by Yossi Schwartz, Internationalist Socialist League (Israel/Occupied Palestine), 25.3.2013
Obama’s visit to Israel is part of the US strategy against the Arab Revolution in Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia and at the same time the plundering of Iran’s oil. He came to Israel to build and reinforce the military alliance between Israel, Turkey and Jordan.
The news agency The Associated Press reports about the discussions amongst the imperialists leading circles to intervene in Syria in order to contain the Revolution in Syria from spreading to the whole region:
The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that NATO is conducting contingency planning for possible military involvement in Syria and American forces would be prepared if called upon by the United Nations and member countries.
The Syrian civil war marked an ignominious two-year milestone this week with no sign that President Bashar Assad is close to giving up power. Adm. James Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command, told a Senate panel that the United States is „looking at a variety of operations.“
„We are prepared if called upon to be engaged,“ Stavridis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Stavridis, who is retiring soon, also said the option of assisting the opposition forces in Syria in ways that would break the deadlock are being actively explored by NATO members. A resolution from the U.N. Security Council and agreement among the alliance’s 28 members would be required before NATO assumes a military role in Syria, he said.
„The Syrian situation continues to become worse and worse and worse – 70,000 killed, a million refugees pushed out of the country, probably 2.5 million internally displaced (people),“ Stavridis said. „No end in sight to a vicious civil war.“
The commander said discussions within the NATO member countries have focused on imposing a no-fly zone, providing lethal support to the Syrian opposition forces and imposing arms embargoes.
Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., asked whether there is any consideration of targeting Syria’s air defenses. Stavridis simply said yes. (CBC News: NATO planning for possible Syria missions, official says, March 19, 2013, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57575123/nato-planning-for-possible-syria-missions-official-says/)
The Internationalist Socialist League (Israel/Occupied Palestine) and our comrades in the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT) support the mass revolutionary movement against Assad even when it is led by the Islamists, armed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. At the same time we oppose any imperialist military intervention and those who calls for such imperialist intervention. In a case of an imperialist intervention we will call on the masses to fight in two fronts. One against Assad and the other one against the imperialists.
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