No Moderate Syrian
Rebels Exist
By Stephen Lendman
November 06, 2015 "Information
Clearing House" -
US claims otherwise are a
complete fabrication. All anti-Assad forces are US-trained,
armed, funded, and directed terrorists, taught the fine art of
killing, committing atrocities and using chemical weapons -
including ISIS, Al Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra and various splinter
groups.
The so-called Free Syrian
Army and other alleged “moderates” exist only in US and go-along
media propaganda reports, willful misinformation to deceive an
uninformed public.
Wars depend on lies to
gain popular support, or at least no significant opposition.
Often they collapse under the own weight.
Putin’s righteous Syrian
mission shows the emperor has no clothes. If enough Americans
pay attention and express outrage, Washington’s imperial Middle
East agenda may falter, perhaps collapse. It’s already wobbly.
ISIS et al represent proxy
US foot soldiers, imported abroad from scores of countries.
They’re all legitimate Russian targets, all being battered by
formidable air power to Washington’s consternation, wrecking its
regional agenda - for the first time, a real challenge to its
hegemonic aims.
Putin is effectively
contesting Obama’s dirty game. Washington has no effective
counter-strategy, increasingly transparent propaganda and
dubious military moves alone, along with continued Russia
bashing and fear-mongering.
In testimony before the
House Armed Services Committee, two State Department officials
repeated tired old Big Lies.
Assistant Secretary of
State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson and her European
and Eurasian Affairs counterpart Victoria Nuland committed
perjury - claiming Russian air strikes hit 85 to 90% “moderate”
rebels and civilians in areas with no ISIS presence.
“Russia's military
intervention has dangerously exacerbated an already complex
environment," Patterson blustered.
“(T)his has not been a
Russian fight against terrorism so much as an effort to preserve
the Assad regime,” she duplicitously claimed.
Nuland remains infamous
for orchestrating the coup against Ukraine’s sitting government,
replacing it with Nazi-infested putchists - responsible for
aggression against its own people and virtually every imaginable
human rights abuse.
Her testimony was a litany
of Big Lies, saying Assad “continues to barrel bomb its own
citizens with impunity, perhaps even emboldened by Moscow’s
help.”
“The vast majority of
Russian air strikes are targeted in areas where the Assad regime
has lost territory to forces led by the moderate opposition.”
“We are accelerating the
work we are doing to support the moderate Syrian opposition and
to protect Syria’s neighbors” - code language of US supporting
ISIS and other takfiri terrorists.
“(W)e are awaiting further
evidence that Russia is sincere in its claims to want to fight
ISIL and save Syria for the Syrian people, rather than simply
protecting the dictator who bears direct responsibility for the
country’s destruction...The quality of our cooperation with
Russia in Syria depends on the choices Moscow makes.”
It’s hard imagining anyone
believes Nuland’s utter disregard for the truth. Her public
record betrays her, revealing her deplorable neocon credentials
- supporting endless wars of aggression, responsible for
devastating mass slaughter and destruction.
“What would positive
cooperation by Russia look like,” she asked? Cease its military
campaign, “insist” Assad pull back, work with Washington and its
(rogue) partners for resolving things diplomatically.
Fact: No nation has done
more to restore peace and stability to Syria than Russia - none
more committed to endless aggression and regime change than
America.
Fact: Russia scrupulously
observes international laws, norms and standards.
Fact: America
systematically breaches them, operating solely by its own rules
for its imperial objectives, raping one nation after another in
the process.
Who are the so-called
“moderate” rebels Washington consistently touts? Where are they?
Last month, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia can’t
identify them. Washington provides no information.
“From the very beginning
of the operation in Syria, President Vladimir Putin and other
Russian officials have expressed the readiness to interact with
the so-called moderate opposition,” Peskov explained.
“At the same time, it had
to be stated that attempts to identify the so-called moderate
opposition remained unsuccessful all the way.”
“(N)o moderate forces can
be spotted in the patchy mass of terrorist and extremist
organizations that pose a threat to Syria’s territorial and
political integrity.”
“Regrettably, neither the
US nor European partners, nor somebody else has been able to
help us with this identification. Other countries are unable to
point to some moderate forces capable of taking care of a
settlement in Syria. Regrettably, there have been no tangible
results.”
State Department spokesman
Admiral John Kirby claims some (nonexistent) “moderate” rebels
switched sides. Hot war success depends heavily on winning the
propaganda one.
Putin’s effective war on
terrorism shows America is losing on both fronts. He’s the
preeminent leader for world peace and stability.
