{"id":22257,"date":"2015-09-11T14:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=22257"},"modified":"2015-09-11T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:31:54","slug":"does-the-syrian-civil-war-escalation-put-iran-nuke-deal-in-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=22257","title":{"rendered":"Does the Syrian Civil War escalation put Iran nuke deal in jeopardy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Costa, CA<br \/>\nSeptember 11, 2015<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Expanding War In Syria Will Undermine Iran Nuke Deal<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>As I have recently predicted, the expanding war in Syria will serve to undermine<br \/>\nthe P5+1 deal with Iran far more than a Congressional vote against it.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of more Russian military forces along with the increase in Iranian<br \/>\ntroops to back the Assad regime portends great danger for all involved as this<br \/>\nproxy war has the potential to morph into world war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-09-10\/major-humiliation-obama-iran-has-sent-soldiers-support-russian-troops-syria\">In Major Humiliation For Obama, Iran Sends Soldiers To Support Russian Troops In Syria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the refugee crisis providing the latest opportunity for the Western Alliance to\u00a0intervene in Syria, the continued destabilization of that country has picked up\u00a0momentum with more fighting likely.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s incursion into northern Iraq to take on the Kurds in the name of attacking\u00a0ISIS a few days ago demonstrates what many said would happen back in 2003\u00a0when President Bush launched his &#8220;shock and awe&#8221; attack on Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22260\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/syrian-civil-war2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22260\" class=\"wp-image-22260\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/syrian-civil-war2.jpg\" alt=\"The geopolitics of Syria's Civil War are complex and ever-changing.\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/syrian-civil-war2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/syrian-civil-war2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The geopolitics of Syria&#8217;s Civil War are complex and ever-changing.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former VP Dick Cheney is rarely correct with his facts or conclusions but his<br \/>\nprediction for a Long War seems to becoming true.<\/p>\n<p>The entire region is now even more in turmoil than when Bush left office. President<br \/>\nObama did not miss a neo-con beat in extending much of the failed approach of<br \/>\nhis predecessor in relying on humanitarian intervention and the Arab Spring in<br \/>\nLibya, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Sudan, Yemen and other nations of the Middle East<br \/>\nand North Africa with disastrous results.<\/p>\n<p>With the presidential election now reflecting the strength of the Israel lobby in<br \/>\nopposing the Iran nuclear deal despite their apparent defeat in the Senate, the<br \/>\nAIPAC\/Abelson\/neo-con forces can take heart: with today&#8217;s headlines showing<br \/>\nIran actively participating in Syria&#8217;s fighting, they will not need a false flag or any<br \/>\nother event to achieve their goal of taking on the mullahs.<\/p>\n<p>What ever emerges out of the congressional fight with Obama and the presidential<br \/>\nelection a year from now, the greater likelihood is that the tragedy of Syria&#8217;s<br \/>\nexpanding war and the role of Iran in it, will provide all the excuses necessary for<br \/>\nEurope and other US allies to walk away from the Plan of Action compact they<br \/>\nlabored so hard to create .<\/p>\n<p>Instead of increased trade with Iran and the prospect for resolving the long<br \/>\nsimmering dispute with its leaders, the world will see more war, more turmoil,<br \/>\nmore refugees and less hope for peace in the months ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Costa, CA September 11, 2015 Expanding War In Syria Will Undermine Iran Nuke Deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}