Is NATO pondering an Arab-backed, Libya-like invasion of Syria? Are Israel and the West planning to strike Iran’s nuclear program? Columnist Mohamed Kawash of Jordan’s Al-Arab Al-Yawm writes that the Arab street has a sinking feeling that history is about to repeat itself.
For Jordan’s Al-Arab Al-Yawm, Mohamed Kawash writes in part:
How similar today is to yesterday. History is repeating itself. We are now living in an atmosphere like that before the Iraq War, but the goal is now a dual one. I refer to Syria and Iran.
This may all be conjecture, but it seems that Israel has broken through the mental barrier to launching a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear reactors. And it was already halfway there after Americans and Europeans issued such inflammatory statements backing the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
As for Syria, the atmosphere is the same at that which existed on the eve of the Iraqi invasion. As far as Arab nations are concerned – at least some of them – the way has been paved for the internationalization and escalation of the crisis. They are prepared to hand Syria over to the NATO Alliance. This is a sure sign that the decision for regime change in Syria, which was part of Bush’s plans for a “New Middle East” dating back to the period after the Iraq occupation, is now coming to fruition. Last time the scheme was foiled by the Iraqi resistance.
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