Comments on The Pensive Quill: War by Another Name in Syria

Fenian, You are close to mark. What we are witness...

2013-07-13T23:56:40.956+01:00

Fenian,
You are close to mark. What we are witnessing is a possible precursor to WW3. What will happen, unless the White House and the Kremlin pull back from the brink is simple..Syria totally implodes with the West backing the 'rebels'. Then Iran backed by Russia and passively by China become involved.

Uncle Sam still wants the world to believe Iran are making nuclear bombs...But 'Mossad, CIA agree Iran has yet to decide to build nuclear weapon'

More or less the same story here.......
Iran hasn’t got a nuclear weapons programme says US intelligence again

Same as the sarin gas used in Syria. it wasn't the Assad regime (according to the UN & Russia)

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that Russian experts determined that Syrian rebels made sarin nerve gas and used it in a deadly attack outside Aleppo in March.

Jordan will get pulled into too sooner or later. And they wont be able to handel the over flow of refuges never mind anything else...

What we are witnessing unravel before our eyes is ...

2013-07-09T10:24:44.589+01:00

What we are witnessing unravel before our eyes is a global sectarian conflict pitting Sunni against Shia, aided and abetted by America, Britain, Israel and their allies!

The West has a long history of trying to manipulate Middle East politics and all their efforts have had the same outcome...abject failure!

The following time frame of the West meddling in Middle east affairs illustrates this;

- During the 1880s and 1890s, Germany's kaiser attempted to turn the forces of jihad against his British, French, and Russian rivals.

- In WW1, the Germans launched a jihad armed with a proclamation form the Ottoman Caliph’s, (the ruler of an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah). However, this Ottoman ruler didn't have the authority to do so and Germany pursued their military objectives despite advice to the contrary that a massacre of Christians would ensue. Consequently, this German orchestrated call to jihad ended in failure.

- In WW2, Hitler tried to adopt the same approach with support of veterans that were involved in the previous jihad. He focused upon ethnic cleansing Jews by seeking an alliance with leader of the Palestine Arabs at the time and the Muslim Brotherhood. In fact the Nazi's bank rolled a Muslim Brotherhood offensive against Christians and Jews in Egypt.

Ironically, the very same Brotherhood which Obama's administration has close affiliations with today and in the last year alone has provided with €1.3 Billion of weaponry (second only to Israel in the region).

–In 1939 the British were willing to s'Sell Out' the Balfour Declaration in order to garnish Arab support for the imminent WW2. Contrary to their modern day stance of backing Israel, after WW2 Britain tried to cement their own economic/political interests in the region by focusing on Arab interests rather than aiding the creation of the Jewish State! In an effort to assert heir political influence they created the Arab-League. This has back fired spectacularly and the Arab League is now a vehicle for anti-Western radicalism.

- In the 1950s, America took up the mantle of 'democratising' the Middle East by promoting moderate elements that they thought they could control. This began with their support for the Egyptian coup of 1952,which swept Gamal Abdel Nasser into power.

- Then came the Soviets who pumped money and arms to try and gain influence in the region. They backed the PLO and the “peace process” of the 1990s only for it to fail miserably as well.

- To counteract the threat of the USSR gaining a foot hold in the region the USA backed the Afgan jihadis's. This indirect intervention spawned the Taliban and al-Qaida and brought Usama Bin Ladin to global prominence.

- We must also remember America's backing of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

In 2013, America, as they done by supporting Afghan jihadis against the USSR, have yet again adopted the policy of supporting who they deem to be the lesser of two evils in Syria, the Sunni jihadi's....

All the Western powers are succeeding to do is perpetuate a Sunni-Shia conflict which will both divide the Muslim-majority world and have political ramifications for the West for generations to come!

Assad will have no choice but to introduce wide ra...

2013-07-09T00:02:34.700+01:00

Assad will have no choice but to introduce wide ranging reform and allow for the election of a new government. If he had done this earlier then much of the fertile ground allowing for the rebellion would have been closed down. Having withstood the vicious rebel onslaught by dent of a popular resistance, the Syrian people are now entitled to greater freedom and democracy.

After almost two years of bitter conflict Assad re...

2013-07-08T23:47:16.149+01:00

After almost two years of bitter conflict Assad remains in power despite all earlier predictions of his certain downfall. His dogged refusal to surrender his position has only been made possible because of significant popular support, on the one hand, and the loyalty of the Syrian army on the other. Faced with the determined challenge from the rebels, aided and abetted by America and Britian, the Syrians have rallied in defence of their nation. The presence of Islamist forces in the country has been a major cause of concern for the vast majority of the people who, whilst predominantly Muslim, do not subscribe to theocratic government.

I have to agree with you Sean, what everyone is ov...

2013-07-08T21:27:07.816+01:00

I have to agree with you Sean, what everyone is overlooking is that all the uprisings have been instigated by Muslim Jihadist. Who's aim is to overthrow anyone so they can control the people with draconian laws, Assad has already stated that it is al qaeda in a different cloak, but he must change, and let the people vote for a government, but exclude all religions from partaking in such elections, Just today in egypt , Afer a lot of protesters were shot dead and many more wounded , video footage has been showed of gunmen firing at the police and army from within the protesters ranks, but no proof as to who they were as yet, could have been undercover security forces trying to stir things up, then made good there escape, or , Al qaeda , also making good there escape, I am of the firm belief that families who control countries should be outed, and, elections held, but Religion is not to be part of any government, no one can be united whilst religion is a barrier, as the old saying goes, it's not our country which is divided, It's our people.

Sean, much of this arguably makes sense but even...

2013-07-08T09:02:18.655+01:00

Sean,

much of this arguably makes sense but even where these things have to be endorsed it should be done while holding your nose rather than wishing long life to tyrants.

Without trying to get into another debate on the s...

2013-07-08T01:31:03.420+01:00

Without trying to get into another debate on the suitability, for want of a better word, of Assad then this is why I think the best option for Syria, if it's to maintain any meaningful independence and sovereignty, is the continuation of the current regime - which of course should also agree to reform as a quid pro quo. Assad and his army did not as expected bow to the most intense pressure, violently applied and most of it foreign driven, sourced and funded. And the Syrian people united against the external threat for the sake of the greater good. Let's hope they maintain that unity and continue to withstand the threatening behaviour and this proposed 'economic terrorism' that seeks to bring Syria under the aegis of the neo-liberal IMF/World Bank blueprint for the world - What this has been about all along. It's no coincidence that when the neo-con right occupied the White House after the stolen US Presidential election of 2000 that brought the Bush II regime back to power only seven countries in the entire world had a central banking system independent of IMF, World Bank or (let's call it what it really is without trying to make this sound like an Internet conspiracy theory) Rothschild control. Those countries? Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Iran and North Korea. It doesn't take a genius to work out the rest. When these people control your banking system they control your economic system, when they control your economic system you are their slave - just look at the Free State which has now zero meaningful sense of economic sovereignty or independence. The banking interests that rule this world have all the say, the Irish people or their representatives have none - squat. Those that resist this model are to be systematically destroyed by whatever means necessary, be that the lynching of a country's legitimate President in the streets of Serte by foreign mercenaries controlled by US/British intelligence ("we came, we saw, he died") or this economic strangulation once applied in a different theatre when Nixon promised "we're gonna make the economy scream" as Washington violently interfered with the Chilean economy to pave the way for the attack on the Moneda and the introduction of the Chicago School of Economics