{"id":33380,"date":"2018-04-14T08:46:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33380"},"modified":"2018-04-14T08:46:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T13:46:19","slug":"the-us-empire-has-been-trying-to-regime-change-syria-since-long-before-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33380","title":{"rendered":"The US Empire Has Been Trying To Regime Change Syria Since Long Before\u00a02011\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/04\/12\/the-us-empire-has-been-trying-to-regime-change-syria-since-long-before-2011\/\">The US Empire Has Been Trying To Regime Change Syria Since Long Before\u00a02011<span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-4404\" class=\"post-4404 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-assad tag-chemical-weapons tag-cia tag-regime-change tag-syria tag-war\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/medium-2.jpg?189db0&amp;189db0\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/medium-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/medium-2-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/medium-2-768x415.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">One interesting and completely undeniable fact that we don\u2019t talk about nearly enough is how Syria has been a target for regime change by the US-centralized power establishment since long before the uprising in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of US military interventionism in Syria will avoid addressing this known fact like the plague. They\u2019re more than happy to dispute claims about false flags and the White Helmets, but if you start asking them \u201cHey don\u2019t you think it\u2019s a little odd that the government we\u2019re all freaking out about right now just so happens to be one that\u2019s been a target for regime change by US defense and intelligence agencies since long before any of this started?\u201d they get real squirmy all of a sudden.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true though. Let\u2019s go over five key items in the mountain of evidence for this, starting with the most recent and working our way backward:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Roland Dumas statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fluidvids\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player fluidvids-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jeyRwFHR8WY?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"1060\" height=\"627\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-fluidvids=\"loaded\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roland_Dumas\">Roland Dumas<\/a> is the former Foreign Minister of France, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/earth-insight\/2013\/aug\/30\/syria-chemical-attack-war-intervention-oil-gas-energy-pipelines\">he stated<\/a> that he was made aware of the violence in Syria in 2009, two years before it started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to tell you something,\u201d Dumas said on French station LCP. \u201cI was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business. I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria. This was in Britain not in America. Britain was organizing an invasion of rebels into Syria. They even asked me, although I was no longer minister for foreign affairs, if I would like to participate. Naturally, I refused, I said I\u2019m French, that doesn\u2019t interest me.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019This operation goes way back. It was prepared, preconceived and planned,\u201d Dumas added.<\/p>\n<p>Prepared, preconceived, and planned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Empire Has Been Trying To Regime Change Syria Since Long Before\u00a02011\u00a0 One interesting and completely undeniable fact that we don\u2019t talk about nearly enough is how Syria has been a target for regime change by the US-centralized power establishment since long before the uprising in 2011. 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