Heading for War on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
Global Research
February 6, 2012
Washington’s longstanding policy is regime change in Iran and Syria. At issue is replacing independent regimes with client ones and securing unchallenged control of valued Middle East resources.
On February 4, Russia and China vetoed a largely one-sided anti-Assad resolution. A previous article called him more victim than villain. Yet he’s falsely blamed for months of externally generated violence.
In fact, he confronted a Western-backed armed insurgency replicating the Libya model. By so doing he acted responsibly against a heavily armed insurrection.
Imagine a similar scenario in America. Local police, National Guard forces, and Pentagon troops would confront it violently. Combined, they’d way exceed Assad’s response.
Mass killing would follow. Western media scoundrels would approve. In contrast, the New York Times calls Syria’s self-defense state-sponsored “butchery.”
Its position substitutes disinformation for truth and full disclosure. They’re scrupulously avoided to misinform, misrepresent and betray readers. It’s longstanding major media policy. The Times featured it longer than others.
Since violence erupted last March, Syria was blamed for Western-backed insurgents against him. It’s part of Washington’s “New Middle East” project to control North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia to Russia and China’s borders.
For over a decade, regime change plans targeted Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Syria, and other countries outside the region.
Replicating Libya’s model is Washington’s template for future NATO aggression. Whether it’s employed fully in Syria remains to be seen.
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