Stephen Lendman
So called cessation of hostilities and upcoming peace
talks on resolving Syria’s conflict belie Washington’s rage for war and regime
change.
Peace and stability are anathema to America’s regional
objectives. Endless war serves them. Obama is no peacemaker.
He continues bombing seven countries illegally, way
exceeding the worst of George Bush - including Afghanistan and Pakistan
(AfPak), Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
Murder by drone is official US policy, killing few
so-called high-profile targets, overwhelmingly affecting noncombatant
civilians, the latest atrocity in Somalia.
On March 8, drones and warplanes killed about 150
Somalis. No evidence suggests they were terrorists as claimed. Rules of
engagement authorize anything goes. Indiscriminate murder refutes the dominant
narrative’s Big Lie.
In testimony this week to Senate Armed Services
Committee members, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) General Lloyd Austin
urged reestablishing the program to train and equip so-called “moderate
rebels.”
“I’ve asked for permission to restart the effort by
using a different approach,” he said.
False! The proposed new approach belies what’s been
ongoing throughout five years of endless war, resolution nowhere in sight.
No moderate rebels exist. All anti-government forces
are terrorists, imported from scores of countries, regional and elsewhere.
The so-called earlier program to defeat ISIS never
existed, funds used to recruit and train their fighters, along with other
anti-Syrian death squads.
It remains ongoing, using terrorist foot soldiers to
oust Assad, replace his legitimate government with one Washington controls,
partition Syria into two or more mini-states, steal its resources, exploit its
people.
So-called peace talks are dead-on-arrival before
beginning next week - if at all after numerous postponements.
Cessation of hostilities is pure illusion. Multiple
violations occur daily. Lower intensity fighting is temporary ahead of war
winds again reaching gale force.
Conflict continues because Washington rejects peace.
All post-9/11 wars continue endlessly, Afghanistan to reach its 15th
anniversary this October - resolution nowhere in sight, or in other US war
theaters.
Permanent war is official US policy, serving
longstanding imperial objectives, with bipartisan support - humanity more
threatened today than any previous time in history.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at
lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
His new book as editor and contributor is titled
"Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."
http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.
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posted by Steve Lendman @ 8:50 AM
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