SYRIA AND THE USA - ASSAD CAN STAY!

USA: IT’S TIME TO “REIGNITE” NEGOTIATIONS WITH ASSAD

By Ron Paul

EX-CIA CHIEF: ASSAD WIN MAY BE SYRIA'S BEST OPTION

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/12/syria.html

Background Information: In JUNE 2011 Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring wrote:

SYRIAN REGIME LIKELY TO SURVIVE UPRAISE (June 2011)

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.com.ar/2011/06/syrian-regime-likely-to-survive-upraise.html

In WASHINGTON DC, consistency is considered a vice, never a virtue. It is for this reason that many in WASHINGTON, especially the neoconservatives, consider their foreign policy one of virtue. 

One would think that political leaders, both in the Republican and Democratic parties, would learn something from the devastating effects of the countries very inconsistent foreign policy, especially after the last 15 years. The chaos that was brought upon IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN should be a loud and clear message to anyone who has ears to hear.

Background Information:

SYRIA'S ASSAD, 'THE MAN WHO CAN DELIVER A MIDDLE EAST SOLUTION'

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2015/03/syria-assad.html

ASSAD FIRMLY IN CHARGE IN SYRIA (March 2012)

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syria.html

Now the message comes from the current Secretary of State JOHN KERRY that it’s time to “reignite” negotiations with ASSAD for the purpose of ending the conflict in SYRIA. One could argue, better late than never, but after more than four years of needlessly meddling in the internal affairs of SYRIA, it’s about time. Of course the US, as well as the entire MIDDLE EAST, would have been better off if they had never adopted the policy on August 2011 that “ASSAD must go.” What is never realized is that, no matter whether the USA is intervening with good intentions or not, their involvement in countries halfway around the world only makes things worse.

AS A CONSEQUENCE OF US FOREIGN POLICY, ISIS HAS BECOME A DOMINANT FORCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Of course now it becomes “practical” for the US to deal in an entirely different manner with ASSAD since they cannot handle the chaos in SYRIA that they helped bring about. As a consequence of US policy, ISIS has become a dominant force in the region to the point where the USA welcomes military assistance, at least for now, from the stated enemy, IRAN.

Background Information: ASSAD

ASSAD WINNING THE WAR

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/02/syria-assad-winning-war.html  

ASSAD FIRM IN THE SADDLE (January 2013)

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/syria-assad-firm-in-saddle.html  

Currently Secretary of State JOHN KERRY is expressing his desire to bring about a successful diplomatic solution to this mess. KERRY has even acknowledged, “Everybody agrees there is no military solution.” He is in agreement now that there is only a “political solution.” What is so aggravating is that there were plenty of people in this country who knew this five years ago — and for that matter who had the same opinion about the insanity of US aggressive policy in IRAQ, which started in 1990 but was greatly accelerated with the invasion in 2003.

ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS BY ASSAD – A FALSE FLAG OPERATION?

Foolishly, and to me somewhat surprisingly, President OBAMA declared he was drawing a red line that President ASSAD was not to cross. His warning made in August 2012 was for ASSAD not to use any chemical weapons. But all this did was set the stage for the next escalation in the unnecessary military confrontation with ASSAD. A year later the war propagandists declared that indeed ASSAD did cross the red line and used chemical weapons against the rebels. Of course there was never any evidence that this actually occurred and more likely it was the rebels that use the gas in a minimal way. It was conceivably a false flag and served to escalate the war. However public pressure was then put on OBAMA to respond with force and start outright bombing of the SYRIAN government and getting rid of President ASSAD by force.

Background Information: ISRAEL PREFERS ASSAD

ISRAEL PREFERS THE ASSAD REGIME TO CONTINUE, FOR IT IS A KNOWN ENTITY

Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring wrote in June 2012: ISRAEL’S INTERESTS

……..This is almost certainly because the ISRAELI Prime Minister would, on balance, prefer the Assad regime to continue; it is a known quantity and any new regime could severely destabilize the effective balance-of-power between two uneasy neighbors’………… read entire analysis at:

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-feasts-and-rites-of-confusion.html    

President OBAMA in September 2013 decided that he should get Congressional approval to proceed. Though it looked originally like it would be easy to get this authority, once the AMERICAN people became aware of the seriousness of the problem, they expressed their outrage and President OBAMA was forced to withdraw his request. Approximately two-thirds of the AMERICAN public opposed this military escalation and this obviously had a bearing on the change in policy.

SHIFT OF FOREIGN POLICY

So once again US leaders who are tolerant of inconsistencies have shifted to solving the problems in SYRIA through diplomacy rather than depending on military force. This is a better way to go than depending on expanding the war. But there is even a better way to deal with this. Consistently stay out of the internal affairs of other nations and avoid all entangling alliances that prompt political leaders of AMERICA to consistently make mistakes by pursuing a foreign policy that makes no sense and is of no value to the AMERICAN people. Eventually bankruptcy and anger directed toward AMERICA will dictate a total shift away from the policies of the neoconservatives that have plagued the USA for too long.

Background Information:

THE SYRIAN EQUATION

http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-israel-iran-and-usa.html  

One has to question though if decades of neoconservative US foreign policies were nothing more than opportunistic, speculative or deliberate actions for a greater cause?