SYRIA TO IGNITE RENEWED COLD WAR – OR WORSE?

WASHINGTON – The United States is in the unenviable position of siding with an opposition that increasingly is becoming impregnated with al-Qaida and Salafists backed by Saudi Arabia to oust the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

However, there doesn’t appear to be an end game in a U.S. policy that geo-strategically could alter the balance of power from the Middle East to Central Asia, with the prospect of creating a potential new Cold War confrontation with Russia and China.


This is the outlook based on a series of interviews I did in the last several weeks in Lebanon with senior members of Hezbollah and Shiites affiliated with the group, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity.

Given U.S. backing of a Syrian opposition increasingly being infiltrated with al-Qaida and Salafists, the United States is “backing the wrong horse – Saudi Arabia – and instead should consider working with Hezbollah and Iran to prevent a shift in the balance of power that won’t benefit the U.S.,” one senior Hezbollah member told WND.

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