{"id":76351,"date":"2017-06-27T19:02:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T23:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=76351"},"modified":"2017-06-27T19:02:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T23:02:44","slug":"will-putin-call-trumps-bluff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=76351","title":{"rendered":"Will Putin Call Trump’s Bluff?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ferndale, WA
\nJune 27, 2017<\/p>\n

by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n

The coming G20 in Hamburg next month is bound to be filled with a high
\ndegree of drama as Presidents Trump and Putin finally meet amidst
\nrising global tensions. https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=76314<\/p>\n

While many Americans applaud Trump’s toughness with the Russians over
\nSyria, some at home and many around the world find his tactics troubling
\nbecause he relies on lies as the basis for his negotiations.
\nhttp:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=177625<\/a><\/p>\n

As Seymour Hersh documents, Assad’s alleged chemical attack in April
\nthat Trump used as a pretext for his strike on the Syrian airbase was based
\non false intelligence like W’s claims of WMDs regarding Iraq in 2003:
\nhttp:\/\/www.rumormillnews.com\/cgi-bin\/forum.cgi?read=78144<\/a><\/p>\n

Americans might not “get” that…….but Putin certainly does. Trump may think
\nhe is being clever but doesn’t seem to be fooling anyone. His adoption of a
\npro-Israel policy that could see them attacking Syria and Iran soon is designed
\nto provide a pretext for deeper US involvement:
\nhttp:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2017\/06\/25\/526430\/Syria-Golan-Heights-Israel-mortar-shells<\/a><\/p>\n

As the latest headlines report, Putin appears to be calling Trump’s bluff and may
\nfeel compelled to preempt US moves in Syria: http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/a-showdown-is-looming-between-the-us-syria-and-iran-at-tanf<\/a><\/p>\n

Escalation is occurring in the run-up to the Big Meet. The world has entered
\na unique period of danger reminiscent of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. These
\nare dangerous times with the public largely held captive to the machinations of
\nworld leaders and the Deep State<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}