetime=\"2018-04-08T04:37:01+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: April 08, 2018 04:37:01 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-04-08T04:37:01+0000\">12:37 AM &#8211; Apr 8, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Dept Accuses Russia And Syria Of Gassing Civilians Before Any Investigation Just weeks ago, two firebreathing neoconservative war whores were promoted to the highest echelons of influence within the Trump administration. The new National Security Advisor John Bolton only has one key on his piano, and that key is war. Neoconservative hawk Mike Pompeo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17039,10180,776,827,2344],"class_list":["post-33264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-chemical-attack","tag-syria","tag-united-states","tag-us-state-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33266,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264\/revisions\/33266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}