Washington, NATO allies,
complicit regional partners, the UN, and media scoundrels wrongfully
blame Syria for massacres, other killings, and atrocities committed
by Western recruited death squads.
Washington features dirty tactics. They include blaming victims. Syria
has been ravaged for months. Fingers point the wrong way. Assad is more
victim than villain.
Massacres he's wrongfully blamed for are strategically timed. In June,
Houla made headlines. Weeks later, Traymseh followed. Evidence pointing
the right way was buried. Killer gangs bore full responsibility.
Now another massacre made headlines. Mass media misinformation maliciousness
again blames victims. Below is a sampling of headlines. They show why
growing numbers of readers and viewers choose alternative sources to
stay informed.
Reuters: "Assad forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital"
New York Times: "Crackdown Toll Seen as Syrians Bury Hundreds"
Washington Post: "Gruesome killings mark escalation of violence in Syrian
capital"
AP: "Evidence is mounting of a new massacre in Syria, with at least
320 killed in past several days"
National Public Radio: "Syria Plunges Into Another Week of Deep Violence"
Al Jazeera: "Syria accused of 'massacre' near Damascus"
BBC: "Syria conflict: 'Scores of bodies found' near Damascus"
London Guardian: "Syrian regime accused of killing hundreds in Daraya
massacre"
Western officials and media scoundrels unanimously blame Assad. No evidence
whatever suggests it. Plenty shows killer gang responsibility. It's
buried so readers and viewers don't know.
Daraya residents dispute official lies. Testimonies point fingers the
right way. Western recruited death squads massacred pro-Assad loyalists.
The pattern repeats from one incident to another. Evidence is suppressed
every time. What's later revealed isn't reported. Truth takes a back
seat to propaganda. Assad knows the dirty game and explains it. More
on that below.
Pretexts are mounting for US-led NATO intervention. Inflammatory headlines
support what responsible journalists condemn. Imagine slaughter levels
if conflict becomes full blown and rages for months like in Libya.
Responsible parties, including media scoundrels, never apologize or
look back. They're on focus planning and/or supporting more war. One
segues to another. Bloodshed, destruction, and unspeakable human suffering
define them.
Many parties share guilt. The so-called UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
repeatedly blames Assad wrongfully. It's more imperial tool than honest
broker.
On August 15, its latest propaganda piece headlined "Syrian Government
forces and anti-Government groups responsible for war crimes: UN Commission
of Inquiry (COI)."
In September 2011, Paulo Pinheiro was appointed COI chairman. His mandate
is pro-Western propaganda. His earlier reports bore testimony to his
bias and contempt for justice. His latest one stayed on message.
He wrongfully blames Assad for insurgent crimes. Credibility isn't his
long suit. Pro-imperial reliability defines him well.
<blockquote>His latest report said government forces and other
loyalist elements committed "crimes against humanity of murder and torture,
war crimes and gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian
law, including unlawful killing, indiscriminate attacks against civilian
populations and acts of sexual violence."
He claimed "violations were committed pursuant to State policy pointing
to the involvement at the highest levels of the armed and security forces
of the Government."
He added that "international consensus is essential to end the violence
(and) build the road towards a political transition process that reflects
the legitimate aspirations of all segments of Syrian society…."</blockquote>
Pinheiro lied. His mandate is anti-Assad propaganda. He hasn't disappointed.
Media scoundrels regurgitate his misinformation. So do pro-Western HRC
officials.
On August 27, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) headlined "President
al-Assad: The Scheme Directed against the Entire Region Not only Syria….The
Syrian People Will Not Allow the Scheme to Pass whatever the Cost."
Washington's war on Syria reflects longstanding policy. It's part of
its "greater Middle East" agenda. It's about controlling the entire
region's oil, gas and other resources.
It's about ravaging one country after another to do it. It's to achieve
total dominance over MENA (Middle East/North Africa) countries and Central
Asia to Russia and China's borders.
It's about removing all regional rivals before focusing on other areas.
It's about unchallenged global hegemony one destroyed country at a time.
Imagine what's coming if this insanity isn't stopped.
Russia and China comprise the final frontier. Humanity may not survive
war against either. Policy makers only consider goals, not consequences.
Assad so far held firm. New Orient Center for Strategic Policies contributor
Ghaleb Kandil believes Syria won't fall. Hopefully he's right. Insurgents
on their own can't match superior Syrian military strength and tactical
capability.
They've been routed in one city and town after another. They keep infiltrating
through porous borders. They meet the same fate as earlier fighters.
