Analysis

Sep 25, 2014, Sharmine Narwani, RT.com This US-engineered Coalition is in for some surprises. With few common goals, it has thrust itself into battle against the most determined players in the region and beyond. The airwaves are still heaving with spin two days after US airstrikes against Syria. Undoubtedly the …

Sep 29, 2014, Tony Cartalucci, New Eastern Outlook As the US begins token airstrikes on both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border, the fighting capacity of the “Islamic State” or “ISIS,” has seen no visible setbacks. This is because ISIS is in fact the very proxy mercenaries intentionally created to fight the …

Sep 23, 2014, Denis Kucinich, Huffington Post The administration’s response to the conjunction of this weekend’s People’s Climate March and the International Day of Peace? 1) Bomb Syria the following day, to wrest control of the oil from ISIS which gained its foothold directly in the region through the U.S., …

Sep 24, 2014, Press TV The covert war on Syria has now finally exploded into the open, with US warplanes launching a blitzkrieg on the Arab country over night. Washington and its allies have now crossed a dangerous Rubicon, setting the stage for an all-out war on Syria under the …

Sep 15, 2014, Tony Cartalucci Since 2011, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has waged a relentless war within Syrian territory against what it has said from the very beginning was an invasion of heavily armed, foreign-backed sectarian extremists. In retrospect, the transparently ludicrous nature of articles like the Guardian’s “Syria’s …

Sep 17, 2014, Black Agenda Report Let us be clear, if that is possible, about President Obama’s plan to deal with ISIS, the boogeyman of America’s own making. The president last week swore that he would “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State, after having spent three years providing weapons and …

Sep 17, 2014, Washington’s Blog Syria Everyone knows that the U.S. and its allies have heavily backed Islamic terrorists in Syria in an attempt to implement regime change in that country. But did you know that the U.S. previously carried out regime change in Syria? The CIA backed a right-wing …

Sep 14, Jeremy Salt, Palestine Chronicle So finally the US gets what it wants, a war on Syria. Or should it be a war in Syria? Either way, another US-led attack that violates international law and, without the consent of Congress, probably domestic law as well. Syria has warned the …

Sep 16, 2014, Palestine Chronicle By Ali Kazak Sixty-six years after the establishment of the “Jewish State” in the Middle East, the world is witnessing the establishment of an “Islamic State” with many similarities. Both states were established by extreme ideologies exploiting religion, both were accomplished by mainly foreign elements …

Sep 15, 2014, Counter Punch It’s nearly impossible to find an anti-war congressperson nowadays. A bi-partisan consensus exists for an expanded war in Iraq and Syria — from the “radical” socialist Bernie Sanders to Obama’s right-wing nemesis, John Boehner. So enthused was Boehner that he ordered Republicans back to D.C. …