These are sources http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2013/august/commons-debate-on-syria/ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/30/cameron-mps-syria
After this vote the prospect of military action by the US faded. Paul Cockshott School of Computer Science University of Glasgow http://glasgow.academia.edu/paulcockshott http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/staff/williamcockshott/#tabs=0 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Proyect Sent: 26 March 2014 14:12 To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Anotol Lieven on the Ukraine | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist On 3/26/14 9:41 AM, William Cockshott wrote: > It was decided by a vote in the house of commons not by the US > executive. I suspect that MPs in these circumstances may have looked > at other data sources than official communiques. I don't know what data sources you are referring to but I doubt that the British ruling class at this stage in history will defy American wishes. American wishes were that Bashar al-Assad should remain in power. In fact at the very moment that the crypto-Stalinist left was running around warning about WWIII, the White House had begun consulting with Iran. It had already made the decision to wind down Saudi Arabian intervention in Syria. In September 2013 the Baathist left had its knickers in a twist over Prince Bandar, who had become a character with the powers of a James Bond villain controlling every last detail of a secret al-Qaida/CIA/Zionist plot to destroy the glorious BRICS alliance that was the last great hope of peace and social justice, at least if you read the bullshit of the crypto-Stalinist left. So what happened to the arch-demon Prince Bandar? He was replaced by Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2014/02/23/Saudi-Arabia-offers-U-S-solutions-over-Syria.html Saudi Arabia and the U.S. to cooperate on Syria Sunday, 23 February 2014 Dr. Theodore Karasik The complaining by Saudi officials over the past months seems to have paid off. The Obama administration is moving to patch up differences between the two countries. A little over a month before the one-day summit between the U.S. President and Saudi King Abdullah, there is optimism. The visit of Saudi Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef to Washington is setting into play a new understanding on the Syrian situation. Significantly, King Abdullah put Mohammed bin Nayef in charge of the Syrian file, a move that makes Washington policymakers relieved. Simultaneously, the Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh praised the Interior Minister's role in "relief of Syrian people, support for their cause, alleviation of their sufferings." This religious endorsement is extraordinarily significant. The two countries also see that Syrian President al-Assad is not going to capitulate anytime soon so the two countries-including other key Arab states-see summer elections occurring in Syria. In other words, the Saudis see Assad ultimately becoming the Queen of England while the prime minister, whoever that will be-most likely a Sunni-will hold real power; a scenario the Saudi's were originally seeking in the first place. The country will become a type of confessional state and will seek to eradicate al-Qaeda completely. Clearly, America and Saudi Arabia now agree that Assad will not be deposed. In fact, the Saudi official media no longer issues bitter condemnations of the Syrian president like it did a few months ago. (clip) _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
