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tepping stone on the path to regime change in iran not only is syria an iranian ally syria also funnels arms into lebanon those arms could be used against israel if israel attacks iran thus the western powers want syria out of the way in order to facilitate regime change in iran sunni shia divisions syria iran lebanon mixed and iraq form a shia alliance saudi arabia leads a sunni alliance turkey bahrain kuwait oman qatar and united arab emirates that wants to break up the shia alliance the western powers want to play up the divide in a classical imperialist manner in order to maintain and extend hegemony over the middle east it is a grievous mistake to align yourself with any government the syrian government the united states government the russian government the saudi arabian government etc all have their own agenda that has nothing to do with the welfare of the syrian people the critical point is to allow the syrians and everybody else to determine their own fate the assault on the syrian government is straining the relationship between the united states and russia a syrian ally anything that strains the relationship between the two nuclear superpowers is a bad thing foreign powers are funneling arms to the syrian rebels the result is not only an increase in violence but the whole opposition movement is being taken over by the most violent elements imposing regime change on syria is likely to have dire consequences for religious minorities for example religious minorities in iraq suffered enormously after the fall of saddam hussein in a time when the united states government is running deficits of over a trillion dollars a year in order to prop up its teetering economy and the european banking system is in danger of collapse do the western powers really need to take on the expense of imposing regime change in syria do the actions of the united states toward syria conform to international law what should opponents of a syrian intervention do to stem the assault at tolstoy put it what is to be done webbed articles on the syrian intervention propaganda is the name of the game in media reports of atrocities in syria propaganda is the name of the game in media reports of atrocities in syria by jeremy r hammond the article analyzes claims of atrocities propagated by western governments and media https apps facebook com theguardian commentisfree 2012 jun 05 syria un intervention bashar al assad in syria foreign intervention will only shed more blood in other words the us and its allies are sponsoring regime change through civil war the article emphasizes the importance of the sunni shia conflict http www boilingfrogspost com 2012 03 11 the bloody road to damascus the bloody road to damascus by james petras mr petras describes the goals of the various parties attempting to bring down the syrian regime http warisacrime org content syria natos next humanitarian war syria nato s next humanitarian war by prof michel chossudovsky mr chossudovsky describes the genesis and character of the syrian opposition the article describes in some detail how the u s has worked to destabilize the syrian regime and the use of propaganda starving the syrians for human rights physicians for human rights supports tougher u s sanctions on syria starving the syrians for human rights physicians for human rights supports tougher u s sanctions on syria by john walsh mr walsh describes how sanctions hurt ordinary syrians the article also elaborates on how ngos are corrupted by the empire http www activistpost com 2012 04 natos slow genocide in libya syria is html nato s slow genocide in libya syria is next by tony cartalucci mr cartalucci describes how human rights watch and amnesty international became part of the propaganda machine that supports wars in libya and syria http original antiwar com zunes 2012 03 30 military intervention in syria is a bad idea military intervention in syria is a bad idea by stephen zunes mr zunes says that intervention will raise the overall level of violence in syria violence plays into the hands of the syrian regime and the most violent elements of the opposition http lewrockwell com margolis margolis285 html what is really going on in syria by eric margolis there are no clean hands in syria http www hrw org node 105885 syria armed opposition groups committing abuses human rights watch describes abuses that include kidnappings torture and murder http www atimes com atimes middle_east nc09ak03 html syria straining credulity by alastair crooke mr crooke examines the uses of emotion in propaganda and the purposes that such a strategy serves stratfor emails covert special ops inside syria since december stratfor emails covert special ops inside syria since december by john glaser a private conversation with pentagon officials suggested us and allied troops were on the ground in syria http www counterpunch org 2012 02 13 road to damascus and on to armageddon road to damascus and on to armageddon by diana johnstone which is more important ensuring disgruntled islamists freedom to overthrow the secular regime in syria or avoiding world war three ms johnstone sees civil war in syria and an attempt by the western powers to shift the balance of power against iran russia and china http www globalresearch ca index php context va aid 29524 syria clinton admits us on same side as al qaeda to destabilize assad government by michel chossudovsky and finian cunningham the article avers that al qaeda elements are committing terrorist acts and that the result could be a wider war http www atimes com atimes middle_east nb04ak01 html exposed the arab agenda in syria by pedro escobar the article describes the machinations of the arab league against the syrian government http whowhatwhy com 2012 02 14 but syriasly folks russ baker on the roots of the foreign intervention in syria the article describes the overweening hypocrisy of the u s government the operations of al qaeda and the role of the arab league http original antiwar com justin 2012 02 05 the syrian crucible the syrian crucible by justin raimondo the article covers omnipresent u s government hypocrisy the movement for justice and development the free syrian army the movement of arms the national transitional council supported by foreign governments the abu bakr brigade and the uses of so called soft power cia funneling arms to syrian rebels through turkey cia funneling arms to syrian rebels through turkey by jason ditz cia officers are engaged in a supposed vetting process for which fighters get arms http www stopwar org uk index php middle east and north africa 1330 be careful what you wish for the friends of syria are no friends at all be careful what you wish for the friends of syria are no friends at all by lindsey german the article covers the operations of nato the history of recent wars and the hypocrisy of the major players http atimes com atimes middle_east nc27ak02 html ankara ups the ante on syria by jacques n couvas the article includes a lengthy history of the turkish syrian relationship a discussion of the role of the kurds and a brief description of the sunni anti syrian coalition http www guardian co uk world 2012 jun 11 al qaida syria william hague al qaida affiliates operating in syria says william hague by nicholas watt and martin chulov the article describes arms smuggling into syria and the operations of the free syria army http www chicagotribune com news columnists ct oped 0531 chapman 20120531 