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The writing is on the wall.
We yesterday
described what looks like a Turkish-Saudi plan to raise a Salafi-Sunni militia in north Lebanon to then attack nearby Syrian regions held by the Syrian government. Such a new front of the conflict in Syria would necessarily
involve fighting in Lebanon as the Lebanese Shia Hizbollah movement is actively supporting the Syrian government. The plot would destabilize Lebanon, probably throwing it back into the brutal times of the Lebanese civil war. There was no confirmation of such a plot yesterday, just several signs for it like the ship with weapons from Turkey that was caught by the Greek coastguard on its way to north Lebanon.
The existence of such a plan was confirmed today. We still
cannot say for sure that the plot is part of a U.S. "Plan B" to achieve a violent "regime change" in Syria, but we know that
the U.S. is informed about the plan. In his
Washington Post column today the
unofficial CIA spokesperson David Ignatius writes about the
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman:
The young Saudi has sometimes been more bold than wise, as in his war in Yemen, his decision to break diplomatic relations with Iran and his new effort to destabilize a Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon.
Syria is not mentioned in that part of the Ignatius column but any capable Sunni militia in Lebanon, created from Salafist groups in Tripoli and Syrian Sunni refugees in Lebanese camps, would extend itself into Syria and become a threat to the government held western Syria. Ignatius, as surely also the U.S. government, was informed by the Saudis themselves. The above quoted paragraph continues:
But his role as a change agent is unmistakable. He "wants to transition Saudi Arabia very quickly," said Adel al-Toraifi, the Saudi information minister, who's just 36 himself, in a visit to Washington last week.
My hunch is that this plan is too bold to have grown solely in the minds of the Turkish and Saudi regimes.
The U.S. is likely not only informed about it but deeply involved. The possibility of such a plan to counter the recent Syrian and Russian successes on the battlefield was
first mentioned in a piece published in early February by the Washington Institute, a think tank founded and funded by the Israel lobby.
Comment: Plan B - real or disinformation?
Whatever the truth of that, it is apparent that the Israel/US/SA/Turkey and friends will not be satisfied just munching Syria up into pieces. The whole region has become a feeding ground for pathological regimes such as Israel and the US. (The fact is...neither of them belong there. A couple million refugees do!)
FYI:
April, 2015: Lebanon received the first installment of French military equipment under a four-year plan to help the Lebanese army in its "battle against militants" from neighboring Syria (Syrian-supporting Hezbollah). The $3B plan was paid for by SA and included seven years of training for recruits. The West is "helping" Lebanon with its "security and stability:" so it doesn't "slip into chaos." Catch the drift: You're either with us or you're against us. With this bribe, we thee wed. Abstain? We will decimate you just like...well, pick one...
Comment: For another part of this interview check out:
The U.S. 'wants to overthrow democratically elected Syrian government' - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.