Robert Parry — Blocking Democracy as Syria’s Solution

Good article from the political standpoint but it omits that this is foundationally economic — control of oil and pipelines. Hence it is about neocolonialism, since the economics of the region is based on geopolitics. If that means replacing the secular state of Syria under Assad with reactionary Islamism through forced regime change, so be it.

Consortium News
Blocking Democracy as Syria’s Solution

Robert Parry

See also

Alistair Crooke, Cornering Russia, Risking World War III

Meduza, More than 95 percent of Russia’s nukes are launch-ready, day or night, defense minister says

And this:

At the same meeting with Russian defense officials, Vladimir Putin stressed that military expenditures must be tightly controlled. “I have said this more than once, and I want to emphasize it again: we do not have extra money,” said the president.