What Happened to the “Global War on Terrorism”?
The U.S. is “Fighting for Al Qaeda” in Syria.
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Americans have been repeatedly told that Al Qaeda under the helm
of the late Osama bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Formulated in the wake of the tragic events of september 11,
2001, the U.S. and its allies launched a “Global War on Terrorism”
(GWOT) directed against the numerous “jihadist” Al Qaeda affiliated
terror formations in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and South
East Asia. The first stage of the “Global War on Terrorism” was the
bombing and invasion of Afghanistan.
In the wake of 9/11, the” Global War on Terrorism” served to
obfuscate the real economic and strategic objectives behind the US-led
wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Patriot legislation was implemented. The national security
doctrine stated unequivocally that the American Homeland was to be
protected against “Islamic terrorists”.
For the last 13 years, war on terrorism rhetoric has permeated
political discourse at all levels of government. Al Qaeda related
threats and occurrences are explained –by politicians, the corporate
media, Hollywood and the Washington think tanks– under a single blanket
“bad guys” heading, in which Al Qaeda (“the outside enemy of America”)
is casually and repeatedly pinpointed as “the cause” of numerous terror
events around the World.
But somehow, in the last few months, this “Al Qaeda paradigm” has
shifted. The American public has become increasingly skeptical regarding
the validity of the “Global War on Terrorism”
In recent months, with the unfolding events in Syria, something
rather unusual has occurred, which has had a profound impact on the
public’s perception and understanding of Obama’s “Global War on
Terrorism”.
The US government is actively and openly supporting Syria’s Al
Nusrah, the main fighting force affiliated to al Qaeda, largely composed
of foreign mercenaries.
Tax dollars are relentlessly channeled to the “rebels”. In turn,
Secretary of State John Kerry meets with rebel commanders who oversee
the Al Qaeda affiliated entity.
Is this part of a “new normal”: the unity of opposites whereby
“terrorism” and “counter-terrorism” are merged into a single foreign
policy focus?
Is it “politically correct” for a US Senator to mingle with leaders
of a terrorist organization, while at the same time paying lip service
to the “Global War on Terrorism”?
While this may be “business as usual” for the US Secretary of State,
American servicemen and women are now “refusing to fight” a war in favor
of terrorism under the emblem of the “Global War on Terrorism”.
Channeling money and weapons to Al Qaeda in Syria is carried out “in
the open”, via the US State Department and the Pentagon rather than in
the context of a covert CIA operation.
John McCain enters Syria illegally and poses for photo ops with Al Qaeda leaders.
Hawkish
US Senator John McCain (C) poses with infamous kidnapper in Syria,
Mohamed Nour (seen with his hand on his chest and holding a camera)
The Movement within the US Armed Forces
Needless to say, this mingling of politicians and terrorists strikes at the very foundations of the “Global War on Terrorism”.
Despite the tide of media disinformation, people are increasingly
aware that these US sponsored rebels are not “revolutionaries” and that
US military aid is being channeled to the terror brigades.
A spontaneous movement on social media networks has emerged involving active members of the armed forces.
“I will not fight for al Qaeda”.
“Obama, I will not fight for your al Qaeda rebels in Syria.”
“Our government tells us that we are fighting a war on terrorism.”
That is what is taught to new recruits in the Armed Forces. “We’re
spreading democracy by combating terrorism”.
Yet in recent months, millions of Americans have become aware of the fact that the Obama administration is lying.
Supporting the Terrorists
Barack Obama and John Kerry are not fighting terrorism. Quite the
opposite: They are actively supporting Al Qaeda terrorists in Syria, who
are responsible for the most despicable crimes, killings and atrocities
directed against the civilian population.
These crimes have been amply documented. Beheadings, executions of children. The most gruesome massacres.
The Al Nusrah brigades have performed thousands of executions. A
recently released video reveals how two young boys are executed
following the reading of a death sentence.”In the video can be seen a
terrorist reading death sentence to the boys, gunfire is heard, boys
fall dead.”
Are these the people who are being supported by the US government?
The terrorists are directly recruited by the Western military
alliance. They are trained in Saudi Arabia and Qatar in liaison with
the US and NATO.
These are the rebels who, according to CNN, have also been trained by
Western special forces in the use of chemical weapons. And they have
used chemical weapons against innocent Syrian civilians.
US servicemen and women are adamant. “I did not join the army to fight for al Qaeda.”
We were recruited to wage a “Global War on Terrorism” and now our government is collaborating with Al Qaeda.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich said “striking Syria would make the U.S. Military ‘Al-Qaeda’s Air Force’”.
The concept which is spreading across the land is that the Obama administration is supporting Al Qaeda.
It’s a bipartisan consensus: the Republican leadership in the US
Congress and the Senate have endorsed support and financial aid to the
al Nusrah brigades in Syria.
