Syrian resistance to stepped up invasion

Vanguard July 2013 p. 10
Jim H.

(Above: UN human rights investigator Carla del Ponte reporting the use of sarin gas by "rebels" last May)

Unfolding events in Syria prove beyond any doubt that US and European power intervention in Syria is a crime against humanity.

For what else can it be when every action is geared towards overthrowing the government of a sovereign nation, by means of relentless attacks on the population and the destruction of the infrastructure and economy of another nation?

Claims by the perpetrators of this atrocity that they are protecting Syrians has long been shown as the lie that it is. Intervention is no more than about establishing a new semi-colony to gain a foothold in a turbulent, strategic and resource rich region.
 

The so-called rebels are largely foreigners sent in. Increasingly the al  Qaeda linked groups are taking the upper hand on the battlefield.  Chechen elements are consolidating their dominant position.

The intervention seeks to pit Sunni against Shia, Alawi, Christian and other groups.  Others are little more than mercenaries prepared to sell out their country for a bag of gold. They do not have the support of the Syrian people. This is the simple fact

In contrast, the great majority, despite whatever criticisms they might have of the Asaad government, have united together and called for the protection of this government and opposition to foreign intervention. All other considerations are secondary and have to be put aside at this time.

Increased US military assistance to its protégés has resulted in a significant step up in the supply of small arms, ammunition, mortars, and SA16 anti-aircraft missiles. There is also the stationing of F16b fighters and Patriot missiles in Jordan.

The reason given is that the Syrian government has been using chemical weapons. What is the evidence? There is no more than some vague assertion that two people have been found, with traces of sarin on their bodies.  There is no word on where or when this happened. It smells like a manufactured story.

As for the rebels there is evidence that they have been using depleted uranium shells and there are claims that they have been using chemical weapons. A recent video that has been widely circulated shows a rebel cutting out the heart of a victim and eating it.

 

There is also dismay in the ranks of the invaders that Hetzbollah and Iranian volunteers have come to support the Syrians. Turkey, one of the front line stooges is in turmoil, partly because of popular Turkish opposition to their government’s dishonourable role in supporting US ambitions in Syria.

Add to this significant Syrian military gains on the battlefield.

Stepped up US intervention has the hallmarks of desperation and is recognition that plans for victory over a smaller country are not materialising.

Furthermore, increasing intervention threatens to destabilise the whole region. The Syrian resistance is giving peoples heart that it is possible to fight back. It is a potent example.

Reactionary regimes that have come out on the side of imperialism are looking more exposed.  The longer this goes the more difficult the situation that they find themselves in.

The longer the conflict goes on the sharper the division between the US and the European imperialist powers. All have intervened in order to assert their own sectional interests.  But in Europe there is nervousness about the US becoming too dominant. This feeds misgivings about too much military intervention.

The US has the dilemma of moving forward or pulling back a bit to maintain the semblance of unity. It is a considerable weakness.

The success of the Syrian resistance is heart-warming to those who truly value independence and freedom.

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Further reading: The US imperialists are training the so-called rebels in the use of chemical weapons.  See here.

UN sources say rebels, not Syrian government, used nerve gas.  See here.