Der Spiegel:the West wants only to protect Zionist entity

By Susanne Koelbl

The West insists that for any negotiations on an end to the crisis in Syria to happen, the Syrian government  must first step down. The demand is fatal and only prolongs the bloodletting

World powers are fighting over who is to have influence in the region. It’s the West and its allies against the old allies of the Syrian government. No one is openly getting involved in the conflict, and no one is sending soldiers to Damascus — the West appears to have had enough of an all-out policy of invasion. Still, the United States, Europe, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have interests in Syria.

What do the West and its partners want? They want to protect   Israel(Zionist entity). Meanwhile, the Turks and the Saudis are interested in strengthening their  regional influence .

The roles are clearly divided. America says it’s about defending democracy and human rights. US diplomats are negotiating abroad with opposition leaders, while others are providing resources to the rebels. The Qataris are giving money, while the Saudi secret service is coordinating the resistance to the Syrian government on Syrian soil.

Saudis have provided military advice, and to a large extent also bundles of cash for weapons. And when doing so, the Gulf states don’t show preference to beginners as their partners in the struggle, but rather experienced jihadists. The fact that extremists are prone to act with particularly brutal violence, as in the case of the Yarmouk brigades, which execute unarmed government soldiers and has even taken UN peacekeeping troops hostage, appears to be mostly irrelevant.

Turkey, too, serves as a hub for weapons and fighters, and routinely welcomes rebels to its field hospitals for medical treatment, regardless of whether they belong to the more moderate Free Syrian Army or if they wear the banners of Salafist organizations like the al-Nusra Front, the Ansar Brigade or the Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade on their foreheads. A revolution for freedom and democracy fought side-by-side with allies of al-Qaida is disconcerting to say the least.

The West has essentially blocked any solution through negotiations.

M.D