In the eyes of public opinion, the Global War on Terrorism has, so to speak, fallen flat.
Who is Supporting Whom? Who is Waging a War of Aggression?
The spontaneous movement in the armed forces is based on the notion that the “US government is supporting al Qaeda”.
The corporate media has failed to reveal the nature of the
longstanding relationship between Al Qaeda and the US government, which
goes back to the Soviet-Afghan war.
Al Qaeda –the “outside enemy of America” as well as the alleged
architect of the 9/11 attacks– is a creation of the CIA. Al Qaeda and
its affiliates are often referred to as “intelligence assets”
From the outset of the Soviet-Afghan war in the early 1980s, the US
intelligence apparatus has supported the formation of “Islamic
brigades”.
Propaganda purports to erase the history of Al Qaeda, drown the truth
and “kill the evidence” on how this “outside enemy” was fabricated and
transformed into “Enemy Number One”.
The Global War on Terrorism is not geared towards curbing the
“Islamic jihad”. The significant development of “radical Islam” in the
wake of the Cold War was consistent with Washington’s hidden agenda. The
latter consists in sustaining rather than combating international
terrorism, with a view to creating factional divisions within countries
and destabilizing national societies.
The numerous al Qaeda affiliated entities are routinely used in CIA
covert operations. They are recruited, trained and indoctrinated under
the supervision of the CIA and its intelligence counterparts in Saudi
Arabia, Pakistan, Qatar and Israel. Unknown to the American public, the
US has spread the teachings of the “Islamic jihad” in textbooks “Made in
America”, developed at the University of Nebraska
Al Qaeda is an intelligence asset which serves the interests of the US administration.
With regard to Syria, the US government is not “supporting Al Qaeda”
Quite the opposite, the Al Qaeda mercenaries in Syria, recruited and
trained in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are “supporting the US government”.
They are being used by the US military intelligence apparatus. They are
paid killers.
Their actions are implemented as part of a military agenda; they are
the foot-soldiers of the Western military alliance. The atrocities
committed by the terrorists are the direct result of paramilitary
training and indoctrination. The US government is behind this process.
Obama is responsible for the crimes committed by the “rebels” against
the Syrian people.
Concluding Remarks
We are at an important crossroads. The “Global War on Terrorism”
constitutes the cornerstone of war propaganda. Yet at the same time the
lies which uphold the GWOT are no longer credible and the thrust and
effectiveness of the propaganda campaign are threatened.
No one can reasonably believe in a “war on terrorism” which consists in channeling money and weapons to the terrorists. Its a non sequitur.
“Support to terrorists”, portrayed as “revolutionaries” cannot be
heralded as part of a foreign policy agenda which officially consists in
“going after the terrorists”.
But Obama desperately needs to hold on to the “Global war on
Terrorism”. It’s the cornerstone of US military doctrine. It’s a
worldwide crusade.
Without the “Global War on Terrorism”, the Obama administration does
not have a leg to stand on: its military doctrine collapses like a deck
of cards.
Undermining the credibility of the “Global War on Terrorism” is a powerful instrument of counter-propaganda.
We call on people across the land: Mobilize against Obama’s war.
The war on Syria is illegal and criminal.
The President and Commander in Chief’s decision to support Al Qaeda
in Syria is in violation of international law and US anti terrorism
legislation .
US and coalition troops have a moral and legal obligation to refuse
to fight in Obama’s “humanitarian war” on Syria, which consists in
supporting Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists.
The President and Commander in Chief has blatantly violated all
tenets of domestic and international law. So that making an oath to
“obey orders from the President” is tantamount to violating rather than
defending the US Constitution.
“The moral and legal obligation is to the U.S. Constitution and not to those who would issue unlawful orders, especially if those orders are in direct violation of the Constitution and the UCMJ.” (Mosqueda, US troops have “A Duty To Disobey all Unlawful orders”. http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MOS303A.html )
“Refusing to fight” an illegal war implies a rejection of the
legitimacy of the Commander in Chief. It denies the Obama
administration the authority to conduct an illegal and criminal war on
behalf of the American people.
And the American people must support the US servicemen and women who refuse to fight in an illegal war.
Obama is a war criminal. He is supporting terrorists, who are his
paid killers. Amply documented Syria’s rebels have been trained in the
use of chemical weapons and they have used chemical weapons against
innocent civilians.
The Global War on Terrorism is a fabrication and a lie.
War is an illegal undertaking.
According to Nuremberg jurisprudence,
the ultimate war crime consists in starting a war. Obama and his
European counterparts including David Cameron and Francois Hollande are
responsible for the supreme crime: “the crime against peace.” This war
is illegal irrespective of a decision of the UN Security Council to
intervene in the internal affairs of a sovereign state:
“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations… Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter.” UN Charter – 1: Purposes and Principles
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