Webster G. Tarpley | 1 Oct 2015

Yesterday marked a major shift in the fight against terrorism in Syria and opened the path towards peace in the Middle East. Russian fighter jets launched 20 sorties over Syria yesterday, destroying at least eight terrorist targets with surgical strikes. According to the London Daily Telegraph, the strikes also destroyed ISIS ammunition, fuel, command posts and communication centers^[1]. Unlike the phony war plan of US ISIS Czar General John Allen, which included limited air raids against ISIS that were ultimately ineffective, these strikes by Russia were coordinated with the legitimate Assad government of Syria. The Russian-Syrian attacks represent the beginning of a cooperative effort to destroy terrorism in the Middle East².

Russia’s fight against terrorism has had the welcomed effect of making the Allen-inspired policy of appeasement impossible to follow for the United States. In order to save face in the war against terrorism and keep up with the Russians, the Pentagon claimed that US had also been conducting airstrikes against ISIS in Aleppo³.

However, rather than applaud actions taken against Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Syria, Western governments and media outlets whined that Russia was not only attacking ISIS but also the so-called moderate terrorist rebels. Regarding a Russian strike in Homs, a traditional haunt of the terrorist band known as the Free Syrian Army, an anonymous French diplomatic source told Reuters: “It is not Daesh (Islamic State) that they are targeting, but probably opposition groups, which confirms that they are more in support of Bashar’s regime than in fighting Daesh.” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also complained that Russia must stop its support for Assad, that Assad must step down, and that Russia was ambiguous about whom they were fighting in Syria. These flippant remarks by Fabius were directly castigated by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, who rightly said: “What we have heard from the representative of France today clearly shows the true role played by France with regards to supporting terrorism.”^[4] France is making trouble in order to secure a bigger slice of the concessions pie.

One other wretched soul protesting the Russian airstrikes was Khaled Kohja, head of the puppet Syrian National Coalition, which purports to be an organ of opposition against Assad. Khoja claims the Russian airstrikes in Homs only killed civilians [although these reports are coming mainly from NATO stooges].^[5] It must also be pointed out that Khoja makes his statements and directs his venom against Assad and Putin from the safety of his abode in Turkey, and is essentially under Erdogan’s protective custody. This means that Khoja is receiving aid and comfort from a state which has consistently housed, trained and supplied the ISIS genocidalists, Al-Nusra butchers and other Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq whose total body count is immense.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov also announced that Russia will present a proposal to the UN Security Council on fighting terrorism. In a Security Council meeting yesterday, the discussion was centered on “resolving conflicts in the Middle East and northern Africa and the battle with the terrorist threat.” At the meeting, the so-called Quartet of Mideast mediators — the United Nations, United States, European Union, and Russia — will meet together and then join with Middle East nations to discuss options for peace negotiations and fighting terrorism.^[6]

Secretary Kerry Meeting With Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif