{"id":227942,"date":"2016-03-01T13:38:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T13:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=227942"},"modified":"2016-10-18T13:47:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:47:39","slug":"obama-netanyahu-intend-undermining-ceasefire-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/obama-netanyahu-intend-undermining-ceasefire-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama and Netanyahu Intend Undermining Ceasefire in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Lendman<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF<\/a>) &#8211; Washington and Israel jointly instigated and manipulated early 2011 anti-government demonstrations in Syria &#8211; used as a pretext for Obama\u2019s war to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu wants a regional rival eliminated, Iran isolated ahead of undermining its sovereignty &#8211; part of a grand US\/Israeli scheme to redraw the Middle East map, creating powerless, easily exploited, mini-states.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s effective anti-terrorism campaign foiled US\/Israeli plans. Western and Israeli news reports about Netanyahu welcoming ceasefire in Syria are pure rubbish.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks before his weekly cabinet meeting, he lied saying \u201c(a)nything that stops the terrible killing there is important, especially from a humanitarian standpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a world-class thug, a notorious Arab-hater, waging terror-war on defenseless Palestinians, murdering them in cold blood, torturing them in confinement, wanting all valued parts of Judea and Samaria exclusively for Jews &#8211; including expanding Israel\u2019s undefined borders to include more Syrian territory than already.<\/p>\n<p>He blasted Iran irresponsibly, earlier threatening war, on Sunday saying \u201cany agreement in Syria must include a halt to Iran\u2019s (nonexistent) aggression toward Israel from Syrian territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not agree to the supply of advanced weaponry to Hezbollah from Syria and Lebanon. We will not agree to the creation of a (nonexistent) second terror front on the Golan Heights. These are the red lines that we have set and they remain the red lines of the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His regime is the region\u2019s leading menace, its agenda making peace and stability unachievable. Iran hasn\u2019t attacked another country in centuries. It threatens none now.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Israel\u2019s main regional rival. Lunatics in Tel Aviv want unchallenged control. Iranian sovereign independence prevents it.<\/p>\n<p>The road to Tehran runs through Damascus. US\/Israeli-instigated war on Syria wants one rival eliminated before targeting another.<\/p>\n<p>Plans of both countries remain firm. Ceasefire is pure illusion, dead on arrival before implemented. So are peace talks if begun.<\/p>\n<p>Washington and Israel want war. Expect ceasefire and conflict resolution efforts to be systematically undermined, Moscow and Damascus wrongfully blamed, a recklessly dangerous strategy if implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s war on terrorism in Syria includes forcefully addressing any threat to its personnel and aerial campaign. If attacked or endangered, it\u2019ll respond appropriately. Challenging it risks direct confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>What dirty strategies and tactics Washington and Israel intend next remain to be seen &#8211; peace and stability for sure off the table.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.<\/p>\n<p>His new book as editor and contributor is titled &#8220;Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/p>\n<p>Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Lendman (RINF) &#8211; Washington and Israel jointly instigated and manipulated early 2011 anti-government demonstrations in Syria &#8211; used as a pretext for Obama\u2019s war to follow. Netanyahu wants a regional rival eliminated, Iran isolated ahead of undermining its sovereignty &#8211; part of a grand US\/Israeli scheme to redraw the Middle East map, creating powerless, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-227942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}