US Destabilizing Plots in Syria Backfired: Analyst
“…there is a long history of this kind of meddling and destabilizing governments in hopes of achieving some kind of strategic objective and once again, it has failed,” author and Middle East expert Kevin Barrett told Press TV in an interview.
He added that not only the US but also primarily the Israeli regime and to some extent Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf states share the same strategic objectives in Syria.
“These countries wanted to destabilize Syria and take it out of the equation as a significant power that could oppose Israel in the case of the Zionists and could oppose the agenda of the gulf monarchies, and it did succeed in causing a lot of trouble and destabilizing the country, but when it gets all put back together again, it’s not going to be a situation that anybody is going to think it was worth killing all those people for,” the commentator said.
Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. Over 150,000 people have reportedly been killed and millions displaced due to the violence fueled by Western-backed militants.
According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.
Barrett likened the situation in Syria to the ongoing developments in Ukraine where Western powers destabilizing a government for political reasons and creating chaos that may not even serve the interest of the Westerners that caused the trouble.
Ukraine has been the scene of crisis since November last year, when President Viktor Yanukovych refrained from signing an Association Agreement with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia.
On February 23, the Ukrainian parliament ousted the president and named Oleksandr Turchynov, the legislature’s newly-elected speaker, as interim president.
Source: Press TV
