Comments on: The dangers of regime change as Syria hovers on the brink http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/14/the-dangers-of-regime-change-as-syria-hovers-on-the-brink/ now with extra source Sat, 25 May 2013 08:13:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: j.oneill http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/14/the-dangers-of-regime-change-as-syria-hovers-on-the-brink/comment-page-1/#comment-232236 j.oneill Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:26:35 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=338119#comment-232236 It seems that we have learned absolutely nothing from the Iraq misadventure. That invasion was preceded by a barrage of lies and the softening up process to justify a Syrian invasion is well underway. The US, some Euroopean countries and the Gulf Cooperation Council have armed and financed a disparate bunch of mercenaries, jihadists and others with dubious links to sundry terrorist organizations. Notwithstanding the sanitizing of the currently approved leader of the alternative National council of Syria, his history does not inspire confidence that if the Assad regime is overthrown the replacement will be any better. In fact, the overwhelming probability is that it will be much worse. For all it's faults the Assad regime is at least a secular state. Australia is so blinded to the obvious stupidities of American foreign policy that it has now jumped on this bandwagon as well. To repeat: have we learned nothing? It seems that we have learned absolutely nothing from the Iraq misadventure. That invasion was preceded by a barrage of lies and the softening up process to justify a Syrian invasion is well underway. The US, some Euroopean countries and the Gulf Cooperation Council have armed and financed a disparate bunch of mercenaries, jihadists and others with dubious links to sundry terrorist organizations.

Notwithstanding the sanitizing of the currently approved leader of the alternative National council of Syria, his history does not inspire confidence that if the Assad regime is overthrown the replacement will be any better. In fact, the overwhelming probability is that it will be much worse. For all it’s faults the Assad regime is at least a secular state.

Australia is so blinded to the obvious stupidities of American foreign policy that it has now jumped on this bandwagon as well. To repeat: have we learned nothing?

]]> By: Kez http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/14/the-dangers-of-regime-change-as-syria-hovers-on-the-brink/comment-page-1/#comment-232140 Kez Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:55:18 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=338119#comment-232140 "A regime bombing its own people, in Assad’s case with Scud missiles and phosphorous bombs" .... what credible evidence do you have that this is happening? I've only heard American newspaper reports quoting unnamed US officials. Totally believable? “A regime bombing its own people, in Assad’s case with Scud missiles and phosphorous bombs” …. what credible evidence do you have that this is happening?
I’ve only heard American newspaper reports quoting unnamed US officials. Totally believable?

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