Syria is the latest victim of the aggressive foreign policy that the United States has been implementing for several decades, says Scott Rickard, a former American intelligence linguist and political analyst.
Dozens of US State Department officials have called for strikes against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
They signed an internal document that calls for targeted military strikes against the Assad government, according to the Wall Street Journal. The “dissent channel cable” was signed by 51 officials involved with advising on Syria policy in various capacities.
“The US State Department is showing its colors here by basically getting at least 50 individuals to sign official paperwork calling for further attacks on Syria and directly on Damascus and Syrian government targets,” Rickard told Press TV on Friday.
“This is clearly a violation of international law, and it’s a clear indication of the foreign intervention in…