What
Happened to the “Global War on Terrorism”? The U.S. is “Fighting for Al Qaeda”
in Syria.
Global Research, September 05, 2013
Americans have been repeatedly told that Al
Qaeda under the helm of the late Osama bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11
attacks.
Formulated in the wake of the tragic events
of september 11, 2001, the U.S. and its allies launched a “Global War on
Terrorism” (GWOT) directed against the numerous “jihadist” Al Qaeda affiliated
terror formations in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia.
The first stage of the “Global War on Terrorism” was the bombing and invasion
of Afghanistan.
In the wake of 9/11, the” Global War on
Terrorism” served to obfuscate the real economic and strategic objectives
behind the US-led wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Patriot legislation was implemented. The national
security doctrine stated unequivocally that the American Homeland was to be
protected against “Islamic terrorists”.
For the last 13 years, war on terrorism rhetoric has
permeated political discourse at all levels of government. Al Qaeda related
threats and occurrences are explained –by politicians, the corporate media,
Hollywood and the Washington think tanks– under a single blanket “bad guys”
heading, in which Al Qaeda (“the outside enemy of America”) is casually and
repeatedly pinpointed as “the cause” of numerous terror events around the World.
But somehow, in the last few months, this “Al Qaeda
paradigm” has shifted. The American public has become increasingly skeptical
regarding the validity of the “Global War on Terrorism”
In recent months, with the unfolding events in Syria,
something rather unusual has occurred, which has had a profound impact on the
public’s perception and understanding of Obama’s “Global War on Terrorism”.
The US government is actively and openly supporting
Syria’s Al Nusrah, the main fighting force affiliated to al Qaeda, largely
composed of foreign mercenaries.
Tax dollars are relentlessly channeled to the “rebels”.
In turn, Secretary of State John Kerry meets with rebel commanders who oversee
the Al Qaeda affiliated entity.
Is this part of a “new normal”: the unity of opposites
whereby “terrorism” and “counter-terrorism” are merged into a single foreign
policy focus?
Is it “politically correct” for a US Senator to mingle
with leaders of a terrorist organization, while at the same time paying lip
service to the “Global War on Terrorism”?
While this may be “business as usual” for the US
Secretary of State, American servicemen and women are now “refusing to fight” a
war in favor of terrorism under the emblem of the “Global War on Terrorism”.
Channeling money and weapons to Al Qaeda in Syria is
carried out “in the open”, via the US State Department and the Pentagon rather
than in the context of a covert CIA operation.
John McCain enters Syria illegally and poses for photo
ops with Al Qaeda leaders.
Hawkish US Senator
John McCain (C) poses with infamous kidnapper in Syria, Mohamed Nour (seen with
his hand on his chest and holding a camera)
The Movement within the US Armed Forces
Needless to say, this mingling of politicians and
terrorists strikes at the very foundations of the “Global War on Terrorism”.
Despite the tide of media disinformation, people are
increasingly aware that these US sponsored rebels are not “revolutionaries” and
that US military aid is being channeled to the terror brigades.
A spontaneous movement on social media networks has
emerged involving active members of the armed forces.
“I will not fight for al Qaeda”.
“Obama, I will not fight for your al Qaeda
rebels in Syria.”
“Our government tells us that we are fighting a war on
terrorism.” That is what is taught to new recruits in the Armed Forces. “We’re
spreading democracy by combating terrorism”.
Yet in recent months, millions of Americans have become
aware of the fact that the Obama administration is lying.
Supporting the Terrorists
Barack Obama and John Kerry are not fighting terrorism.
Quite the opposite: They are actively supporting Al Qaeda terrorists in Syria,
who are responsible for the most despicable crimes, killings and atrocities
directed against the civilian population.
These crimes have been amply documented. Beheadings,
executions of children. The most gruesome massacres.
The Al Nusrah brigades have performed thousands of
executions. A recently released video reveals how two young boys are executed
following the reading of a death sentence.”In the video can be seen a terrorist
reading death sentence to the boys, gunfire is heard, boys fall dead.”
Are these the
people who are being supported by the US government?
The terrorists are directly recruited by the Western
military alliance. They are trained in Saudi Arabia and Qatar in liaison with
the US and NATO.
These are the rebels who, according to CNN, have also
been trained by Western special forces in the use of chemical weapons. And they
have used chemical weapons against innocent Syrian civilians.
US servicemen and women are adamant. “I did not join the
army to fight for al Qaeda.”
We were recruited to wage a “Global War on Terrorism” and
now our government is collaborating with Al Qaeda.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich said “striking Syria would
make the U.S. Military ‘Al-Qaeda’s Air Force’”.
The concept which is spreading across the land is that
the Obama administration is supporting Al Qaeda.
It’s a bipartisan consensus: the Republican leadership in
the US Congress and the Senate have endorsed support and financial aid to the
al Nusrah brigades in Syria.
