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The clear message to targeted regimes is "go or be gone." End results aim for "post-modern coup d'etat(s)."
A Syrian National Council (SNC) was established, similar to Libya's puppet Transitional National Council (TNC).
Originally formed in 2005, it was revived on August 23, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. It represents Western-backed internal opposition elements against the rights and interests of most Syrians.
It called for a Libyan-style "no-fly zone" and foreign intervention. It supplies intelligence to Washington and other Western nations. If unconventional tactics fail, stepped up violence and war remain options.
Since early 2011, NATO countries used regional bases to provide anti-regime support. Saudi Arabia and Lebanon's Saad al Hariri were implicated in financing and arming insurgents. Israel, Jordan and Turkey are also believed to be involved.
So far, Russia and China blocked a Libyan-style "humanitarian intervention." Once Washington wants regime change, it's open to question what measures can stop it.
On October 6, Jeremy Salt separated fact from fiction about Syria, saying:
It's insurrection threatens civil war. Western intervention and propaganda fuel it. What, in fact, is going on?
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