Shamus Cooke: Obama's Agenda, Direct Military Intervention

and the relentless destruction of Syria as a nation State. The recent announcement that the United States would increase its non lethal military aid to Syria's rebels shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Some speculated that Obama, having been repeatedly wrong about the Syria government's stability, would leave Syria in silent humiliation. Not so. The destruction of Syrian society will continue, indeed, increase. Although there are plenty of non military options the Obama administration could pursue, he's instead choosing the bloodiest course possible. Millions of Syrians have had their lives destroyed, and now millions more can look forward to a similar fate. US media outlets have reported that all of the hundreds of millions of dollars of US aid to Syria's rebels has been non lethal, but the New York Times admitted recently: "American government officials declined to discuss an ongoing covert program to train rebel fighters, or the extent to which it has made a difference on the battlefield It's no exaggeration to say that Obama is helping to orchestrate the largest state sponsored terror campaign since the still simmering genocides of the Congo and Yugoslav wars. This fact has been completely hidden from the view of the US public, but it's a fact nonetheless. For example, the only effective fighting force of the Syrian rebels, the Al Nusra Front, has been labeled a terrorist organization, even by the United States. Its frequent terrorist bombings have helped shred the fabric of Syrian society, its most recent massive car bombings killed 100 mostly innocent people in central Damascus, including dozens of children, and wounding hundreds more. UN Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi denounced the latest terrorist attack as a war crime, but such labels do not get attached to allies of the United States. Obama is ignoring the countless similar attacks by Syria's terrorist rebels, ensuring that such attacks will increase. In fact, US officials blocked a Russian sponsored resolution at the United Nations Security Council, condemning the recent terror bombings. Actions like these both minimize and encourage indiscriminate terrorist bombings. US Secretary of State John Kerry's most recent announcement of US aid to Syrian rebels, made sure to mention that the aid will not go to "terrorists", an absurd statement, considering that the terrorists in Syria are the ones in power on the ground for the opposition. Of course, most of the crucial aid will be funneled to them, no matter who initially receives it.