In 2012, the Brookings Institution would publish another paper titled, --Saving Syria: Assessing Options for Regime Change" (PDF), which stated:
Some voices in Washington and Jerusalem are exploring whether Israel could contribute to coercing Syrian elites to remove Asad.
The report continues by explaining:
Israel could posture forces on or near the Golan Heights and, in so doing, might divert regime forces from suppressing the opposition. This posture may conjure fears in the Asad regime of a multi-front war, particularly if Turkey is willing to do the same on its border and if the Syrian opposition is being fed a steady diet of arms and training. Such a mobilization could perhaps persuade Syria's military leadership to oust Asad in order to preserve itself.
Once again, the use of Israel as one of several regional provocateurs executing policy as part of a larger US-orchestrated conspiracy is openly discussed.
And it was a 2009 Brookings Institution paper titled, "Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran," that would spell out the strategy of having Israel carry out attacks first, provoking a war the US could wade in later with a broader and more "acceptable" pretext to do so.
The paper would state specifically:
...the [Israeli] airstrikes themselves are really just the start of this policy. Again, the Iranians would doubtless rebuild their nuclear sites. They would probably retaliate against Israel, and they might retaliate against the United States, too (which might create a pretext for American airstrikes or even an invasion).
Thus - in addition to the US itself trying to provoke Iran into a war - or stage a provocation themselves to do so - they have slated Israel a role in attempting to provoke Iran as well.
The strategy has added complexity to it - providing the US additional "plausible deniability" and making its "retaliation" against Iran appear both more "reluctant" and more "justified."
It is clear that a strategy described in the 1980's, clearly carried out over the decades (and regardless of who occupies the White House) is still very much in play.
The US is helping open up the skies for this long-anticipated Israeli first strike through this current "normalization" of relations between Israel and nations it may potentially overfly to strike Iran or require assistance from in any resulting war.
Meanwhile, the US continues attempting to appear interested in returning to the "Iran Nuclear Deal" but is making no tangible efforts to actually do so. In fact, the US itself appears to be continuing a build-up for the above mentioned "retaliation" it hopes it or its allies can provoke in the region - and failing that - perhaps convincingly stage.
It is very much still a dangerous time for Iran as well as for peace and stability in the region.
Despite the superficial political change in Washington this year, this long-planned policy of aggressive regime change against Iran continues. The clearer the game the US and its allies are playing becomes to international audiences - the more difficult it will be for the US and its allies to continue playing it.
It is incumbent upon alternative media - both independent and state-run - to raise awareness of this continued aggression and planned aggression against Iran - while nations interested in peace and stability in the region continue working to raise the costs of potential US-Israeli aggression against Iran far above any potential benefit Washington and its allies believe they will receive by continuing to pursue it.
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