The imminent US attack on Syria was initially being presented as a major win for the rebel factions that have long sought outside military intervention on their behalf. As the attack looms, however, many fear it will do more harm than good even for them.
President Obama has desperately sought to avoid charges that the strikes would aid the al-Qaeda-dominated rebels, and the jihadist factions are scrambling, fearing the US will attack them too just to argue that they’re not supporting them.
Indeed, with the administration insisting that they don’t want the strike to change the situation on the ground in Syria, they might decide to try to damage the rebels as much as the Assad government in hopes of leaving the situation stalemated.
And while they wouldn’t be hit by the US, secular rebels aren’t on the bandwagon either, even though the Obama Administration has endorsed and subsidized them. With the White House promising to keep the strikes “limited,” those factions worry they’ll be the first target of any retaliation, and that having the US attack will give Assad considerable international sympathy.
Could very well be, for Empire USA is ownership controlled by the corporate rich and to know what they intend to have paid actor Obama do next, this depends upon their latest plan of expansion and the latest profit-loss statement on trading war materials for Middle-East oil.
on Egypt, Antiwar is looking ridiculous. why don't u have the following:
AFP: Egypt Rejects Military Action in Syria, Will not Participate in It
In the same context, several Egyptian political parties expressed their
rejection to any military intervention in Syria. http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?ei…
Jewish Press: Crisis:Egypt may stop Warships headed for Syria at Suez Canal http://www.jewishpress.com/news/egyptians-may-shu…
Egypt: A people's coup
by Azza Radwan Sedky, Retired university prof., citizen journalist, writer, author of Cairo http://azzasedky.typepad.com/egypt/2013/07/a-peop…
Horsehit …
While I have fundamental disagreements with the "libertarian" or "paleoconservative" ideology that animates the main writers for this site (I am a Marxist in the orthodox Trotskyist mold,) the idea that the military-dominated regime in Egypt is somehow standing up to Washington is nonsense. One of the reasons that Washington is rushing to launch cruise missiles at Syria is to keep public attention away from its continued backing for the new Egyptian military junta, which just killed well over a thousand civilians, the great majority of whom were unarmed.
Has Washington cut off the 1.3 billion dollars it provides to the Egyptian military yet ? No. Will it do so in the near future ? That is extremely doubtful. War against Syria and support for the neo-Mubarakite regime in Egypt are elements of US imperialism's larger strategy for keeping the entire Middle East — and thus its massive energy resources — under its ruthless hegemony.
I strongly doubt the "rebels" are concerned about Washington launching cruise missiles at sites associated with the military of the Assad government.
In the final analysis, the "rebels" are nothing more and nothing less than Washington's proxy forces in Syria; in fact, they are — despite some remarks to the contrary in the following article — closely coordinating their military plans with the Obama administration in the buildup to the launching of cruise missiles against Syria.
This will not be a "targeted, narrow" strike by Washington, but a devastating attack designed to weaken Assad's regime and help the rebels topple it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/31/us-syri…
"in hopes of leaving the situation stalemated" this is the belief of Uri Avnery, who also thinks that is what Israel wants. Israel has Syria as its quietest border despite stealing the Golan Heights, and does not really want change; nor does the USA. . Lots of bombs, kill a few more people-who cares, in the USI and the Obama/Netanyahu régimes.
Swallow your pride Barry and just admit that you were wrong!