BBC Admits to 'Information War with Russia' to Try to Incriminate Russia in Syrian Chemical Attack Narrative

Another mainstream media admission of being complicit trying to cast Russia as the red menace and linking them to the dubious claims of Assad launching a chemical attack on his own people earlier this April.

BBC’s Annita McVeigh openly admitted there was an "information war with Russia". This came as a response to Former Navy Admiral Lord West questioning the validity of the mainstream story-telling to demonize Assad as evil for killing babies, a claim which hasn't been proven this year or even last year.

Last year the same claims were made to try to bolster greater military engagement in Syria to overthrow Assad. Despite a lack of evidence then, it didn't stop the US from attacking the Syrian military yet again this year as another false claim was made towards Assad.

Lord West talks about how Assad was winning the Syrian civil war and almost done fighting the US-backed "rebels". It made no sense that just as Assad was about to take over one of the last rebel-held areas, he kills his own people and creates global outrage to ruin his chance of ending the civil war.

Annita McVeigh asked Lord West if he was suggesting there was faulty intelligence. West said no, not yet, but that if there was real intelligence intercept evidence of Assad or Syrian officers saying "yes lets use chlorine", then he would be fine with the attack on the Syrian military by the "international community". West admits when he was chief of intelligence he had political pressure put on him to say that bombing campaigns were achieving things they weren't.

McVeigh questioned if West possibly was "muddying the waters" ... "given that we’re in an information war with Russia on so many fronts". West's response was a good one to put some clarity into the picture about attacking another country who didn't do anything wrong to begin with: "let's face it, if he hasn't done it, it's extremely bad news." He also goes on to say that Assad is a "nasty, unpleasant, horrible person", but the UK government policy to not deal with him politically is an issue in ending the civil war.

West also says Russia lies all the time and doesn't pay attention to what they say, but that these reports -- of Assad attacking his own people with chemical weapons -- are "extraordinary" militarily speaking, and that he doesn't think they "can always rely on these reports coming from these areas because it's not from neutral observers."

McVeigh closes by asking if the rebels did the chemical attack, then the Western nations made "a massive blunder", to which West says it that's the case then "we would have been duped," but hopes the intelligence is "cast iron" and support attacking Assad as the "loathsome man" and has "no doubt" Assad used chemical weapons in the past. This is despite the current and previous years claims have no evidence to back them.

It's seems like a "balanced" news report to try to be fair, but they really seem to be demonizing Assad to influence public perception and justify going after this "evil" leader. There is no evidence of using chemicals to attack his own people, yet still saying he used chemical weapons in the past. Does that seem like a contradiction to anyone else? Seems like a double-speak.

Also, the interjection of stating there is an information war with Russia when talking about questioning the validity of claims about Assad attacking his own people with a chemical attack, is done to associate and incriminate Russia as being guilty in this attack as well. They want to demonize Assad and Russia in one shot while appearing to be "fair" and "balanced" on the issue.

Why else bring up how doubting the mainstream narrative on the Syrian attack is going to harm the "war" with Russia? It's about trying to create implicit connections between two "evil" groups -- Russia and Syria -- in the minds of viewers at a subconscious level without saying it explicitly, and further gain support against them both. They want Russia to be bad and connected to the bad Assad to justify their "war".

Here is the full interview:

Admiral Lord West Casts Doubt on Syria Attack Intelligence - BBC NEWS

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