by Whitney Webb from Mint Press News
Since it was announced a few weeks
ago, President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria
has now — unsurprisingly – morphed from an “America First” policy move
into yet another “Israel First” and neoconservative-supported initiative
likely to continue the U.S.’ illegal occupation Syrian territory for
the foreseeable future.
Indeed, according to recent
statements from top administration officials, the U.S. troop withdrawal
from Syria has now become “conditional” on upcoming negotiations with
the Turkish government and is being “coordinated”
with the State of Israel. Even more concerning is the fact that leaked
details of the still-classified plan have shown that the U.S. plans to
partition the portion of Syria it is currently occupying into “spheres
of influence,” in a move that is reminiscent of the Sykes-Picot plan and constitutes a last-ditch effort to achieve the long-standing Israeli/U.S. geopolitical goal to divide and weaken Syria.
The relatively quick reversal on
Trump’s push to withdraw U.S. troops that are illegally occupying Syrian
territory is unsurprising given the immediate and extremely negative
reaction it received from politicians from both parties as well as the
mainstream press...
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