Surviving Capitalism (Not) : US-Turkey Lurch to World War in Syria

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, September 24, 2016

US-Turkey Lurch to World War in Syria

Click here to access article by Finian Cunningham from Strategic Culture Foundation.

It appears the regimes of US and Turkey are two Machiavellian peas in NATO's pod. Each have somewhat different agendas, but their agendas are complementary regarding Syria. Both are up to their necks in lies about what they are doing in Syria, but both want to crush the Syrian government.

Cunningham's assessment about their collusion seems correct.

Given the grim prognosis for the regime-change conspirators, Turkey and the US appear prepared now to ratchet up direct military intervention. In short, they are moving to fully-fledged war on Syria.

Erdogan seems to be using the failed coup in his country in mid-July as added leverage on Washington. Reeling from Turkish accusations that the US was somehow complicit in aiding the coup attempt (probably overblown), Washington seems keener to accommodate Erdogan’s demands over Syria.