<blockquote>"The crushing defeat suffered by the armed gangs throughout
Syria reveals that the Syrian Arab army which was built on solid ideological
bases quickly drew the lessons of the war and developed strategies of
urban and rural counter-guerilla, which allowed it to strike the extremists
despite the massive military, material, financial and media means that
were generously offered to them by the coalition of dozens of countries,
not to forget the sanctions adopted against the Syrian people and state
outside the context of the United Nations."</blockquote>
Key is popular pro-Assad support. Kandil explains. Most Syrians know
US-led imperialism targets them. They know what happened in Afghanistan,
Iraq and Libya. They want no part of Western subjugation. They support
political autonomy.
They're willing to fight for it. Thousands of young people volunteer
for army service. It's their struggle. It's too important to lose.
Imagine if foreign forces invaded America, Britain, France, or other
European countries. Imagine if they murdered pro-government loyalists
and committed unspeakable atrocities. Mass numbers would willingly fight
them.
So would internal government opponents. Policies they disapprove of
pale compared to what's likely under Western control with killer gangs
terrorizing people freely.
The real face of Washington's hired guns reflects "rape, executions,
massacres, pillaging…." In comparison, Assad looks saintly. He's their
bottom line defense against what no one would tolerate.
America won't quit easily. Neither will Assad, his loyalists, and the
great majority of Syrians wanting peace, stability, and independence,
free from Western domination. They're not about to roll over without
a fight for their lives and well-being.
Assad calls Syria "the cornerstone" of anti-Western resistance.
During his weekend meeting with Iran's Shura Council National Security
and Foreign Policy Committee chairman, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, he said
Syrians will keep fighting despite "concerted attempts otherwise by
the West and some neighboring countries."
Syrians won't let "this scheme….pass and (will resist to) reach its
goals whatever the cost." Boroujerdi added that both countries have
common interests. Each depends on the other.
They're in constant touch. Iran provides support. It's important to
do so. Beating Washington at its own game takes rock hard resistance.
At the same time, the struggle is far from over.
Who'll prevail isn't clear. Clarity may be many months away, even years.
Syrian suffering won't end unless they prevail. Famed Chicago community
organizer Saul Alinsky once said the way to beat organized money is
with organized people.
The way to beat Western imperialism is with organized, sustained, committed
resistance. That level of determination works. It took Vietnam 30 years.
Syrians are in for a long struggle. Hopefully they're up for what's
too important to lose.
A Final Comment
It's common knowledge, or should be, that Washington, NATO allies, and
regional partners enlist, fund, train, arm, and direct insurgent death
squads.
A new UK tabloid Daily Star report headlined "SAS Hunt Bio Arms," saying:
<blockquote>"NEARLY 200 elite SAS and SBS troops are in or around
Syria hunting for Assad’s weapons of mass destruction, we can reveal."
"Men of the special forces units plus 1 Para are on the ground working
alongside MI6 and the CIA plus American and French troops."</blockquote>
Hunting "bio arms" is a ruse. Western special forces along with regional
ones have been on the ground since last year. They're planning and directing
death squad attacks. CIA and MI6 elements work with them.
At issue is subverting and ousting Assad. Anything goes is policy. Terror
tactics are featured. Responsibility for massacres and other atrocities
lies with them, the fighters they recruit, and
misinformation they're told.
Full-scale war grows likely. Syrian expert Patrick Seale deplores the
prospect. In mid-August he headlined "The Urgent Need to Prevent a Middle
East War," saying:
<blockquote>"A ‘shadow war’ is already being waged - by Israel
and the United States against Iran; by a coalition of countries against
Syria; and by the great powers against each other. A mere spark could
set this tinder alight."</blockquote>
Growing threats come from three sources:
"Israel’s relentless and increasingly hysterical war-mongering against
Iran;"
Washington's imperial ambitions and complicity with Israel; and
Suni Arab League despots' hostility towards Iran, Shias and Alawis.
Partnering with Washington and Israel is self-destructive. Israeli "war
fever rests on a blatant falsehood: that Iran poses an 'existential
threat' to the Jewish people. What a joke!"
"Israel wants unfettered military supremacy." It wants regional hegemony.
It wants rivals removed. Washington has its own regional and global
designs. Achieving them means permanent wars.
Middle East states have much to lose by supporting policies this destructive.
Seale calls what's ongoing "the latest phase of the struggle for Arab
independence."
Britain and France controlled the region after the Ottoman Empire collapsed.
After them came Israel's threat. Combined with Washington, it's menacing.
Arab states should understand that regional wars steal their "little
real independence…."
Instead of siding with America and Israel, their future depends on partnering
to prevent war. It's also about working together cooperatively, recognizing
each other's sovereignty, and growing the region economically for their
mutual benefit.
Discussions during Tehran's Non-Alignment Movement summit feature these
ideas. If policies and determined implementation emerge, imagine the
possibilities. Imagine a region and world at peace instead of war. Imagine
survival instead of extermination.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
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