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Syria today, Iran tomorrow and, inevitably, China

Brian Berletic, New Eastern Outlook, December 19, 2024,

The collapse of the Syrian government in December 2024 was a key moment for the implementation of US geopolitical strategies in the Middle East and beyond.

This development is consistent with long-standing goals, including the eventual disarmament, partition, and destruction of Iran, as well as the overthrow of the Iranian government, the possible displacement of Russian military bases from Syria, and the use of U.S.-sponsored terrorist organizations that have taken over Syria to export terrorism to other target countries both in the region and beyond, including Russia and China.

The United States has sought to undermine Syria’s stability since the 1980s, with its most active efforts beginning in 2007, as detailed in Seymour Hersh’s article “The Redirection” in The New Yorker. The article exposed covert U.S. efforts to support extremist groups to weaken Iran and Syria. These efforts escalated during the Arab Spring of 2011, when protests escalated into armed conflicts backed by the West and Gulf states. By 2012, U.S. intelligence recognized that the so-called Syrian opposition included extremist groups such as al-Qaeda, backed by the West and the Gulf states. The strategy was aimed at creating a Salafist enclave, as evidenced by the rise of the Islamic State, which was used to isolate the Syrian regime.

Through sanctions, military interventions, and the occupation of strategic resources such as oil fields, Syria’s stability was undermined, ultimately leading to the fall of its government. The destruction of Syria’s air defense systems by US- and Israeli-backed forces now facilitates future operations against Iran, including possible airstrikes against its nuclear facilities.

The fall of Syria also strengthens the US’s ability to use militants like the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) against adversaries like China. TIP, which has been linked to terrorist attacks in China’s Xinjiang region, has openly declared its intention to attack Chinese projects around the world. US support for such groups underscores its broader strategy of destabilizing rivals through terrorism and information warfare.

The collapse of Syria demonstrates the US reliance on a multifaceted approach that combines military, economic, and information tools to maintain its dominance. As China and Russia bolster their defenses, the global balance of power will depend on their ability to counter US influence in the information and geopolitical realms.

ED. A longer version of this article – in English – is at more https://journal-neo.su/2024/12/19/syria-today-iran-tomorrow-and-inevitably-china

December 23, 2024 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international | Leave a comment

After polishing off Syria’s Assad, US has open road to Iranian regime change

Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition, Glen Ellyn IL, 21 Dec 24

After the 911 attacks the US war party responded by declaring all out regime change on Middle East countries it deemed a threat to the Homeland.

Their coveted prize was the despised Iran, a potential hegemon rival to America’s revered allay Israel. America couldn’t realistically start off attacking large, powerful Iran or change out its hated regime. So it embarked on a multi country regime change tour, saving Iran for best and last.

America kicked off its Excellent Regime Change Tour by invading Afghanistan shortly after the September, 2001 attacks. The Taliban fell within weeks, But 20 years, several trillion in US treasure, 2,400 US soldiers killed and tens of thousands of injured later, the Taliban marched back to power after a humiliating US exit.

Next up was Iraq, invaded in March, 2003 under false pretenses that would have made Hitler proud. But the entire US media went along with this grotesque made up war which killed hundreds thousands including over 4,500 Americans.

Don’t forget America’s grisly regime change imposed on Libya’s strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The US led a NATO offensive (from an ostensibly defensive alliance) to depose the hated Gaddafi. When Gaddafi was sodomized with a bayonet, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laughingly gloried “We came, we saw…he died.” All the US accomplished was turning Libya into a chaotic, failed state for the past 13 years.

In 2017 US General Wesley Clark, who led the US destruction of Serbia in the 90’s, summarized a Pentagon meeting on regime change thusly: “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.”

It’s taking a tad longer than the US war party promised, but with Syria handed over to Jihadist terrorist Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the final regime change prize of Iran is in sight.

Incoming President Trump is a dedicated Iran hater who nearly stumbled into war with Iran during his presidency. Drafting his war cabinet from the ‘Get Iran’ farm team is not a hopeful sign for peace next year. But saving America’s most powerful Middle East regime change target could backfire spectacularly as Iran poses an immense threat to thousands of US troops in the region.

The US war party may be ecstatic about adding Iran to its regime change belt, but should ponder that wise aphorism, ‘Be careful what you covet… you just might get it.’

December 22, 2024 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international | Leave a comment