I knew that the deep state would not surrender the American empire without a fight and would go to extraordinary lengths to preserve it, but I underestimated their ruthlessness and depravity.

With their proxy war in Ukraine facing defeat and Israel’s failure to subdue Hezbollah they have turned to their old standby--terrorism. The U.S.’s aggressive neocon infused policies have again unleashed al-Qaeda linked rebels to wreak havoc in Syria.

To think that the all of these things are not connected is the height of naivety, in fact it’s clear that this is part of a complex interconnected operation . The US deep state’s tactics are not exactly new, and the Syrian gambit is similar to the reckless attack on Kursk. They are trying to divert Russia by focusing on Syria–overextending the Kremlin and relieving pressure on Ukraine–while attempting to curtail Iranian weapons supply to Hezbollah.

The CIA has renewed it’s dirty war with Sunni terrorist proxies, a reprise of Obama’s Timber Sycamore, in a renewed attempt to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The terrorist offensive is conveniently timed to coincide with the Lebanon “ceasefire,” and according to Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli officials view the advance on Aleppo as an opportunity to weaken Syria. That is unsurprising as it’s widely believed that Israel, thwarted in its ground invasion of Lebanon, has circled back to its previous backup plan following its 2006 failure in Lebanon, which is to eliminate Iran’s ability to resupply Hezbollah via Syria.

The terrorist offensive is also a bid to distract and weaken Russia, who maintains several military bases in Syria as well as allying with the Bashar Assad government. The Sunni terrorists also received considerable support from Ukrainian special forces with a focus on drone warfare to target Russian and Syrian positions.

As you might expect, the US corporate media has turned on a dime, from enthusiastically supporting the “war on terror” attacks on al Qaeda, to cheerleading the new “war of terror” with al Qaeda as our allies. Even George Orwell would be impressed.

Author and analyst Max Blumenthal has done considerable research on the origins of these groups and presented his findings in a recent article titled The US has backed 21 of the 28 ‘crazy’ militias leading Turkey’s brutal invasion of northern Syria. Here’s a short blurb from his article: “Out of the 28 factions, 21 were previously supported by the United States,. In other words, virtually the entire apparatus of anti-Assad insurgents armed and equipped under the Obama administration has been repurposed by the Turkish military to serve as the spearhead of its brutal invasion of northern Syria. “

The Obama program to utilize terrorists to overthrow the Syrian government of Bashar Assad, the before mentioned Timber Sycamore, was enthusiastically supported by the bi-partisan national security state including Senator John McCain and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. When the later Sen. John McCain made his notorious surprise visit to the Turkish-Syrian border in May 2013, hoping to inspire a US military intervention, he was warmly welcomed by Salim Idriss, the then-leader of the US-backed Free Syrian Army, which was really al Qaeda of Syria.

Back in 2012 when Clinton was Secretary of State, she junketed to Istanbul to rally support for those very same militias during a “Friends of Syria” conference convened by Erdogan. She later remarked, “The hard men with the guns are going to be the more likely actors in any political transition than those on the outside just talking. And therefore we needed to figure out how we could support them on the ground, better equip them…”

To place this in historical perspective–the US utilizes terrorism, including the latest attacks in Syria, as a means to thwart the growing power and economic integration of BRICS members Russia, China, Iran, as well as any other countries who go against Washington and Wall Street’s policies. US foreign policy, implemented by the CIA, following the British MI6 model, utilizes terrorism to dissolve the social cohesion of a targeted country. Coupled with the sanctions and color change toolkit this has proven to be model for western governments to keep the jungle at bay.

Terrorism helps explain why the US and NATO downsized their conventional military capabilities. Why have your own soldiers fight and die when there’s a terrorist proxy available?

They say that as one gets older they become more conservative but that’s not my experience. I’ve become more radical and my views more subversive. I have lost any illusions about the world I inhabit. There is simply too much power riding on the continuation of the American empire for those in control to allow a multipolar world and if terrorism is required to maintain it then that’s exactly what they will do.

Update: The deep state might want to reappraise their embrace of terrorism in the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO. Two can play that game. Terrorism is a tactic of the weak and their are a lot of “soft targets” in the US.