IN
THE WAKE OF PARIS…
STOP
THE WAR ON SYRIA/YEMEN!
AUST/US
TROOPS: OUT NOW!
05-12-2015 – In the weeks
following the events in Paris on November 13, the imperialist powers have
sought to again escalate their lawless and criminal war on the Syrian Republic,
citing “war on terror” language eerily reminiscent of the atmosphere following
the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York. At the same time, the same
imperialist powers are virtually silent about their ongoing scorched earth war
against the people of Yemen, who had the gall to throw out a US backed stooge.
Also, in Mali, a suspect attack on the Radisson Blue Hotel in Bamako
assassinated three Chinese State Rail managers and six Russians associated with
a cargo plane company. Ongoing US provocations against China continue in the
South China Sea, and NATO backed Nazis in Ukraine continue to threaten
anti-fascist resistance fighters protecting civilians. If the world seems on
the brink of war, that’s probably because it is. Capitalism knows no other way
out of the perilous economic crisis it has itself procured.
The events in Paris on
November 13 have been used as a catalyst for the “free world” to once again
hypocritically wring its hands at the barbarity of the alleged work of “ISIS”,
and once again declare ISIS as pure evil. The imperialist powers should know –
it is the creation of their weapons, training and money. It is an open secret
that all mercenary jihadist groups operating in Syria have been brought into
existence with the material backing of NATO powers the US, Britain, France,
Saudi Arabia and Turkey, with support from Israel, Qatar and others.[1] Yet these extensive plans
to outsource an entire war to overthrow the secular state of Syria were thrown
into chaos with the intervention of Russia on September 30, at the invitation
of the Syrian government. The military might of Russia had immediate effect
militarily in taking out many ISIS barbarians and their positions, but also
politically. The actions of Russia, in taking out more ISIS positions in four
days than the US had in one whole year,[2] exposed the fake anti-ISIS
campaign of the US and its allies, and also undermined the whole campaign of
ISIS as a universal proxy that the “international community” has to wage
perpetual war on. It is akin to the taking out of Osama Bin Laden. Once Bin
Laden was gone, the US quickly produced another bogeyman to justify its
relentless wars. For a brief moment, it seemed that Russia was going to send
ISIS to an early grave, saving the world in the process. Russia, and Putin
himself, was suddenly becoming popular, even in areas most associated with
pro-US reaction. For example in the UK, one poll had two out of three Britons
supporting Putin’s assault on ISIS.[3]
Whipped into a frenzy at the
prospect of Russia gaining the sympathy, if not open support, of the world’s
masses, the US imperialist behemoth struck out viciously, taking yet more
innocent lives. Its proxies carried out a terror bombing in Beirut, targeting
Hezbollah, in retaliation for its fighters siding with Russia and Syria and
against the West’s terror. Soon after came the 13 November events in Paris, the
timing of which are extremely suspect, to say the least. There are many aspects
to the mainstream media coverage of the Paris attacks which simply don’t add
up. For an event in which supposedly 120 Parisians perished in an alleged
“bloodbath”, there was not one picture of any wounds, let alone any cadavers,
and no footage of the suicide bombers which are supposed to have attacked the
national French football stadium hosting a France v Germany football match.
While we extend our sympathies for those who may have perished, we have to be
aware of being manipulated. As Stephen Lendman wrote soon after: “Friday’s
Paris attacks were either blowback for Western wars on Islam, or a
state-sponsored false flag. Odds strongly favour the latter. Western history of
false flags for subsequent planned events suggest it.”[4]
As if on cue, imperialist
Germany and now the United Kingdom have joined the “war against ISIS”, which is
transparently a war for regime change in Syria. In the UK, yet another example
of the bankruptcy of attempting to reform capitalism through a “left” reformist
project was exposed. Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, the former chair of the
UK Stop the War Coalition (which has nevertheless not actually opposed recent
wars), and a self-claimed “socialist”, rolled over and allowed a “free vote” on
the question of the UK fighter jets joining bombing raids on Syria.[5] This action guaranteed the
Conservatives would win the vote, with some Labour MP support, and begin yet
another phase of the criminal war on Syria.
At the same time as the war
on Syria escalates, the US backed Saudi Arabian war on Yemen rages, virtually
unmentioned in the corporate mass media. The Ansarullah forces, a coalition of Zaidi
Shia, socialist former South Yemen independence fighters, and secular youth,
also known as the Houthis, marched into the capital Sanaa in January and seized
power, re-establishing the popular committees which had forced out the former
US/Saudi backed Mansour Hadi. In response, Saudi Arabia, with the full backing
of the United States, launched a horrific war against the people of Yemen.
Everyday since January, Saudi missiles have struck hospitals, schools and
homes, reducing them to rubble and murdering at least 7000.[6] The Yemenis only crime was
to defend themselves with arms against the Saudi/US and Al Qaeda forces
ravaging their country. Just as the US cannot tolerate an independent Syria,
the US backed Saudis cannot tolerate an independent Yemen. While not extending
full political support to the Houthi forces, workers of the world should
unequivocally back the military victory of those forces committed to resistance
against US and Saudi backed terror.
Canberra has backed the US,
as is usual, at every step in the criminal war against Syria, and currently
admits to around 600 troops in Iraq, alongside six FA-18 Hornet jets, which is
“second only to the United States” in size.[7] The proposition that
Australian and US troops are in Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS is manifestly
absurd. Russia’s actions have thoroughly exposed this ruse. Canberra has joined
Washington, London, Paris, Riyadh and Tel Aviv and their jihadist proxies in a
war for the overthrow of Syria, and by extension, opening a salvo on the larger
targets of Russia and China. The economic failure of capitalism is driving this
war, which, with each day, contains the seeds of a global conflagration.
Working people must not allow it. No To War! AUST/US Troops: Out Now!
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[1] http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/why-west-wont-hit-isis-where-it-hurts.html
[2] http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/15/putin-is-defeating-more-than-isis-in-syria/
[3] http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/619227/Jihadi-John-ISIS-Vladimir-Putin-Russia-killed-airstrikes-Syria
[4] http://www.globalresearch.ca/paris-terror-attacks-blowback-or-false-flag-france-declares-a-state-of-emergency/5488973
[5] https://www.rt.com/uk/323949-labour-airstrikes-shadow-cabinet/
[6] http://journal-neo.org/2015/11/13/yemen-why-is-us-media-ignoring-a-massive-war/
[7] https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2015-11-24/national-security-statement
