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<\/a>The Three Stooges<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n \u201cThat has to be, in the history of propaganda in the 20th and 21st centuries, one of the most outrageous claims that I can think of,\u201d John\u00a0Bolton stated\u00a0<\/em>in response to Moscow’s charge that anti-Assad insurgents in Idlib are preparing a chemical false flag in order to hasten a US attack on Damascus, according to a new\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>report<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAlong with the United States and France, we have been clear that\u00a0we will respond swiftly and appropriately<\/strong>\u00a0if the Assad regime repeats its appalling use of chemical weapons,\u201d he vowed, echoing statements the national security advisor began making\u00a0weeks ago<\/a>\u00a0during a trip to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n The\u00a0WSJ\u00a0<\/em>has revealed\u00a0the White House is now in direct talks with the U.K. and France over plans for a possible third round of coordinated strikes on Syria<\/strong>\u00a0should the Syrian Army use chemical weapons during its Idlib assault.<\/p>\n After a speech in Washington on Monday, Bolton told reporters,\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve been in consultation with the British and the French, who joined us in the second strike, and they also agree that another use of chemical weapons will result in a much stronger response.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The news comes a day after Bolton\u00a0indicated during a speech<\/a>\u00a0that the US and its allies\u00a0Syria\u00a0would respond\u00a0with\u00a0much “stronger” and harsher\u00a0<\/em>action against Damascus.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Also, early this week there were\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Germany is mulling over whether to agree to a request by the United States that it join any potential strikes on Syria, though such a move is expected to be too politically divisive for Germany to agree.<\/p>\n Thus far a Russian air attack on Idlib is underway, with international reports saying about 70 strikes have occurred on Idlib in the past days. Syria pro-government forces have amassed around Idlib Province and\u00a0are said to number as many as 100,000<\/strong>. If true this would be\u00a0the largest mustering of Syrian forces<\/a>\u00a0for any single battle throughout the seven year long conflict.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the United Nations has warned of an impending humanitarian disaster, and a UN Security Council meeting chaired by the US is set to be held on Tuesday morning, according to the\u00a0WSJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Monday the\u00a0WSJ reported<\/a>\u00a0that unnamed US officials now claim\u00a0to be in possession of intelligence which they say shows\u00a0Assad has already given the order to conduct a chlorine gas attack\u00a0<\/em>in an absolutely\u00a0unprecedented level of “pre-crime” telegraphing of events on the battlefield.<\/p>\n The anonymous officials told the WSJ of\u00a0“new U.S. intelligence” in what appears an eerily familiar repeat of precisely\u00a0how the 2003 invasion of Iraq was sold to the American public\u00a0<\/strong>(namely, “anonymous officials” and vague assurances of unseen intelligence)\u00a0\u2014<\/em>\u00a0albeit posturing over Idlib is now unfolding at\u00a0an intensely more rapid pace<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n Fears of a massacre have been fueled by\u00a0new U.S. intelligence indicating Mr. Assad has cleared the way for the military to use chlorine gas in any offensive, U.S. officials said<\/strong>. It wasn\u2019t clear from the latest intelligence if Mr. Assad also had given\u00a0the military permission to use sarin gas<\/strong>, the deadly nerve agent used several times in previous regime attacks on rebel-held areas. It is banned under international law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It appears Washington is now saying\u00a0an American attack on Syrian government forces and locations is all but inevitable.<\/p>\n However,\u00a0this time the stakes are much higher\u00a0as<\/strong>\u00a0Russia has built up an unprecedented number of warships\u00a0in\u00a0the Mediterranean Sea along the Syrian coast<\/strong>\u00a0in response to prior reports that the U.S., France, and Great Britain could be preparing an\u00a0attack.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Meanwhile, does anyone remember this fake news from 15 years ago?…<\/p>\nUS, France, and UK In Direct Talks Over Possible Syria Strikes<\/h2>\n