If
a chemical weapons “attack” comes to pass in the place it has
been predicted, it would be the first such provocation blamed on
Assad to take place in territory occupied by a foreign power, likely
triggering an intensified military response from the U.S.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
4 - Setup for two-front U.S.-Israeli attack?
While no
new information has since emerged that would corroborate Novosti’s
report, it is true that the U.S. — as the occupying force in the
area where the provocation is allegedly being planned – does have a
motive to conduct such a false flag attack, as the U.S. and Israel
stand to benefit the most were the worst to occur. As MintPress has
reported over the course of the war in Syria, the U.S. has long had
the goal of regime change in Syria and it – along with many of its
allies – have helped foment and prolong the Syrian conflict in
pursuit of this end.
However,
timing here is key. Such a provocation, and the retaliation it would
inspire, would come just as Israel and Syria are the closest to
outright war in decades, as Israeli airstrikes targeting Syria
earlier this week were extensive and have led to the relocation of
significant military assets, including tanks, to the Golan Heights,
the portion of southern Syria under illegal Israeli occupation.
Were a
U.S. and Western military intervention – provoked by another
alleged chemical weapons attack blamed on Assad – to occur while
Israel is actively preparing for a major conflict with Syria, it
would put pressure on Assad from the U.S.-occupied east while Israel
attacks from the south, making any military campaign against the
Syrian government much more effective for those forces that have long
sought the destruction of the Syrian state.
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