Assad
advisor debunks Western propaganda on Australian Lateline (ABC)
17 September, 2015
For those who have had the pleasure of seeing Dr Bouthaina Shaaban appear on Mainstream Propaganda channels you would remember she doesn't hold back when it comes to destroying the myths and innuendos regarding the so called 'Civil War' in Syria.
For those who have had the pleasure of seeing Dr Bouthaina Shaaban appear on Mainstream Propaganda channels you would remember she doesn't hold back when it comes to destroying the myths and innuendos regarding the so called 'Civil War' in Syria.
She
was yet again unrelenting when the Australian Public Broadcaster, the
ABC invited her on to discuss Russia's increasing intervention and
support for the Syrian and Iraqi Government in their Wars on [Saudi]
International Terrorism. To little surprise, the host, Tony Jones
repeatedly interrupted. changing the topic and interjected Dr Shaaban
when her responses featured too much truth, and as many of us here
know - Truth is rarely heard or seen on channels and programs such as
this.
It
should come as no surprise that the host used examples such as the
doctored Qatari-funded 'investigation' into alleged Syrian warcrimes
as a reason why 'Assad must go' since both Australian Public
Broadcasters (The ABC and SBS) fill their daily news bulletins with
direct reports from al-Jazeera - the Propaganda arm of the Qatari
Puppet Terror Regime.
Here is some of the rest of the ABC's coverage representing fully the position of Empire
Russia
boosts its military presence in Syria
Washington
is becoming increasingly concerned about the Russian military
build-up in Syria
To hear ABC coverage GO HERE
TONY
JONES, PRESENTER: Well right now, prompted by the global horror at
the human cost of the refugee crisis, the Syrian regime is seizing
the opportunity to reach out to the West. Yesterday, President Assad
gave a rare interview to Russian journalists, first accusing the US
of turning a blind eye to Turkey's covert support for ISIS then
offering cooperation.
BASHAR
AL-ASSAD, SYRIAN PRESIDENT (voiceover translation): If these
countries decide to change their policies and realise that terrorism
is like a scorpion - if you put it in your pocket, it will sting you
- if that happens, we have no objection to cooperating with all these
countries, provided it is a real and not a fake coalition to fight
terrorism.
TONY
JONES: Until now there's been no sign of the US backing away from its
position that you cannot save Syria from disintegration as long as
Bashar al-Assad remains in power. Questioned about this recently,
Australia's Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, warned that the removal
of Assad could leave a vacuum that ISIS could step into and take
power in Syria. So should the West change its mind and support the
Syrian regime against ISIS? Well Syria's old ally, Russia, has no
qualms at all about backing Assad in this existential fight, and to
that end, Moscow has been steadily stepping up its military aid to
his regime.
Well
shortly we'll cross to our guest in Damascus. First, here's our
correspondent Ben Knight on the Russian military buildup in Syria
that's causing serious alarm in Washington.
BEN
KNIGHT, REPORTER: Unlike their invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops
aren't hiding their deployment to Syria, posting photos of themselves
to social media. They're there because Vladimir Putin's ally, Bashar
al-Assad, is in trouble, losing ground to both the Syrian rebels and
Islamic State.
Bashar
al-Assad's army is still the most powerful force on the ground in
Syria. But after more than four years of civil war fighting against
two different enemies, it's showing signs of exhaustion.
Its
biggest threat is the Syrian rebels, who last week captured the Idlib
air base. But Islamic State fighters are closing in from the north
and the east, so Russia is beefing up its military presence in Syria.
It's expanding its air base at Latakia to support Bashar al-Assad.
It's also sending in tanks and heavy weapons, some of which have
already been spotted on the battlefield in Syria. And Washington
doesn't like it.
JOHN
KERRY, US SECRETARY OF STATE: I spoke to Foreign Minister Lavrov
again yesterday, the third time in less than a week. I made clear
that Russia's continued support for Assad risks escalating the
conflict and undermining our shared goal of fighting extremism if we
do not also remain focused on finding the political solution.
BEN
KNIGHT: Vladimir Putin says he's trying to prevent Syria from
becoming another failed state like Libya.
VLADIMIR
PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT (voiceover translation): If Russia had not
supported Syria, the situation in this country would've been worse
than in Libya and the flow of refugees would've been even bigger.
ANNA
BORSHCHEVSKAYA, WASHINGTON INSTITUTE: I think, frankly, the US has
not played this well at all. Unfortunately, I think the United States
hasn't been willing to take charge, hasn't been willing to really get
involved in Syria since 2011. And on the one hand it paid lip service
to certain ideas and principles, it said Assad must go, but it never
really did anything about it and Putin simply took advantage of that.
BEN
KNIGHT: But the Russian President is posing a question to the West:
is Syria under Bashar al-Assad a better option than Syria under
Islamic State?
To hear ABC coverage GO HERE
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