What
happened in Syria can easily be replicated in any other part of this world. The
war became a product which is being reproduced and replicated. It is urgent
that humanity understands what has really happened. It is also must understand how it happened
and why so that we can stop this from consuming from our planet. It is like the flames of a dragon burning up
one nation after another.
Reflecting
on the essays in this book, the reader may begin to understand not only what
has happened in Syria, but also what is currently happening in Yemen, Libya and
soon in many other parts of this world.
When the word “war” is used, some glorious scenes might come to mind. Wars could be those historical battles, where strong young men meet to demonstrate their youth and strength, and where the leaders strive to show their intelligence. We all go to cinemas to watch films about such wars. We tell children stories about them. Thus, I find “war” far too romantic when I try to describe what happens in Syria. In this tragedy, no skills were demonstrated but turning hospitals, children, and civilians into piles of limbs and blood. The leaders of the fighter parties have barely met and hardly lost at all. They came back home at the end of the war, all safe, all winners, with enlarged pockets and full bank accounts, while millions of civilians were displaced. Unlimited stories of torture, unlimited limbs were cut, unlimited eyes were gouged out and heads were cut off. The war was not designed to fight for something. No land, raw material or strategic position was gained. It was not for fighting or winning. It was designed just to create the most tragic story in human history.
It is not only the number of victims that made this tragedy one of the ugliest wars in history[1]. What defines the Syrian war is that it happened at a time when the world was supposed to be “mature,” with apparent sophisticated international law systems implemented by nations and organizations who assumed that such a war was no longer possible on this planet. The massacres in Rwanda or Kosovo happened before – while humanity was taking a “nap”. Times had changed and the international community “came of age” and its ethics became clear enough to make such cases exist only in history books. At least, that is what the Syrians thought (or were led to believe).
The millions of demonstrators who headed out to the streets had enough reason to act against such corrupt and murderous regimes. However, they had enough reason before that as well and refrained from such steps for decades. They were not ignorant of their regime’s ethics (or lack thereof) and its unlimited brutality. Actually, they have been aware of this regime and its allies’ amoral standards since 1982, or even earlier. Neither were they so stupid that they miscalculated their arsenal versus their country’s[2]. They took these steps relying mainly on the supposed “maturity” of the world’s nations and organizations, including many outsider events which were completely out of the Syrians’ influence[3]. However, and this is very important, this reliance didn’t come spontaneously, rather it was carefully planned, and this point is critical to understanding exactly what happened.
Declarations and promises by presidents like Obama, Erdogan, and European leaders[i] were systematic and clear. They were accompanied by serious work on the ground. Tracking these declarations across the years of crises leaves no doubt that they were not accidental, mistaken, or innocent[4].
Was it then a “conspiracy” against the Syrian regime?
Here is the mysterious part of the story: the regime of Assad was a part of this “conspiracy” not a bystander or a contradicting force. All of his acts and reactions supported the mission of this conspiracy and aided it. The media coverage explained the unjustified violence by Assad’s regime as a sort of fascism, sadism or political stupidity. As you read further you will understand why this explanation is not sufficient nor logical. Assad is not the only player in this game nor a dictator disconnected from any other power. He is connected to the most powerful and well-established intelligence organizations in the world. His regime is an international business. None of the owners of this business are going to leave the security of this empire up to the stupidity of a dumb dictator. So, every action taken was studied and deliberately chosen. But for what purpose?
That is what I will try to explain throughout the following pages of this book.
It is not only the number of victims that made this tragedy one of the ugliest wars in history[1]. What defines the Syrian war is that it happened at a time when the world was supposed to be “mature,” with apparent sophisticated international law systems implemented by nations and organizations who assumed that such a war was no longer possible on this planet. The massacres in Rwanda or Kosovo happened before – while humanity was taking a “nap”. Times had changed and the international community “came of age” and its ethics became clear enough to make such cases exist only in history books. At least, that is what the Syrians thought (or were led to believe).
The millions of demonstrators who headed out to the streets had enough reason to act against such corrupt and murderous regimes. However, they had enough reason before that as well and refrained from such steps for decades. They were not ignorant of their regime’s ethics (or lack thereof) and its unlimited brutality. Actually, they have been aware of this regime and its allies’ amoral standards since 1982, or even earlier. Neither were they so stupid that they miscalculated their arsenal versus their country’s[2]. They took these steps relying mainly on the supposed “maturity” of the world’s nations and organizations, including many outsider events which were completely out of the Syrians’ influence[3]. However, and this is very important, this reliance didn’t come spontaneously, rather it was carefully planned, and this point is critical to understanding exactly what happened.
Declarations and promises by presidents like Obama, Erdogan, and European leaders[i] were systematic and clear. They were accompanied by serious work on the ground. Tracking these declarations across the years of crises leaves no doubt that they were not accidental, mistaken, or innocent[4].
