Late Thursday evening, the Wall Street Journal reported, 51 State Department officials signed a statement condemning U. S. policy in Syria in which they repeatedly call for ‘targeted military strikes against the Damascus government and urging regime change as the only way to defeat Islamic State.’
‘In other words,’ as Zero Hedge summarized, ‘over 50 top ‘diplomats’ are urging to eliminate [Syrian Pres. Bashar al] Assad in order to ‘defeat ISIS’, the same ISIS which top US ‘diplomats’ had unleashed previously in order to … eliminate Assad.’
This gordian knot created by United States foreign policy – and intensified by that same policy – means not only could war with Syria be on the horizon, but if that happens, the U. S. could be facing a far more serious threat.
While discontented officials used what’s known as the ‘Dissent Channel’ -’an official forum that allows employees to express opposing views,’ State Department spokesman John Kirby explained in the WSJ – Saudi government officials employed more direct means to press their interests with the U. S. in Syria.
In a meeting with President Obama on Friday, Saudi foreign minister Adel al Jubair asserted, ‘Saudi Arabia supports a more aggressive military approach in Syria to get Assad to agree to a political solution,’ as CBS’ Mark Knollertweeted.
Of course, this meeting and the push for increased military force couldn’t be more timely to drum up public support, as a heated national debate has ensued following the deadly attack on an Orlando nightclub purportedlycarried out by Omar Mateen – who pledged loyalty to ISIS as he killed 49 people and wounded over 50 others.
This post was published at David Stockmans Contra Corner on June 19, 2016.
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