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By Reg Little, published 4/9/2013One might recall also that the futile loss of Australian lives in Afghanistan took off under his and the Labor Party's enthusiastic support for the NATO intervention.
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I sometime wonder why the US has such an interest in Syria, particularly noting that Syria poses absolutely no threat to the USA.
Perhaps it has something to do with the Iranian proposal to construct a natural gas pipeline across Syria, which would boost Iran’s economy by sending Iranian gas to Europe. US intent may be to torpedo Iran’s economy and US worry about nations trading outside of US currency, which was one of the reasons Libya was destroyed.
Energy economics plays a significant role in US foreign policy and as such I think the rational behind any strike will be less about the human tragedy which is occurring and more about geo-strategic/economic interference and destabalisation increase in the broader ME.
Cheers
Geoff