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Turkey Drawn into London’s and Obama’s Drive for General War
16 November 2011
Syria, as well as Iran, is the target of war propaganda and acts of war as the British and President Barack Obama threaten Eurasian powers with general war. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, reported recently to have developed a "close bond" with Obama, has been drawn into this deadly game, and on Nov. 15 came very close to joining Jordan’s Anglophile King Abdullah in demanding the resignation of Syrian President Assad. Day after day the major U.S. and European media trumpet the death toll in Syria, claiming that all of these dead were participants in the anti-government demonstrations being shot down by government troops and armor. Today, the death toll was 90, according to Human Rights International. But Associated Press, in a much less prominent story, reports that at least 35 of those killed were Syrian army troops and police, killed in an extended gun battle following an ambush in Daraa, southern Syria, by an armed unit of so-called "army defectors." This indicates the spread of armed rebellion fostered by and based in Turkey, according to many sources; and what is behind the "refusal" of Syria to comply with Arab League agreements and withdraw troops from all cities in the country. The Saudis and Arab League sheikhdoms know the fraud of their demands and agreements; they know Turkey is "hosting" armed elements of the Syrian uprising. The propaganda about Syria and about Iran is part of a build-up to war by the Obama White House. Erdogan on Nov. 15 said Turkey "no longer has confidence" in the Syrian regime and warned Assad not to "feed on blood." Turkey cancelled plans for joint oil exploration in Syria and threatened to cut electricity supplies. A senior fellow of the Israel-linked, right-wing Washington Institute for Mideast Peace, Soner Cagaptay, celebrated Obama’s growing influence over Erdogan in the Nov. 12 Washington Post. "Since the summer, the relationship has been on the upswing. The two leaders speak often — at least a dozen times this year alone — and frequently agree on policy.... Cooperation has been especially deep toward Syria. Turkey has emerged as the region’s key opponent of the Assad regime’s brutal crackdown on demonstrators, which is just fine for Obama, who is focusing on domestic issues ahead of the 2012 elections.... Obama appreciates that Ankara is willing to bear the burden of policy toward Syria, from imposing sanctions against Assad to supporting the opposition." Erdogan has just gotten promises of U.S. drones about to be transferred from U.S. forces leaving Iraq, to Turkey’s Incirlik base for use against Kurdish separatists. |