War Is Coming: 10 Reasons Why A Diplomatic Solution To The Syria Crisis Is Extremely Unlikely
War Is Coming: 10 Reasons Why A Diplomatic Solution To The Syria Crisis Is Extremely Unlikely
Over the past few days, there has been a tremendous wave of optimism that it may be possible for war with Syria to be averted. Unfortunately, it appears that a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria is extremely unlikely. Assad is certainly willing to give up his chemical weapons, but he wants the U.S. to accept a bunch of concessions that it will never agree to. And it certainly sounds like the Obama administration has already decided that diplomacy is going to fail, and they continue to position military assets for the upcoming conflict with Syria. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are all going to continue to heavily pressure the Obama administration. They have invested a huge amount of time and resources into the conflict in Syria, and they desperately want the U.S. military to intervene. Fortunately, overwhelming domestic and global opposition to an attack on Syria has slowed down the march toward war for the moment, but unfortunately that probably will not be enough to stop it completely. The following are ten reasons why war is almost certainly coming
#1 Assad wants a guarantee that he will not be attacked by the United States or by anyone else before he will give up his chemical weapons.
That is extremely unlikely to happen.
#2 Assad is not going to agree to any chemical weapons deal unless the U.S. stops giving weapons to al-Qaeda terrorists and other jihadist rebels that are fighting against the Syrian government.
That is extremely unlikely to happen.
In fact, according to
the Washington Post, the U.S. has been ramping up the delivery of weapons to jihadist rebels in Syria
The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been promised by the Obama administration, according to U.S. officials and Syrian figures. The shipments began streaming into the country over the past two weeks, along with separate deliveries by the State Department of vehicles and other gear a flow of material that marks a major escalation of the U.S. role in Syrias civil war.
#3 Assad is suggesting that the Israelis should give up their weapons of mass destruction.
That is extremely unlikely to happen.
#4 The Syrian rebels desperately want the U.S. military to intervene in the war in Syria. In fact, that was the entire reason
for the false flag chemical weapon attack in the first place.
The top rebel commander is now declaring that the Free Syrian Army categorically rejects the Russian initiative, and he is calling on the United States to strike the Assad regime immediately.
#5 Saudi Arabia desperately wants the U.S. military to intervene in Syria. The Saudis have spent
billions of dollars to support the rebels in Syria, and they have been lobbying very hard for an attack.
#6 Qatar desperately wants the U.S. military to intervene in Syria. Qatar has also spent
billions of dollars to support the rebels in Syria, and
it has been reported that Arab countries have even offered to pay for all of the costs of a U.S. military operation that would remove Assad.
#7 Turkey has wanted a war which would remove Assad for a very long time. And
CNN is reporting that Turkey has moved troops to the border with Syria in anticipation of an upcoming attack.
#8 Many members of the U.S. Congress want this war. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are virtually foaming at the mouth, and Robert Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that he
almost wanted to vomit after reading Russian President Vladimir Putins plea for peace in the New York Times.
#9 Obama does not want to look weak, and he seems absolutely obsessed with starting a war with Syria. For the moment, he has been backed into a corner diplomatically by Russia, but the Obama administration is already laying the groundwork for making it look like diplomacy has failed. According to
CNN, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is already talking about the consequences that will happen when the Syria deal falls apart
Any agreement reached must be comprehensive, verifiable, credible and able to be implemented in a timely fashion, Kerry said, adding that there ought to be consequences if it doesnt take place.
#10 There have been reports that U.S. soldiers are now receiving orders to deploy to Syria. For example, the following is from a recent article
by Paul Joseph Watson
Venture capitalist Dan Bubalo claims he was told by a source close to Ft. Hood that US troops have been ordered to deploy to Syria.
Writing for conservative columnist
Mychal Massies website, Bubalo cites a close and verifiable source who told him that a friend at Ft. Hood had received news that he was to be sent to Egypt for the next nine months.
This particular soldier said that while he was not really thrilled about the assignment to Egypt, it was better than the soldiers that remained at the military base BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST RECEIVED THEIR DEPLOYMENT ORDERS TO GO TO SYRIA, writes Bubalo.
If you want to read the original report, you can find it
right here.
For the moment, Obama and Kerry will dance around and make it look like they are considering peace. They will try to get Congress to authorize a strike if diplomacy fails.
But they already know that diplomacy is going to fail. Once they are ready, Obama will declare that the conditions for war set forth in the congressional authorization have been fulfilled and then he will start raining cruise missiles down on Syria.
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