Moreover, the White House continues to make its case for strikes, despite the deal which was recently achieved with Russia and the al-Assad government. There are bills being floated in the Senate which would give the US the right to attack if the Administration deems the regime’s progress “unsatisfactory,” even in the absence of U.N. agreement. If the history of Iraq is any indication, we can rest assured that the progress will be deemed insufficient regardless of how well the Syrian government complies, providing ever-new pretexts to increase “allied” involvement. The opposition is already calling for further military restrictions on the Syrian government. That is, while the recent developments were inconvenient for the Administration, the plans to depose al-Assad have been in the works since 2004–they will not be abandoned so easily. Sanity may prevail in this particular battle, but the war rages on. What follows is the third and final chapter in our deconstruction of the Obama Administration’s case for intervention in Syria. If you missed the first two, see: (Part One) ‘Flooding the Zone’ with Bullshit on Syria (Part Two) Syria: Immodest Proposals & Naked Emperors
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 22:23:01 +0000