US Invasion of Syria: The Deep Breath Before the Plunge
When Foreign Policy magazine recently claimed, “Turkey Goes to War,”
in their article of the same title, what they really meant was “the US
goes to war.” That is because the lengthy plan they described in their
article is not of the Turks’ creation, but a long-standing US plan
committed to policy papers since at least as early as 2012.
The article claims:
Both the United States and Turkey
agree that the Islamic State should be driven from its territory along
the Turkish border, though U.S. officials only speak of an “ISIL-free
zone” while Turkish officials describe a vision for a “de facto safe
zone” where displaced Syrians could find refuge from both regime and
jihadi attacks.
However,
these “safe zones” are precisely what US policy think tank the
Brookings Institution has conspired to create over the entire course of
the Syrian conflict, under different pretexts – first predicated on
feigned “humanitarian” concern similar to the ruse used to justify
NATO’s war on Libya in 2011, and now using the so-called “Islamic State”
(ISIS) as a pretext.
these “safe zones” are precisely what US policy think tank the
Brookings Institution has conspired to create over the entire course of
the Syrian conflict, under different pretexts – first predicated on
feigned “humanitarian” concern similar to the ruse used to justify
NATO’s war on Libya in 2011, and now using the so-called “Islamic State”
(ISIS) as a pretext.
Brookings’ 2012 “Middle East Memo #21″ “Assessing Options for Regime Change” would state:
An alternative is for diplomatic
efforts to focus first on how to end the violence and how to gain
humanitarian access, as is being done under Annan’s leadership. This may
lead to the creation of safe-havens and humanitarian corridors, which
would have to be backed by limited military power. This would, of
course, fall short of U.S. goals for Syria and could preserve Asad in
power. From that starting point, however, it is possible that a broad
coalition with the appropriate international mandate could add further
coercive action to its efforts.”
Clearly, while the justification for
Western meddling constantly shifts with the political winds, the
underlying plan to divide, destroy, incrementally invade, occupy, and
eventually overrun Syria remains.
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/08/07/us-invasion-of-syria-the-deep-breath-before-the-plunge-2/
Western meddling constantly shifts with the political winds, the
underlying plan to divide, destroy, incrementally invade, occupy, and
eventually overrun Syria remains.
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/08/07/us-invasion-of-syria-the-deep-breath-before-the-plunge-2/
