“The U.S. war on terror is probably the greatest lie
of the 21st century, and a big part of the 20th century,
too.”
President Obama continues to play his three card monte game in
Syria, pretending to wage an all-out war against ISIS, while at the
same time helping al-Nusra, al-Qaida’s terrorist army in Syria,
blend in with the other jihadists armed and financed by the United
States and its allies. With Russian help, the Syrian Army may soon
be in position to march against the ISIS capital, in Raqqah, and to
drive al-Qaida from the country’s second largest city, Aleppo. If
that happens, it would signal the final unraveling of a nearly four
decades-long U.S. policy of using fundamentalist Islamic jihadists
as
foot soldiers for U.S. imperialism, in partnership with Saudi
Arabia. That’s what is driving the Saudi monarchy crazy, because,
if the jihadists are defeated in Syria, they are certain to turn on
their Saudi paymasters and the other infinitely corrupt monarchies
in the Persian Gulf. What goes around, eventually comes around.
And, that’s why President Obama is
sending 250 more Special Forces troops into Syria, supposedly
to train more of those phantom “moderate” rebels that the Pentagon
last year admitted
do not exist. The real number of U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq
is certainly much higher than the U.S. is admitting. These U.S.
soldiers are attempting to rearm and unite all of the smaller
terrorist groups that are integrated with al-Qaida – that is,
everyone except ISIS.
The Russians aren’t fooled one bit by Obama’s terrorist shell
game. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has resisted U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposals to carve Syria up into
so-called “zones
of interest,” a phony kind of cease-fire that would prevent the
Syrian government from taking back its national territory. Lavrov
is telling the U.S. that any so-called rebels that are caught
fighting alongside al-Qaida will be killed, just like al-Qaida, and
that the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria is
not subject to negotiation.
“The U.S. presence in Syria is totally
illegal.”
The Russians and the Syrian government not only have
international law firmly on their side, but also the relevant
United Nations Security Council resolution, which calls on the
entire world to fight against both ISIS and al-Qaida’s Nusra Front.
The U.S. voted for the resolution, and President Obama has
repeatedly stated that Washington respects Syria’s national
sovereignty. Obama is lying, of course – but then, the U.S. war on
terror is probably the greatest lie of the 21st century, and a big
part of the 20th century, too.
The U.S. presence in Syria is totally illegal – which is why
Obama has to cloak it in terms of American self-defense against
ISIS, despite the fact that ISIS grew by leaps and bounds until the
Russians intervened and forced the Americans to pretend to wage war
against it. The U.S. troops’ main job is to arm the various brands
of al-Qaida fighters with heavy weapons, and to act as a “trip
wire,” daring the Russians to bomb areas of the country where
American troops are active. In other words, he is prepared to go to
war with Russia to defend the terrorist armies he has unleashed on
Syria.
Obama will end his term in office as the protector-in-chief of
al-Qaida. What a legacy for the First Black President.
For Black Agenda Radio, I’m Glen Ford. On the web, go to
BlackAgendaReport.com.
BAR executive editor Glen Ford can be contacted at
Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com.