Syria: Russian Intervention Exposes Coalition Lies. “The Terrorists R US”
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.” (Walter Scott, 1771-1832, “Marmion.”)
How speedily the lies of the
“international community” in general and those of the US and UK in
particular about the Syrian situation are unraveling since the
participation of Russia.
“international community” in general and those of the US and UK in
particular about the Syrian situation are unraveling since the
participation of Russia.
Take UK Prime Minister David Cameron. On 24th
September last year he addressed the United Nations, committing British
aircraft to targeting IS/ISIL/ISIS in Iraq adding unequivocally that
there would be no similar action in Syria and absolutely no “boots on
the ground.”(1)
September last year he addressed the United Nations, committing British
aircraft to targeting IS/ISIL/ISIS in Iraq adding unequivocally that
there would be no similar action in Syria and absolutely no “boots on
the ground.”(1)
Referring to Iraq he added that
the West should not be frozen by “past mistakes.” If Iraq is a “mistake”
Heaven alone knows what a catastrophe would look like.
the West should not be frozen by “past mistakes.” If Iraq is a “mistake”
Heaven alone knows what a catastrophe would look like.
Cameron of course was being economical with the truth. In 2013
Parliament voted not to be involved in Syria, making Cameron the first
Prime Minister in 200 years to lose a Parliamentary war vote. It would
anyway have been another illegal action, since they had not been invited
by the Syrian President or government and had no UN mandate. However,
in July this year it transpired that pilots of Britain’s Air Force have
been “embedded” with US and Canadian Air Squadrons and been involved in
flying: “intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions
…” according to the Ministry of Defence. (2)
On 7th September Cameron also announced that a British
drone strike in Syria had killed two UK citizens fighting with ISIS.
What an irony, the UK has enjoined wiping out entire nations having
accused their leaders of “killing their own people”, terrorists or not,
now Cameron kills his “own people” in what Michael Clarke, Director
General of London’s hawkish Royal United Services Institute has called a
“targeted assassination.”
