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The RAND Corporation think tank has considerable influence on US policy. Operating like a shadow government, it supports militarism, imperial wars, and technocrat run world government.
Its ideal world isn't fit to live in. Media scoundrels ignore its agenda.
Former US Assistant Secretary of State James Dobbins directs RAND's International Security and Defense Policy Center. In mid-February, he addressed Syria , saying:
Its situation "bears considerable resemblance to that of a year ago in Libya. In both cases an aroused population is seeking to oust a long established dictator, and is being savagely repressed as a result.""In both cases, some level of external intervention will probably be needed to ensure such an outcome. Finally, from an American standpoint, the United States has much to gain from regime change--even more in Syria than in Libya."
He continued saying if Syria's opposition seeks US help supported by Western and regional allies, Washington "should contribute those military assets which only it can provide."
Dobbins sees Turkey playing a similar role as France and Britain did against Libya. A Security Council resolution calling for intervention "would be highly desirable but not essential."
He cites NATO's 1999 Yugoslavia war undertaken without UN authorization. He recommends replicating it against Syria following the Libyan model. He suggests America again "lead from behind."
Given Washington's regime change agenda, expect Dobbins' scenario to unfold ahead, maybe sooner than imagined.
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