by James Corbett
TheInternationalForecaster.com
September 29, 2015
A month and a half ago, when the US-Turkey deal for the creation of Kurdish ISIS-free zones was still the big talking point in the Syrian war, Russia was engaged in a diplomatic effort that flew under the radar. Russia’s plan: to create a “broad coalition” of countries to seriously confront the ISIS threat. The idea, floated by foreign affairs minister Sergey Lavrov at the Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna and other international venues, received little attention and wasn’t taken very seriously by anyone. Spurned by the so-called “Syrian National Council,” rejected by the Saudis, and, inevitably, turned down cold by the White House, it looked like this was destined to be another Russian foreign policy initiative that would whither on the vine.
Oh what a difference a month makes. Far from giving up on the idea, Russia simply decided to proceed with its own “coalition of the willing,” much to the chagrin of the yellow press of the West. Faux outrage over the presence of Russian military advisers and equipment in Syria (neither a new nor a surprising development given Russia’s military alliance with Syria) soon gave way to consternation over Russia’s military/intelligence alliance with Iran and Iraq and even the possible extension of that alliance to include Hezbollah and Yemen.
But this week’s bombshell threatens to blow all of that out of the water: The latest (unconfirmed) reports indicate China is getting involved in the fight. According to Al-Masdar Al-‘Arabi, a high-ranking Syrian army official has confirmed to the news site that Chinese involvement in the Syrian conflict is here: “[T]he Chinese will be arriving in the coming weeks.” This follows a week of speculation piqued by the apparent deployment to the Mediterranean of a Chinese cruiser, which Russian Senator Igor Morozov has asserted is taking part in Russia’s Syrian operations.
If these reports are true, then there is a significant shift taking place in the Syria narrative, long dominated by the West, the Gulf states, the Israelis, the Turks and their puppet organizations in the country. We are now witnessing the rise of a power bloc that contains the second and third largest militaries on the planet as well as the active cooperation of the governments actually affected by the ISIS invasion. That brings with it a legitimacy that the US and GCC could only wish for in the conflict.
All eyes are now on the UN General Assembly, where it seems Obama and Putin are engaging in a tit-for-tat on the Syrian conflict and the respective parties’ participation in it. It is also evident that the US has lost even more face in the international community as Russia once again steps up to the plate with actual decisive actions that show it means business.
This turn of events is much closer to what is meant by the mealy-mouthed “blowback” explanation that leftist war apologists love to use to explain things like the rise of Al Qaeda or the rise of ISIS. According to the proponents of the blowback theory, the current mess in Syria wasn’t a deliberate strategy to foment an Islamic State (as even the former head of the DIA has now publicly accused the White House of doing); no, it’s “blowback” and “unintended consequences” by a “bungling administration” that “can’t do intervention right.”
Well, here’s blowback of a much different sort. The US, the Saudis, the Turks, the Israelis—all of these parties have used the conflict as an excuse for showboating, hand-wringing, and advancing their own agendas in the region. And now, as a result, a military coalition that is actually interested in obliterating the ISIS terror bogeyman has arisen.
It remains to be seen whether this is just more 2D chess in support of 3D machinations. Rumors that Putin has been willing to put Assad on the chopping block since the very beginning of the conflict persist, and it will be interesting to see if Russia ultimately puts some sort of Assad “power-sharing” arrangement on the table as a concession to get the ball moving diplomatically in Syria.
But however it plays out from here, there is no happy ending for Obama and his partners in crime. Their carefully constructed terror bogeyman is increasingly looking like its days are numbered.
China has moved it’s aircraft carrier to Syria. Local USA politics, Right, Rush and Savage, endorse Putin/China action. Savage is a major source for Trump, and numerically is #2 in national talk circuit, he is ignored by press/media because of his immigration outlook, and anti political correctness. Savage is worth 20 million single issue vote count.
Given the Russians recent experience with promises from the west it’s hard to imagine they would trust any negotiated deal that removed Assad.
…or its Operation Cyclone Redux and with China in there, we got us a real lunker.
I’m no Putin supporter, or Russian ‘bandwagoner’, but I believe the 3D chess game stops at Russia and Putin. In my opinion, Russia’s role as ‘pawn’ on the ‘Grand Chessboard’, doesn’t seem to fit anymore. The soviet, and post soviet Russian oligarch governments served well as pawns and dupes. The government led by Putin doesn’t seem to want to become part of this ‘New World Order’ dominated by the Anglo American elites. He may have aspirations of some sort of world government, but I do not believe it has anything to do with what has been proposed over the last half century. This ‘New World Order’ cannot succeed without the submission of Russia.
A full-scale thermonuclar war does not benefit anyone. Therefore, I don’t think pushing purposely for one is wanted in order to impose a world government, however, Russia standing in the way of this world order can unintentionally lead to one. Obviously, this is my opinion. Whatever the case, Russian seems determined to wipe out these proxy extremist dupes that have been doing the leg work for the ‘Strategy of Tension. ‘
I completely understand that Putin supports the UN and it’s stated goals, and am well aware of his relationship with that digesting globalist war criminal. However, What I see with Russia is a much more real confrontation, then say, the US China cold war posturing. I don’t mean to make such definitive statements. Just worried that the globalist psychopaths on this side of the pond will throw a tantrum and push the nuclear button if they don’t get their way. Points well taken though. Thanks for the reply. Cheers!
Chinese aircraft carrier could not confirm and is thus probably false.
Russia has wanted to be a player in the Middle East and withdrawal and lead from behind USA, gave Putin the opening he needed, both in Iran and Syria, given Iran’s dominance over Iraq Putin is unlikely to join USA to stomp the Syrian government client state.
Skepticism is cool because it plays safe. It not difficult to see the dots joining to your skepticism but they are sketchy even at the level that James Corbett has managed to bring out. There are so many layers and the difficult one are hidden in a people’s psyche, or history and culture over the centuries and human experiences over each and every generation. But these are difficult packets too complex to be presented in shorthand mode normal in discussion links or talk panels. If we rely on ‘intellectualism’ to make our world comprehensible, make that effort organic as well.