For the third time this month, a UN Security Council resolution on Syria’s disarmament has stalled for the exact same reason, that the US and its allies are again pushing for the resolution to include an authorization to use military force.
This keeps happening, with efforts to bury a war authorization in the disarmament deal blocked by Russia, and Western nations seemingly backing down before coming back with the same plan again.
President Obama even made the plan the centerpiece of his UN General Assembly speech today, and officials are indicating that Russia’s position hasn’t changed, so the plan is still seemingly far from completion.
In the meantime, Syria’s disarmament is going to have to continue without the UN Security Council having a resolution in place. Syria has already ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and delivered their accounting on the arms to the OPCW. Inspectors are scheduled to return Wednesday, suggesting the whole process might be able to go on just fine without the resolution.
Anti War coverage of the near continuous push for a bombing campaign on Syria by Obama has been great. In contrast Democracy Now coverage has been abysmal. Amy Goodman did have a good show with Chomsky but they have not covered any of the extensive evidence that ties the rebels to the Ghouta attack.
That's because the corporate mainstream narrative (Assad did it!) is slowly becoming the de facto narrative, meaning, "serious" journalists like Amy Goodman can't risk her reputation and jeopardize her credentials by indulging in "conspiracy theories." Robert Fisk has surprisingly questioned the narrative, but you will see fewer and fewer journalists questioning it – especially now that the "Human Rights" NGO's are now onboard (I've written to Goodman asking her to cover these "benevolent" NGO activities in Russia, Venezuela and other countries the US considers hostile to no avail).
Which begs the question, if all force is evil, how can those with the greatest force ever do anything but the greatest evil?
For if the goal is a fair and just society, a thing that can only be achieved by everyone caring and giving without expecting some kind of greed in return, then those with the greatest force would have to lead the way by giving more then they get in an all-out effort to never use force.
There was any doubt that the USA would attack Syria. Bibi wants it and that is good enough for Obama.. Bibi did not have to send a kennedy 1/2 dollar with a bullet hole in the section were kennedy's head was.
Israel cannot expand if blocked from expanding north. Israel tried to get into the horn area and the head waters of the nile but like Lebanon the easy fruit proved difficult. Israel is out of water and it needs to get the Lqtavi river and Syria with the help of Iran blocks it