As Russia and the United States approach
arguably the most dangerous crossroads
in history — and as Western media
continues to crucify Russia for its actions
within Syria — a closer look at
the rationale Putin used for intervening in
the Syrian war paints a sane explanation
of how we ended up at this juncture of a
global conflict.
Unsurprisingly, the explanation comes from
the Russian president himself and was
actually offered over 3 years ago. As
expected, the Western corporate media and
the Obama administration chose to ignore
Vladimir Putin’s explanation for Russia’s
stance on Syria and continued a number of
policies that have completely exacerbated
the conflict.
In a live interview with RT in June 2013,
Putin was asked for an explanation
regarding Russia’s support for Bashar al-
Assad in Syria, even though this support has
made some people very angry at Russia.
Putin’s response was that Russia does not
support the Assad government or Assad
himself, but before defining Russia’s official
position, he explained what Russia does
not want to do within Syria or across the
Middle East:
However, according to Putin, what worries Russia can be identified by having a look “at
what is going on in the Middle East in
general.”
“Egypt is not calm. Iraq is not calm –
and it is not assured in its continued
existence as one state. Yemen is not
calm; Tunisia is not calm. Libya is
witnessing inter-ethnic, inter-tribal
conflict. So the entire region has
been engulfed, at a minimum, into a
state of conflict and undecidedness.
And now Syria, down the same path.” In Putin’s eyes, these events are no accident.
As he puts it, these events happened for a
reason: “Some people, from the outside,
think that if they can ‘comb’ the
region to how they see fit – some of
them call this ‘democracy’ – then the
region will come into calmness and
order. That’s not how it is. Without
taking into account the history, the
traditions, religious particularities, you
must not do anything in the Middle
East, especially as an outsider.”Russia found this out the hard way when its
military intervened in Afghanistan in the
1980s, a war many historians believe to be
one of the main reasons for the fall of the
Soviet empire. According to Robert Gates,
director of the CIA under Ronald Reagan and
George H.W. Bush and Secretary of Defense
under both George W. Bush and Barack
Obama, the U.S. began arming and funding
jihadists in Pakistan and Afghanistan six
months prior to the Soviet invasion with the
express goal of luring the Soviets into a
quagmire.
Similarly, and not by accident, the tactic
used to draw Russia into Afghanistan is
the same tactic being used today in Syria.
In fact, Obama warned Putin that Russia’s
adventures into Syria would result in the
same quagmire the Soviets met in
Afghanistan.
Unsurprisingly, supporting radical militant
groups to overthrow regimes in the Middle
East has been a key hallmark of Obama’s
foreign policy. As Putin notes:“So they interfered in the internal
affairs of Libya. Whether the [Gaddafi]
regime was good or bad – but Libya
used to have the highest standard of
living in the Middle East. And what’s
happening there now? There’s a war
for resources; an endless inter-tribal
war. How is this all going to end –
nobody knows.”What happened to Libya resonated strongly
with Russia due to the fact that in that
situation, the West convinced Russia and
China not to use their veto power at the U.N.
Security Council level — they were told
regime change was not part of NATO’s
agenda in Libya. As it turned out, however,
this was one of the first things that
happened as soon as authorization was
granted for NATO to bomb Libyan territory.
Putin immediately questioned why NATO
was attacking Muammar Gaddafi directly
despite their promises they would not do
so.
Putin has therefore drawn the following
conclusion:“What worries us is that if the same
is done in Syria, then it will be in the
same state as Libya. Is it not enough
that we already have a small lawless
territory between Afghanistan and
Pakistan? Nobody governs the area,
it’s just groups of rebels. This is very
close to our borders, do we want
another?” The role of al-Nusra in the Syrian conflict
continues to be the main issue today, as
Russia has repeatedly asked for the United
States to differentiate between terrorist
groups and moderate groups on the
ground in Syria.
As Putin said: “You know what [the Americans]
can’t answer us? The key armed
opposition group…al-Nusra…Yes, this
organization is one of the key ones in
the armed opposition [against
Assad]. The U.S. State Department
has confirmed it is a terrorist
organization linked to al-Qaeda. Al-
Nusra does not hide that fact. And –
what are [the Americans
suggesting]? For al-Nusra to be in the
future parliament?”
“Or, here’s another example. They
support certain organizations that are
fighting against Assad in Syria, yet
those same countries [who support
them in Syria] fight against these
organizations in Mali.”Putin’s reference to fighters in Mali is a
direct attack on France’s role in the war on
terror. France has been actively
bombing Mali since 2013, though this is
rarely covered by the mainstream media. As
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has
noted, the fighters France supported in
Libya to overthrow Gaddafi were the same
fighters they have supposedly been fighting
in Mali“Often, not only are they the same
organizations – they are the same
individuals,” Putin added.
“They simply leave Syria and go to fight
in Mali – where western states do not
support them. Then the same people
go back to Syria and there they are
supported.”
“Where is the logic? How will it all
end? These are not just empty
words.” s

Source : www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-26/putin-tried-warn-us-about-syria-three-years-ago-nobody-listened

Until now i never knew there was an unrest in Mali, and i bet majority of us didin't know as well.
Why?? Because the media didn't report it.
So what it means is that the MSM feeds us what they want and not actually what is happening in the globe.
Big thanks to the internet!!
At least, we shall know the truth.