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Syrian conflict exposes America’s "Axis of Evil"

Tue, 07/17/2012 - 19:12 — Dave Culver
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  • The people of the world should be very thankful to Syria. For in this agonizing time, the conflict-torn country is revealing an important truth. From the bloodshed, ravages and mayhem that the Syrian people are enduring, the world is empowered to see with crystal clarity a crucial fact - the fact of who, and what, is the real cause of violence.
  • And this real cause of violence is not just afflicting Syria, but right across the globe.
  • NATO's Presence Does Not Benefit Afghan Women.
  • US-Iran confrontation enters dangerous new stage.

Finian Cunningham, Global Research

Forget about oft-repeated Western admonishments against Islamic extremists, rogue states, corrupt regimes, authoritarian superpowers as being “the enemy” of freedom-loving people. It is the American government and its allies who are the real “axis of evil” confronting the world.

It is the system of capitalist corruption, elite exploitation and enrichment, and its corollary of imperialist warmongering that the US and its allies uphold - that is what is driving Syria and the rest of the world into poverty, conflict and the brink of catastrophe.

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