‘White Helmets’ — Pawns for U.S. Militarism
MEDIA, 6 Mar 2017
Sara Flounders – TRANSCEND Media Service
1 Mar 2017 – No Surprise! The White Helmets won an Oscar Award for best documentary short feature. This war propaganda film is promoted through Netflix. Here is link and a few quotes from an article I wrote in September, 2016: http://www.workers.org/2016/09/21/white-helmets-pawns-for-u-s-militarism/#.WLTmlxiZM3h
The much-hyped White Helmets is not a Syrian organization, nor was it created by Syrians, nor is it educational. It is a U.S.-British creation. Former British Army officer James Le Mesurier, self-described as a British “security” specialist, founded it. He previously worked for Blackwater, the mercenary organization universally condemned for its murderous brutality in Iraq.
The White Helmets’ website declares the group is “unfunded, independent and neutral.”…. the organization has received $23 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The White Helmets has never functioned as a neutral force. While attacking the Syrian government and calling for more U.S., British and NATO bombing, the group functions exclusively in Syrian areas held by the Nusra Front, a terrorist organization linked to al-Qaida. This well-funded group operates on the ground with U.S.-, British-, Israeli- and Saudi-funded militias committed to destroying Syria’s government.
The White Helmets is the latest of a series of front groups, designed to give a “humanitarian” gloss to Washington’s latest war of regime change in the Middle East.
“The White Helmets — al Qaeda with a Facelift” is a 4-minute video on Youtube which reveals the truth about the grouping.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAaReVn2I4
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Sara Flounders is an American political writer who has been active in ‘progressive’ and anti-war organizing since the 1960s. She is a member of the Secretariat of Workers World Party, as well as a principal leader of the International Action Center.
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