Speaking today before the Council on Foreign Relations, top Obama aide John Brennan defended the Obama Administration’s aide to Syrian rebels, saying it was growing all the time and that the administration was careful not to let it go to the al-Qaeda affiliated part of the rebels.
Brennan sought to downplay the seriousness of the al-Qaeda factor in Syria, despite regular suicide bombings and terrorist attacks on behalf of the rebel movement, saying that the “overwhelming majority” of the rebels were not terrorists.
Brennan went on to discuss the imposition of a “no-fly zone” over Syria, something which has been pushed on and off as a way to get the US into the business of imposing regime change in the nation. The US used a similar claim of a “no-fly zone” for humanitarian reasons to launch a full scale war of regime change against Libya, saying it was the only way to ensure the zone would be respected.
Brennan insisted that President Obama has never ruled out using a “no-fly zone” in Syria, but it would seemingly be difficult to convince the UN to back the move after the way it was used in Libya. Russia and China have both opposed several resolutions on the Syrian civil war, fearing the US would use them as an excuse to invade.
For the US government everything is on the table, although for Bill Clinton things were from under the table…!, but at least this administration is doing and planing everything not letting anything off of the table. "We are not going to do the same mistake in Syria as we did in Iraq”, said Leon Panetta the pentagon chief .., off course not, you have no other alternative but either start a direct invasion with NATO involved wanting to save the elements for US and EU proxy wars…, facing the Iranian and Russian if not Iraqis and China for sure, or losing the Hillary Clinton bet on regime change and your proxy wars all together and let the hell the Syrians and the people of middle east alone.
A No-Fly Zone for Ships, powerplants, tanks, main water pipelines, foodstorages, children clinics, schools, Universities, peoples assembly halls and leaders flying too high as in Libya?
Exactly. Amazing how well those buildings "fly" once hit with missiles but not before.
What? "careful not to let it (the weapons) go to the al-Qaeda affiliated part of the rebels." ?
How does this fit to this:
If you believe their propaganda to be opposed to islamist extremist check this:
Ex-CIA officer: Braindead West wants Jihadists to rule Libya:
French defense expert:
At 3:50: USA they "have a secret agreement with the Jihadists: YOU GET THE SHARIA AND WE GET THE OIL"
globalresearch.ca reporter from Libya:
13:20 NTC people told me, it was the USA who brought in Al Qaida. Libyans do not want the islamists, but the US wants them and is controlling them.
SYRIA: Saudi admitting "Revolution" heavily armed from the Start ! ( BBC, April 2012 )
9/11 Whistleblower and former CIA officer Susan Lindauer: 'Libyan Opposition Is Al-Qaeda' NATO Working With Al CIAeda! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfv1uPBmR5g
Why Al Qaeda is Al CIAda:
also: watch?v=cr2XyIKHX1k
If they get a no fly zone it will be followed by tens of thousand bombing runs. How wonderful to destroy the military of a nation then claim it was an internal uprising of the locals who for some reason do not speak the local language. I doubt Russia would allow no fly zone after the screwing in Libya.
If the USA can unilaterally declare a no-fly zone somewhere over Syria, Russia and China should guarantee open skies over the same country. It's about time that some nation tells the USA to butt out of other country's affairs. Now I am not happy with civil war in any country but sometimes indigenous people have to solve their own problems. Many countries have had a civil war and the latest number of deaths in the US Civil War is about 750,000. I expect that any instability in Israel's back yard is the reason for so much US concern.
The idea that the Syrian situation was a Civil War in the first place is incorrect. This is clearly a foreign sponsored insurrection against a sovereign nation.
I guess the real question is: did Russia rule out a no fly zone over Syria ? If the answer is yes then US gamble becomes a high risk one. So high even neocons might grasp.
There will be not be a "no fly zone" in Syria period. If the US decides to "try" to implement such a folly they deserve to have all of their planes shot down, and this will happen.
is Syrian air defense really that good?
In Libya it seemed not a big problem to crash down air defense. Only a few planes were shot down as far as I know. A US paratrooper transporter was destroyed only on ground in Tripoli – not by air defense.
The criminals are pushing the no-fly zone because their mercenaries are losing the battle.
the real lno fly zone is in shrillery's trousers
"Obama aide John Brennan defended the Obama Administration’s aide to Syrian rebels, saying it was growing all the time and that the administration was careful not to let it go to the al-Qaeda affiliated part of the rebels."
As a citizen if you dontate money to a local Muslim charity that has not demonized Iran and kissed Netenyahoo's ring it's considered "aiding terrorists". My only question is how can they say this stuff with a straight face?
"Do as we say not as we do" is the motto of this and every American administration
That will be funny
The US is boasting of it's support of al Queda linked rebels and not one peep from anyone. Not congress not the media no one. I feel as if I've stepped into some alternate universe.
I thought Syria already showed NATO and the US what would happen to their aerial maneuvers over Syria? Even though the stolen jet yielded flight codes for the anti-aircraft system Syria's older system still brought Turkey's F-4 down, even at low altitude. This should be amusing 🙂
""… saying that the “overwhelming majority” of the rebels were not terrorists. ""
Oh, but where is that message being broadcast in the mass media with regard to Muslims in general? Why is is that every pro-Islam comment I make on stories posted through places like Yahoo! News instantly met by an avalanche of hate and bigotry? They don't know a thing about me- I'm 100% American and the whitest guy you'll ever see- yet all the time I'm told to 'go home' and 'we don't want you here' and much, much worse. Now where do you think Joe Sixpack and Suzy Boxwine are getting those attitudes from?
We either got a lot of hateful, bigoted, and intolerant people in America or a lot of weak-minded, easily manipulated people being snapped up by agenda-driven taking heads- which is it? Is it both?
Sorry to rant, but stuff like this just sets me off sometimes.
Nor will Syria rule out BLASTING EVERY US ZIONIST plane out of their soverign skies..duh
Today (August 9, 2012) I saw the following report in http://www.israeldefense.com.
«Arabia says will intercept Israeli Air Force jets heading to Iran. Saudis say will shoot down any Israeli jet crossing into their airspace en route to Iran. Saudi Arabia has reportedly informed Israel that it would intercept Israeli Air Force fighter jets should they breach its airspace en route to Iran. The New York Times reported that in the event of an independent strike, the Israeli Air Force is actually likely to go for a direct route to Tehran, via Jordan and Iraq. Foreign sources however, seem divided on whether Amman will turn a blind eye to any breach of its airspace. »
― So what? ― you ask.
Well… In 1972 (forty years ago) I wrote a book in Spanish titled “La Tercera Guerra Mundial” (“The Third World War”). On page 212 I wrote that World War III would start with the Israeli attack on Syria via Damascus and on Jordan via Amman. This is your “so what”. And please remember that the year we are in now is 2012. Get it? Page 212… year 2012…