
Ceasefire Charade in Syria
by Stephen Lendman
Diplomats pretend it’s largely holding while Syrians
die - US-supported terrorist attacks more intense than before ceasefire began
last Monday.
On Friday, Lavrov and Kerry ludicrously claimed
cessation of hostilities is “at a satisfactory level,” both diplomats wanting
truce (sic) made permanent.
What country are they talking about? War rages in
Syria. No ceasefire exists, nor will it ahead because Washington wants war, not
peace, Assad eliminated, Syrian sovereignty destroyed, pro-Western puppet
governance replacing it, America gaining another imperial trophy.
How long will the charade go on? When will Damascus
and Moscow admit America again deceived them and declare all-out war on all
US-supported terrorist groups, not just ISIS and al Nusra?
When will they admit liberating Syria can only be
achieved on the battlefield, diplomacy a waste of time because deals America
agrees to aren’t worth the paper they’re written on - breached every time, the
current regime of silence the latest glaring example?
On Friday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman General
Igor Konashenkov said Syria is the only party observing Geneva ceasefire terms.
America did nothing to constrain the so-called “moderate opposition” -
comprised of terrorists as vicious as ISIS and al Nusra.
I’ve stressed repeatedly no moderate rebels exist. All
anti-government forces are US-supported terrorists, cutthroat killers used as
imperial foot soldiers.
It’s time for Russia to stop pretending otherwise and
openly declare it, along with explaining they exist because of US-led foreign
support.
Dozens of ceasefire breaches continue occurring daily
- with full US support and encouragement. Washington wants conflict continued,
not ended, then escalated if Hillary succeeds Obama, perhaps with shock and awe
terror-bombing, targeting Syria’s military and strategic government sites,
maybe striking Damascus, aiming to kill Assad and topple his government.
Russia wants Geneva terms disclosed to other Security
Council members, a resolution adopted affirming them. Washington wants secrecy
maintained. What’s being hidden? Why doesn’t Russia publish ceasefire documents
on its own?
On Saturday, Moscow’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said
“(t)heUnited States is not prepared to share the documents with the members of
the Security Council, and not even describe them in detail.”
“When we agreed to do a briefing, at least you need to
describe the content of the document. And in my mind, what we have been saying
publicly and my foreign minister (Sergey Lavrov) has been saying publicly, we
believe the document needs to be circulated.”
“(W)hy make a secret of them? Those are things on
which we are going to base our work if the whole thing is implemented.”
“So, it's another (obstructionist) attitude of the
United States which does not make it possible to proceed with the briefing and
also, I'm afraid, to proceed with the adoption of that resolution.”
“We believe that we cannot ask members of the SC to
support something the content of which they don't know. There are a number of
documents there.”
“There is a document which was negotiated on September
9 but as a package, there are a number of documents which were negotiated
before, in July, and even before.”
Washington’s opposition to transparency is another
example of its real objectives - pursuing war, opposing peace, wanting nothing
standing in the way of its imperial aims.
Moscow wants ceasefire terms published, then affirmed
in a Security Council resolution so “the whole world will learn about
obligations of the (opposing) sides…and will be able to give unbiased
assessments to how each side fulfills the agreements, Russia’s Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Maria Zakharova explained.
It doesn’t want America interpreting them falsely with
no public information available to challenge its deception.
Washington wants no constraint on its support for
terrorist groups wherever they’re deployed as imperial foot soldiers.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Full disclosure of
Geneva terms obstructs its ability to violate them.
It’s foolhardy thinking America negotiates in good
faith - never before, for sure not now. Believing otherwise aids its imperial
ruthlessness.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at
lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
His new book as editor and contributor is titled
"Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."
http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.
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