syria

[alice wellintown]

It's typical of the slick stuff Joseph reads and cites, it is a type
of journalism from the Left that shadow boxes with the mass media and the
public statements, sound bites, of officials in government. Anyone who has
been interested in this crisis knows that the US has been, for at least two
years, supplying arms from the US ally states, Saudi Arabia & Co., and
this, covert stuff the WE does all over the world in conflicts it deems of
interest to its interests opens the US to charges that it is not a force
for peace, for humanitarian support, that it is a reluctant superpower that
must act to uphold he norm. Of course, these conspiracy theories, about how
the US only goes where the oil is, only wants to perpetuate wars and
conflicts, lies to its people and the world, is a hypocrite....have lots of
history to cite, but they tend to dumb things down, ignore the obvious,
toss out reason and what academic experts and political ones all agree to,
push facts out the door and so on.

Why would the US not want peace? Well, it wants peace and advantage.   if
the US can weaken the government further, it can possibly get Assad out of
the way, or negotiate with a weaker government, better terms. This makes
sense. The terms would include admitting to the use of wmd, punishment for
this, Syria signing on to destroying its WMD, agreeing to never build or
use the again. The minority, hat now holds power would give in to a more
democratic government that represents all of he factions. So on.

But conspiracy theory journalism does serve a purpose. It is a kind of muck
raking. We just need to see it for what it is. To cite a Cockburn is kind
of silly.


On Friday, September 6, 2013, David Morris wrote:

> I think we talk in different realms.
>
> I am only looking for evidence that the US has been arming the (now
> fractured) "Opposition."  All the rest is confetti.
>
> On Friday, September 6, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:
>
>> There is a detailed article by Adam Entous in the Wall Street Journal who
>> spent time in the region and goes into detail about the involvement of
>> Bandar, Petraus and the CIA. Also The alternet article does in fact name
>> several sources.  But the WSJ article makes it very clear that the US and
>> its "friends" have been aiding advising and helping arm the rebel forces.
>> On Sep 6, 2013, at 1:25 PM, David Morris wrote:
>>
>> > So this article alleges.  I didn't see any evidence provided.
>> >
>> > On Friday, September 6, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:
>> > The US has been arming the rebels and blocking peace talks
>> >
>> http://www.alternet.org/world/america-has-fueled-bloody-civil-war-syria?akid=10892.211452.F8kQ4r&rd=1&src=newsletter892458&t=5
>>
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