The Truth Perspective - Syrian Ceasefire - How Long Will It Last? 27 Feb 2016

[Ennio]

The news this week is the U.S.-Russia agreement on the cessation of hostilities in the Syrian war. We'll be discussing the details, the context, and how we think the agreement fits in to the story of the war so far. From there, we'll go into other current events.

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[sToRmR1dR]

During the show thought has passed through : "Ceasefire is a plan B"! Thanks for the great show! :)

 

[Ennio]

During the show thought has passed through : "Ceasefire is a plan B"! Thanks for the great show! :)

Yeah -- or "Plan B" is, for the Empire, really their "Plan A" all along (referring to the plans for balkanization that the U.S./Israel actually wants for the countries it attacks).

 

[luc]

During the show thought has passed through : "Ceasefire is a plan B"! Thanks for the great show! :)

Yeah -- or "Plan B" is, for the Empire, really their "Plan A" all along (referring to the plans for balkanization that the U.S./Israel actually wants for the countries it attacks).

Yeah... I thought this article angelburst29 posted was very interesting:

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UPDATE

A friendly field commander of an armed anti-Assad opposition organisation near Aleppo faxed me a copy of a document he signed with the Russian army representative regarding the ceasefire. He added that he thinks now is the right time, or well after right time to bring peace to Syria. Fight to complete victory will be the fight till the last Syrian, he said. Better Syria with Assad than no Syria and no Assad. They are worried about American plan B to dismember Syria, like they dismembered Vietnam, Korea, Germany and now Iraq. This adds some urgency to the peace plan.

Here is the document (attached), saying

Request to enter the ceasefire regime

I, the commander of such-and-such armed unit located in such-and-such area (see map attached) am ready to join the process of settling the armed conflict in Syrian Arab Republic. I guarantee that my unit will cease fire on March 1 and will not shell or shoot the government troops. I shall allow monitors and observers to enter our disposition. I shall allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to civilians at the area of my disposition.

Syrian Arab Army will cease attacking my unit from March 1st. As long as ceasefire regime lasts, the Russian Air Force and Syrian Air Force will not bomb my unit. Government bodies will not interfere with delivery of humanitarian aid to my disposition. My representatives will take part in work of the Joint Committee for monitoring ceasefire.

In case of disagreements I shall convey the problem to the Joint Committee.

I attach the map of my disposition.

Commander X

As we can learn from the document, the consignees recognise the Syrian government. Provided in April there will be parliamentary elections in Syria, there is a fair chance of success.

So if true, this means that the US may be shooting itself in the foot with their "plan B" announcements to some extent - it seems there are some rebels/groups that are genuine after all; maybe these are people who strive for some power and riches in Syria, but could not do so in the Assad system, and wanted to change that situation by getting rid of him? After all, I imagine Syria under Assad to be quite an "inflexible" system, where it's pretty much set who calls the shots, which families run things etc., though it certainly was not the evil dictatorship as depicted by Western propaganda.

So with the US's ramblings about plan B, maybe some of these "genuine" rebels, who maybe just wanted a bigger part of the cake in Syria, are waking up to the fact that they "have been had" - that the US never was interested in putting them in charge, but are after a Balkanization/partitioning of the country. (It was really obvious from the start, but maybe the hunger for power of these rebel leaders/groups has blinded them and they engaged in wishful thinking?)

That's maybe why they start seeing "Syria with Assad" as a better alternative than "no Syria without Assad". If Assad is smart, I guess it would be a good move to offer those "genuine" rebels some incentives - if they think that some of them can become ministers in a unity government, or big shots in the industry etc., they may start openly support the government... just some thoughts.