Coalition to Invade Syria Crumbles; World Says No - Obama to go it alone?

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Webster Tarpley appearing on PressTV 8-29-2013 tarpley.net
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The following is an approximate transcription of the interview.
Press TV: What we are hearing very recently just now is that President Barack Obama is saying that though the United States has still not decided that it is going to strike, it has 'concluded' that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons and that even if it doesn't have the UN mandate or the support of its allies, it is willing to strike.

And on the other hand, Iran and Russia are saying that would be in violation of international law. But what do you think has made the United States so adamant that it is saying that, even without the UN approval, it'is going to carry out the attack?

Tarpley: I think there was a moment of great fear in the State Department when they realized that they had no influence on what was happening in Egypt which they did not like and therefore they had a panic and they've decided now to try to take it out on Syria which has been one of their favorite things. I think, however, the real news is that this coalition is falling apart. There is a very significant backlash and pushback against this war. We have, for example, the member of the German government saying that no German armed forces will be involved in this adventure. The Italian government says none of their forces and none of their bases will be used for the adventure. Jordan, at least verbally, says that they will not allow their territory to be used for these attacks.


The Austrian government says there will be no overflights. They've denied the use of their airspace to NATO and they have also condemned the idea of action without the UN Security Council. We've also got that in France, Mr. Hollande is weak enough so that he has got to call his parliament back on the 4th of September. Now that's the Wednesday of next week.

So there is a significant delay which is coming. Now Secretary Kerry was on the phone with Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations trying to abolish and terminate the mission of the inspectors in Syria and Ban Ki-moon has rebuffed him and he told him no.

Press TV: The issue of chemical weapons, the UN's role in here, the United States' role in here. A lot of people are saying if the US has 'concluded' that the chemical weapons have been used by the Syrian government and it is sure about it, why isn't it giving it proof or evidence? Do you think that the US does not have that evidence?

Tarpley: The proof comes from the Israelis. The so-called intercepts of the Syrian military cable traffic is things made up by the Mossad and the IDF. The big problem for Obama right now is that the British government Cameron, his great friend, they have been blocked by the Labor Party.

They will not get their vote tomorrow; their vote also goes to next week and here inside the United States, I must say, the Republicans, Fox News as well as certain Leftists like Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, there is a backlash emerging there also against this war.

American people of course are horrified by this, sick of war, looking for a way out. So it looks to me like there is a very very broad and robust pattern of the world saying no to this act of senseless aggression and I think Obama is in an increasingly weak position. He can be stopped.

Last Edited by Cornelius234 on 08/30/2013 04:10 AM