The Unravelling of US Empire of Chaos:

Ending Syria’s Nightmare Will Take Pressure from World Community

Rasa - The headlines in the first three months of 2017 have made one thing clear: As previously, the United States is hell-bent on partitioning Syria.

News ID: 428523

Date: 29 March 2017 - 22:17

RNA - To this end, the Empire of Chaos puts profit and regional designs above all other considerations. These are not anomalies. Peace talks are off the table because such actions do not maximize profit. Divide and rule is colonial routine. War is profit. Destroying nations for profit is the new trend. Supporting terrorism is progress. And creating refugees in their millions is good for big business.

To this end, US bully pulpits are now well beyond show disagreements and successful media inquisitions of the past. Slanderous accusations long confined to vilifying Iran and Russia have crept into greater accusations and paranoia. ‘The Iranians are coming’ and ‘the Russians are coming’ is the final recourse of smear to stop deviations from the regional program of hugely profitable enemy hate and perpetual War on Islam.

The ruling big lies of the US War Party and corporate globalization have divided into united camps. The “fakestream” press media and the Trump White House support each other non-stop on the Syria stage, while US allies take sides behind the scenes at the United Nations. Fake news is the medium of battle there too.

Not surprisingly, military escalation accompanied by an undisclosed number of US Marines in eastern Syria has drawn the United States, Iran, Russia and Syria into closer proximity increasing the likelihood of a violent confrontation. The Trump administration claims it has embarked on a plan to defeat the ISIL in Raqqa. But recent comments by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggest otherwise. Washington’s long-term strategy goes against Tehran and Moscow’s goal of restoring Syria’s sovereign borders.

Far from it, Washington has no intention to withdraw its forces when the battle is over. They seek to retake new territory and block the allied forces of Iran, Syria and Russia from advancing along the main road towards Raqqa, the so-called Capital of ISIL.  The blocking move is not coincidental. There is a strong possibility that Washington is in the opening phase of a broader strategy to splinter the war-torn country and prevent the reemergence of a united Syria. With air movement, logistical support, precision airstrikes, Apache helicopters in close air support, Marine artillery, and special operations advice and assistance to proxy forces – whatever it takes.

Make no mistake, in the first three months of 2017, the War Party’s approach to the regime change war on Syria has changed dramatically. Corporate media lackeys would like to suggest otherwise, but the US has not ended its support for the Al-Qaeda-allied militias that have torn the country apart and killed over 400,000 people. Quite the contrary, the US has increased its aid to these proxy forces in a bid to make territorial gains across the eastern corridor permanent. The ultimate goal is an autonomous homeland for terrorist proxy forces carved out of West Iraq and East Syria, while US objectives focus primarily on the breakup of the Syrian state, the removal of the elected government, the control over critical pipelines routes, and the redrawing of national borders to better serve the interests of the US War Party and Israel.

Lest we forget, the colonial plan to break up Iraq and Syria is not new. The whole idea is to help Israel survive, to become an imperial regional power, and to divide the whole area into small states by the dissolution of all existing Arab states. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis made that abundantly clear last week:

- US troops will not leave Iraq after the siege of Mosul is concluded.

- The same policy will be used in Syria.

- Washington will keep troops deployed more or less indefinitely in the territories now occupied by ISIL.

- The US plans an indefinite occupation of Iraq and Syria. It is in America’s “national interest”.

- The US “needs to remain decisively engaged in Iraq and in the region.”

Clearly, the US War Party is using the fight against ISIL as a pretext for supporting “moderate” terrorist groups and for capturing and holding territory in a critical, energy-rich area of the world. The plan to seize parts of East Syria for military bases and pipeline corridors fits neatly within this same basic strategy. It also throws a wrench in Tehran and Moscow’s plan to restore the country’s borders and put an end to the six year-long conflict. A weaker, fragmented Syria governed by terror proxies and local warlords will pose no threat to Washington or Tel Aviv’s regional ambitions.

It is past time for the international civil society to stop the Trump administration from deepening its illegal involvement in Syria, as it risks a catastrophic clash with Tehran and Moscow. This small group of right-wing extremists are the biggest threat to global peace and security. They are pouring gas on the fire to fend off any attempt by Iran and Russia to keep Syria together.

There won’t be any peace under the Trump administration’s new policy in Syria, unless the world community sTpport the joint action by Iran and Russia to ensure a democratic and fair regional order based on strict respect for the norms of International Law, the United Nations Charter, recognition of the unquestionable value of cultural and civilizational diversity, national sovereignty, and the right of the countries to decide their futures freely, without external pressure.

The Trump administration’s plan to splinter Syria and establish a permanent garrison in the eastern parts of the country won’t be stopped unless the people of good conscience express their opposition en masse and help Iran and Russia end this nightmare once and for all.

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