Proxy War in Syria Threatens Catastrophe for the Middle East

[Purveyor]

Saturday 4 February 2012
by: Shamus Cooke, Veracity Voice | News Analysis

In an effort to undermine Iran by overthrowing its strategic ally, Syria, western nations are using their Middle East client states to conduct a multi-pronged attack against Syria through the media, the Arab League, the United Nations and now through military proxy forces. This fact is widely recognized by many mainstream western media sources. For example, the well-connected pro-western magazine, the Economist, casually states:

“Iran and Russia aide the [Syrian government] regime; Saudi Arabia and Turkey favor the rebels… Left alone, the rival camps will fuel a worsening conflict that could destabilize the entire region.” (January 28, 2012).

Of course Saudi Arabia and Turkey are key U.S. allies. Saudi Arabia doesn’t sneeze until first consulting its U.S. ambassador.

A grouping of U.S. client states known as the Gulf Cooperation Council — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain — recently dealt a death blow to the Arab League’s monitoring mission in Syria and are now demanding that the UN Security Council take all “necessary measures” — presumably including an invasion — to ensure regime change in Syria, the same diplomatic maneuver that the U.S. and its European partners in NATO used to justify its mass bombing campaign of Libya.

MORE...

http://www.truth-out.org/proxy-war-syria-threatens-catastrophe-middle-east/1328367173

[sabrina 1]

1. Bahrain, and the Western nations having so much of a problem with SOME dictators,

have no problems with what is going on in Bahrain. Which is why the world is no longer fooled by the West's claims of caring for the people.

Bahrain is our ally, even as that regime slaughters its own citizens.

[joshcryer]

4. Please don't diminish the Syrian atrocities.

[sabrina 1]

5. Please don't put thoughts or words in my mouth that I have not had or did not say.

All Syrians have to do to see how they would do with help from Western powers is to look at Iraq, Afghanistan, and the horrific tragedy that Libya, predictably, has become. I would not wish that on anyone.

[joshcryer]

6. You diminish Syrian atrocities by equating them with Bahrain.

I do not have to put words in your mouth that you have not had or did not say.

You wrote those words yourself.

[tabatha]

2. I liked this comment

It's incredible how subtle are those western nations that they were able to convince Assad and his henchmen to murder a few thousand Syrian citizens so that Assad would look as if he were no a nice fun-loving sort.


You've written something even more stupid than you're last entry on this blog. Superior assholery, Shamus!

[joshcryer]

3. Good comment, really shows light on the tin-foil inanities.