Was it then a “conspiracy” against the Syrian regime?
Here is the mysterious part of the story: the regime of Assad was a part of this “conspiracy” not a bystander or a contradicting force. All of his acts and reactions supported the mission of this conspiracy and aided it. The media coverage explained the unjustified violence by Assad’s regime as a sort of fascism, sadism or political stupidity. As you read further you will understand why this explanation is not sufficient nor logical. Assad is not the only player in this game nor a dictator disconnected from any other power. He is connected to the most powerful and well-established intelligence organizations in the world. His regime is an international business. None of the owners of this business are going to leave the security of this empire up to the stupidity of a dumb dictator. So, every action taken was studied and deliberately chosen. But for what purpose?
That is what I will try to explain throughout the following pages of this book.
[2] A hunting gun is the most used killing weapon an individual could
own before 2011 against a regime that was prepared to face Israel, backed
unlimitedly by Russia, Iran, and many other countries and semi-countries (like
Hezbollah and plenty of radical sectarian and mercenary militias).
[3] Events like huge waves of weapons and foreigner inflows, besides
financial and media factors, which I will describe thoroughly throughout the
pages of this book.
See Reuters’ Article on 22.11.2011 “Turkish PM calls on Syria's
Assad to quit. While Turkey is opposed to outside intervention, it has met with
Syrian opposition groups and allows them to meet in Turkish cities. It has also
given refuge to Syrian army defectors but denies it is supporting an armed
resistance. Turkish newspapers quoted officials at the weekend saying Turkey
could set up a no-fly or buffer zone in Syrian territory to protect people from
Assad’s security forces, in order to head off a potential mass exodus of
refugees from Syria.
[4] Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia
University: “This is a US mistake that started seven years ago. And I remember
the day when President Obama said: “Assad must go” and I said: “Huh, how is he
going to do that? Where is the policy for that?” and we know they sent in the
CIA to overthrow Assad. The CIA and Saudi Arabia together in covert operations
tried to overthrow Assad. It was a disaster. Eventually it brought in both Isis
as a splinter group to the jihadists that went in. It also brought in Russia.
[…] This is what I would call “the permanent state”, this is the CIA, this is
the Pentagon. […] We have made a proxy war in Syria. It has killed 500,000
people, displaced 10 million, and I'll say predictably so, because I predicted
it seven years ago, that there was no way to do this, and it would make a
complete chaos” Prescribed from MSNBC Panel On Syria, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O2TRzA2ezk
[i]
10 June 2011 Erdogan,
Speaking on Turkey's ATV channel, said:
“The situation in Syria for Turkey is not like that one in Libya, Syria is almost like an internal affair (for Turkey).
We have an 800- to 900-kilometer border. We have relatives there. Turkey can’t
accept repeating Hama massacre. http://archive.arabic.cnn.com/2011/syria.2011/6/10/turkey.syria/
Two
years later, Erdogan would appear again repeating the same Monologue. At that time,
the Syrian victims of this play exceeded triple the number of Hama massacre.
Though, Erdogan didn’t seem to be regretful or excusing. He rather looked like an
actor who keep his performance as it was written for him.
This
play continued in the same momentum till the moment of writing these lines. The
propaganda channels, which are financed mainly by Qatar, didn’t stop praising
him as “the leader who didn’t let the Syrians down”. This continued non-stop
during the 8 years of the Syrian tragedy, even after 600,000 killed, 10 million
were displaced and unknown amount of damage and lost.
19 Aug 2011,
Obama said “Assad must resign”
“U.S., Europe call for Syrian leader al-Assad to step down”
“Secretary Clinton Says Syrian President Assad 'Must Go'”
May
16, 2013, “Obama and Erdogan: Syria's Assad Must Go”
Wall
Street Journal,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvvqrwwkSlM
The
speech was just after Obama’s so called “red line” was crossed, in which Assad
reportedly used the chemical weapons as the American investigations have
proved.
“I have, at this point, not ordered military
engagement in the situation. But the point that you made about chemical
and biological weapons is critical. That’s an issue that doesn’t just
concern Syria; it concerns our close allies in the region, including
Israel. It concerns us. We cannot have a situation where chemical
or biological weapons are falling into the hands of the wrong people.
“We have
been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground,
that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons
moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus.
That would change my equation.”
“In
April, in a letter
sent to lawmakers saying there was evidence that chemical weapons had been used
in Syria, White House legislative affairs director Miguel E. Rodriguez asserted”
Till
the moment of writing this lines, the play is just going on in its same
momentum.
Excerpted from The Jimmy Dore Show
MSNBC Panel On Syria with Jeffrey Sachs, professor of sustainable development and health policy at Columbia University,
The original video can be watched here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O2TRzA2ezk&feature=youtu.be