In the eyes of public opinion, the Global War on
Terrorism has, so to speak, fallen flat.
Who is Supporting Whom? Who is Waging a War
of Aggression?
The spontaneous movement in the armed forces is based on
the notion that the “US government is supporting al Qaeda”.
The corporate media has failed to reveal the nature of
the longstanding relationship between Al Qaeda and the US government, which
goes back to the Soviet-Afghan war.
Al Qaeda –the “outside enemy of America” as well as the
alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks– is a creation of the CIA. Al Qaeda and
its affiliates are often referred to as “intelligence assets”
From the outset of the Soviet-Afghan war in the early
1980s, the US intelligence apparatus has supported the formation of “Islamic
brigades”.
Propaganda purports to erase the history of Al Qaeda,
drown the truth and “kill the evidence” on how this “outside enemy” was
fabricated and transformed into “Enemy Number One”.
The Global War on Terrorism is not geared towards curbing
the “Islamic jihad”. The significant development of “radical Islam” in the wake
of the Cold War was consistent with Washington’s hidden agenda. The latter
consists in sustaining rather than combating international terrorism, with a
view to creating factional divisions within countries and destabilizing
national societies.
The numerous al Qaeda affiliated entities are routinely
used in CIA covert operations. They are recruited, trained and indoctrinated
under the supervision of the CIA and its intelligence counterparts in Saudi
Arabia, Pakistan, Qatar and Israel. Unknown to the American public, the US has
spread the teachings of the “Islamic jihad” in textbooks “Made in America”,
developed at the University of Nebraska
Al Qaeda is an intelligence asset which serves the interests
of the US administration.
With regard to Syria, the US government is not
“supporting Al Qaeda” Quite the opposite, the Al Qaeda mercenaries in Syria,
recruited and trained in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are “supporting the US
government”. They are being used by the US military intelligence apparatus.
They are paid killers.
Their actions are implemented as part of a military
agenda; they are the foot-soldiers of the Western military alliance. The
atrocities committed by the terrorists are the direct result of paramilitary
training and indoctrination. The US government is behind this process. Obama is
responsible for the crimes committed by the “rebels” against the Syrian people.
Concluding Remarks
We are at an important crossroads. The “Global War on
Terrorism” constitutes the cornerstone of war propaganda. Yet at the same time
the lies which uphold the GWOT are no longer credible and the thrust and
effectiveness of the propaganda campaign are threatened.
No one can reasonably believe in a “war on terrorism”
which consists in channeling money and weapons to the terrorists. Its a non sequitur.
“Support to terrorists”, portrayed as “revolutionaries”
cannot be heralded as part of a foreign policy agenda which officially consists
in “going after the terrorists”.
But Obama desperately needs to hold on to the “Global war
on Terrorism”. It’s the cornerstone of US military doctrine. It’s a worldwide
crusade.
Without the “Global War on Terrorism”, the Obama
administration does not have a leg to stand on: its military doctrine collapses
like a deck of cards.
Undermining the credibility of the “Global War on
Terrorism” is a powerful instrument of counter-propaganda.
We call on people across the land: Mobilize against
Obama’s war.
The war on Syria is illegal and criminal.
The President and Commander in Chief’s decision to
support Al Qaeda in Syria is in violation of international law and US anti
terrorism legislation .
US and coalition troops have a moral and legal obligation
to refuse to fight in Obama’s “humanitarian war” on Syria, which consists in
supporting Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists.
The President and Commander in Chief has blatantly
violated all tenets of domestic and international law. So that making an oath
to “obey orders from the President” is tantamount to violating rather than
defending the US Constitution.
“The moral and legal obligation is to the U.S.
Constitution and not to those who would issue unlawful orders, especially if
those orders are in direct violation of the Constitution and the UCMJ.”
(Mosqueda, US troops have “A Duty To Disobey all Unlawful orders”. http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MOS303A.html
)
“Refusing to fight” an illegal war implies a rejection of
the legitimacy of the Commander in Chief. It denies the Obama administration
the authority to conduct an illegal and criminal war on behalf of the American
people.
And the American people must support the US servicemen
and women who refuse to fight in an illegal war.
Obama is a war criminal. He is supporting terrorists, who
are his paid killers. Amply documented Syria’s rebels have been trained in the
use of chemical weapons and they have used chemical weapons against innocent
civilians.
The Global War on Terrorism is a fabrication and a lie.
War is an illegal undertaking.
According to Nuremberg
jurisprudence, the ultimate war crime consists in starting a war. Obama and his
European counterparts including David Cameron and Francois Hollande are
responsible for the supreme crime: “the crime against peace.” This war is
illegal irrespective of a decision of the UN Security Council to intervene in
the internal affairs of a sovereign state:
“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from
the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with
the Purposes of the United Nations... Nothing contained in the present Charter shall
authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially
within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the
Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter.” UN Charter – 1: Purposes and
Principles
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