By:Socorro Gomes, President of World Peace Council (WPC) and Cebrapaz (Brazil)
For more than two years, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Zionist regime of Israel, the reactionary monarchies of the Middle East and Turkey has supported with weapons and money mercenaries. They are terrorists which under the nickname of "rebels" have converted the Syrian streets and cities into a stage of destruction and death. Hospitals, schools, residential neighborhoods, churches, mosques and State infrastructure are being systematically attacked, creating chaos and terror among the people.
The survival of Bashar Al Assad's government has been undeniably supported by most of Syrian people, which has been united against this so powerful and nefarious coalition. It has led Barack Obama to start provocation, threatening openly and following once again the steps of his predecessor, the terrorist of State George W. Bush. Everybody remembers that, in 2003, Bush invaded Iraq, destroyed the country, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis (including the former president Saddam Hussein), under the false pretext of the ownership of mass destruction weapons and the use of chemical arms.
After they have finished sharing the spoils, with the aggressors controlling most of Iraqi oil, the authorities of the occupation said cynically that they find any weapons of mass destruction. Despite this, the redrawing of the Middle East has continued to be executed, now, by the democrat Barack Obama, who in the beginning of the crisis had stated that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a "red line".
As an essay, they used the same speech. Obama's former State Secretary, Hillary Clinton, stated many times that the objective of the United States in the crisis which involves the Arabian country is the fall of the president Bashar Al Assad.
As President of the World Peace Council, I visited Syria a few times. Evidently, each people has its own specific characteristics. However, Syrian people, which house a great diversity of religions and ethnics, showed a strong national identity. For Shiites, Sunnis, Alawites, Druzes and Christians, their Syrian identity is above all their specific identities. The relationship among religions is peaceful and respectful. The centre of Damascus has, in close proximity to each other, churches and mosques. The hospitality with which they received visitors, similar to Brazilian people, invoked in me admiration and sympathy. The solidarity of the Syrian nation with the Palestinian people and other peoples of the region, as well as the anti-imperialist position of the country, causes Syria to be respected by peoples throughout the world. This humanistic wealth is under threat of imminent danger of destruction.
As the indomitable President Hugo Chavez used to say, we cannot trust in the United States not even a tiny bit. Even before the inspectors of the UN gave their opinion about the use of chemical weapons, the Secretary of State John Kerry said that there is no doubt that the Syrian government used them. But he didn't show any evidence, showing clearly that facts are not important. This imperialist power has accumulated immense experience in breaking International Law, ripping the Charter of the UN and using weapons and great private means of communication to impose their interests to the world.
The United States seeks to "redraw the Middle East", and for this purpose they use ethnic and religious conflicts and build networks of espionage and terrorists mercenaries in order to create chaos and weaken national states and governments. With the support of the mainstream media, they create a web of intrigue and disinformation. The imperialists "create facts" to justify the action of "humanitarian" missiles, drones, war fleets and all the apparatus necessary for the military domain and looting of wealth of other countries controlling sea routes. This is the great national interest of the United States: to dominate nations and loot countries and peoples.
The Syrian people have shown great bravery and courage in the defense of its self-determination, being an example of hope for people in struggle.
We must intensify our efforts in support of peace in opposition to war, unconditionally expressing our solidarity with the Syrian people. These actions must be expressed through denunciations of the aggressors everywhere: schools, universities, workplaces, streets and squares, organizing events to condemn and to prevent this crime against the peoples.
It is up to all governments committed to the sovereignty of the nations and to peace to condemn the forces that are being prepared for the aggression against Syria. We must demand the respect for the Charter of the UN and the stopping of the threats of war against the Syrian Arab Republic.
It's time for workers, the trade unions, women, youth, neighborhoods and popular movements to occupy the streets and squares against this imperialist aggression, assuming the defense of peace and sovereignty of Syria.