0 7759610 column why we should stay out of syria by steve chapman the article compares the syrian intervention unfavorably with the libyan intervention based on practical considerations c i a said to aid in steering arms to syrian opposition by eric schmitt given that the russians and chinese are blocking direct military intervention the empire is attempting to destabilize the syrian regime via indirect military means simply put no one is in charge simply put no one is in charge by john glaser mr glaser discusses the fractured and brutal nature of the syrian opposition the foreign military support for the opposition and the consequences http www telegraph co uk news worldnews middleeast syria 9334707 us holds high level talks with syrian rebels seeking weapons in washington html us holds high level talks with syrian rebels seeking weapons in washington by peter foster and ruth sherlock the united states keeps progressing toward direct intervention http atimes com atimes middle_east ng10ak02 html there will be hell to pay for nato s holy war by pepe escobar the article describes how syria fits into the geopolitical maneuvering between the american empire and its rivals http www guardian co uk commentisfree 2012 jul 12 syrian opposition doing the talking the syrian opposition who s doing the talking by charlie skelton mr skelton takes a close look at the public face of the syrian opposition and finds deep ties to american neo conservatives neo liberals and the state department posted january 29 2013 by brian cantin in uncategorized a conservative representative of the ruling class angelo m codevilla wrote an article america s ruling class and the perils of revolution that received quite a bit of positive attention for example robert higgs charles burris and gary north all wrote glowing reviews of mr codevilla s essay mr codevilla s piece basically says that the progressive movement has become the ruling class in the united states i responded to mr codevilla s article in a conservative view of the ruling class while i agreed with mr codevilla about the sins of the progressives my main complaint was that mr codevilla ignored certain aspects of the state such as the military when he wrote about the american ruling class mr codevilla appeared on john stossel s television program that aired october 21st 2010 mr codevilla s appearance did much to clear up why his view of the american ruling class is biased what was implicit in mr codevilla s essay became explicit the subject under discussion was cutting government spending someone asked mr codevilla whether he was in favor of cutting military spending mr codevilla replied that he preferred to look in other areas of the budget in defense of his stance he said that the defense budget was a relatively small part of the total federal budget mr codevilla also said that he was in favor of cutting waste in the intelligence budget mr codevilla s background explains much from mr codevilla s biography in the american spectator angelo m codevilla a professor of international relations at boston university a fellow of the claremont institute and a senior editor of the american spectator was a foreign service officer and served on the staff of the u s senate intelligence committee between 1977 and 1985 mr codevilla made his career as a part of the defense establishment would you really expect that someone with such a background would want to cut the military imagine asking a functionary in the the social securities administration ssa whether government spending on federal social programs should be reduced that functionary might support cutting waste but he would be highly unlikely to support a fundamental change in policy that attacked federal spending on social programs in the case of the ssa functionary mr codevilla would recognize that the bureaucrat was part of the ruling class the same insight escapes mr codevilla with regard to matters military as for mr codevilla s contention that the military budget is a small part of total federal spending the facts speak otherwise robert higgs in defense spending is much greater than you think comes up with a figure of 1 027 5 billion dollars for total defense expenditures in fiscal year 2009 the united states federal budget lists total expenditures of 3 518 billion dollars for fiscal year 2009 thus 29 2 percent of the federal budget is devoted to defense maybe i am old fashioned but both in absolute and relative terms a trillion dollars a year seems like a lot of money mr codevilla says he wants to cut waste in the intelligence budget but an endless series of commissions have been formed over the years to cut waste in various aspects of the government you would be hard pressed to find a politician who fails to promise to cut waste while campaigning nothing has come from all the studies and all the promises except that federal spending keeps going up you have no hope of reducing spending unless you change the policies the trillion dollars a year in defense spending buys armies of bureaucrats military personnel and defense contractors ever since the 1940 s when the united states established an empire defense outlays have fed a permanent establishment journalist and academics provide justifications for defense outlays and help shape public opinion to accept the security state so how can some bureaucrat in the social securities administration be a member of the ruling class while mr codevilla fails to achieve that honor for a trillion dollars a year america gets a lot of dead foreigners some dictators propped up and quite a few dead americans the ruling class including mr codevilla profit quite handsomely from defense outlays while most americans get a host of foreign enemies and the bill as the united states government slides toward financial ruin about the only way that the defense establishment can be preserved is if non defense expenditures are drastically cut there are plenty of good reasons to cut non defense related expenditures but saving the defense establishment is not one of them posted november 2 2010 by brian cantin in uncategorized on voting h l mencken on the morality of voting every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods emma goldman on the practicality of voting if voting changed anything they d make it illegal a campaign sign inspired by art hoppe vote for nobody nobody will stop the wars nobody will eliminate taxes nobody will respect your rights vote for nobody lew rockell tells us why he does not vote john pugsley weighs in on the electoral process posted october 24 2010 by brian cantin in uncategorized joe sobran rip i tended to dismiss joe sobran because of his national review connection just by happenstance the day before sobran died i listened to an audio of an interview sobran did with scott horton joe sobran had come a long way from his unthinking national review conservatism the following is from my ever fallible memory if you advocate violence against americans you are a liberal if you advocate violence against foreigners you are a conservative if you advocate violence against both americans and foreigners you are a moderate if you advocate violence against nobody you are a radical posted october 3 2010 by brian cantin in uncategorized attacking dissent paul craig roberts announces that the us is a police state mr roberts points out that the recent raids on anti war activists portend future prosecutions for anyone who opposes the empire 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