The Obama Administration prepares to launch a military strike against the government of Syrian President Assad, but openly says it does not want the rebels in the civil war there to defeat him.
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Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Well, hell! Let’s be non-committal and bomb *BOTH* sides. (This would make more profit for the weapons industries.) 8)
derlehrer: They will. This is a tactic with no legitimate strategic goals. It will do little more than harm all concerned.
The US goal is not for anybody to win, but for everybody to lose, i e, that Syria be destroyed as a viable state and a factor in regional politics. Iraq is a previous example, and Iran would seem to be next for «the treatment», perhaps with Lebanon as «collateral damage» (then the Israelis get at least all the territory up to the Litani River, for which they’ve hitherto fought three unsuccessful wars)….
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