Stephen Lendman: Obama Shifts Closer to War on Syria? WMD Deception: Pretext for War on Syria?

• WMD Deception: Pretext for War on Syria? 
  by Stephen Lendman, http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/ 
  Here we go again. A new London Sunday Times report claims Assad is hoarding WMDs. More on it below.
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  We’ve seen it all before. It surfaced earlier against Syria. Obama repeatedly warned Assad against using chemical weapons. He never did. He never would. Doing so would be suicide. His Foreign Ministry spokesman Johad Makdissi repeated earlier what various Syrian officials stressed, saying:
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  “No chemical or biological weapons will ever be used, and I repeat, will never be used…no matter what” happens inside Syria.
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  For years, Assad urged a WMD-free Middle East. He proposed it. He endorsed it. He promoted it. He was ignored. He categorically denies Syria ever used chemical weapons. He calls claims otherwise malicious propaganda.
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  Last September, Britain’s Daily Mail suggested he hid chemical weapons in Lebanon and Iraq. It claimed he did so to prevent detection, saying:
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  “His forces were said to have acted after the US and Russia agreed to secure and eliminate the weapons – a deal hailed by Assad’s regime as a victory.” 
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  Salim Idris is a US stooge. He heads the so-called Free Syrian Army. At the time, he said:
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  “We have told our friends that the regime has begun moving a part of its chemical weapons to Lebanon and Iraq, We told them do not be fooled.”
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  Last November, CNN headlined “US Intelligence suggests Syria may hide some chemical weapons,” saying:
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  So-called US “classified intelligence indicat(es) the Syrian government may not fully declare its chemical weapons stockpile, CNN has learned.” “That would mean it will still have a secret cache of chemical weapons ever after the current agreed-upon destruction effort is carried out.”
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  CNN added what’s most important, saying: “The intelligence is not definitive.” It’s fake. At the time, National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said:
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• Obama Shifts Closer to War on Syria 
  by Stephen Lendman, http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/ 
  In March 2011, Obama launched proxy war on Syria. Regime change remains policy. Peace talks are subterfuge. They’re fake. Geneva II reflects more sideshow than substance.
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  Washington abhors peaceful conflict resolution. Human suffering doesn’t matter. Conflict continues unabated. January perhaps was the deadliest month so far. An estimated 6,000 or more died. So-called “humanitarian war” was planned years ago. Full-scale implementation could come any time.
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  On the sidelines of the just concluded Munich Security Conference, John Kerry met privately with 15 congressional members. He acknowledged diplomatic failure. He stopped short of saying Washington planned it that way.
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  On February 3, the Washington Post headlined “Senators say John Kerry admitted US failure in Syria.” John McCain (R. AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R. SC) said he acknowledged failing diplomatically.
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  So-called “new approaches” are needed, he stressed. According to Graham:
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  “He acknowledged that the chemical weapons (removal) is being slow-rolled, the Russians continue to supply arms, (and) we are at a point now where we are going to have to change our strategy.”
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  Obama launched conflict for regime change. Tactics shift to meet policy. Washington’s proxy war failed. Will direct US intervention follow? Assad continues to be wrongfully blamed for insurgents’ crimes. So-called peace talks were designed to fail.
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  Syrian National Coalition (SNC) delegates are US stooges. They’re self-serving. They represent Washington. They’re mindless of what Syrians want. They support war. They deplore peace. Extremist elements aren’t involved in talks. They comprise Washington’s main fighting force.
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  What chance have talks to succeed with main anti-Assad elements not participating? So-called SNC/Free Syria Army fighters are minor players in what’s going on.
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  Terrorists comprise Assad’s main opposition. Moderates practically don’t exist. Washington relies on Al Qaeda and similar insurgent groups. Assad gets wrongfully blamed for their worst atrocities.
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