Newly declassified CIA info and the Wikileaks documents show the US plan for Syria.
The newly released CIA information shows that the CIA wanted to create a conflict that would topple the Assad government, they felt the best way was to create the impression of a sectarian war.
Sunnis make up 60 percent of the Syrian officer corps but are concentrated in junior officer ranks; enlisted men are predominantly Sunni conscripts. We believe that a renewal of communal violence between Alawis and Sunnis could inspire Sunnis in the military to turn against the regime. [pg.12]
The document goes on to say that the US interests are best served with a Sunni puppet government in power:
In our view, US interests would be best served by a Sunni regime controlled by business-oriented moderates. Business moderates would see a strong need for Western aid and investment to build Syria’s private economy, thus opening the way for stronger ties to Western governments.[pg. 24]
Those CIA policies have been in effect since the late 80’s. Lets fast forward to what current (leaked) CIA documents have to say. A December 13, 2006 cable, “Influencing the SARG [Syrian government] in the End of 2006,”1 indicates that, as far back as 2006 – five years before “Arab Spring” protests in Syria – destabilizing the Syrian government was a central motivation of US policy. The author of the cable was William Roebuck, at the time chargé d’affaires at the US embassy in Damascus. The cable outlines strategies for destabilizing the Syrian government. In his summary of the cable, Roebuck wrote :
PLAY ON SUNNI FEARS OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE: There are fears in Syria that the Iranians are active in both Shia proselytizing and conversion of, mostly poor, Sunnis. Though often exaggerated, such fears reflect an element of the Sunni community in Syria that is increasingly upset by and focused on the spread of Iranian influence in their country through activities ranging from mosque construction to business.
Both the local Egyptian and Saudi missions here (as well as prominent Syrian Sunni religious leaders) are giving increasing attention to the matter and we should coordinate more closely with their governments on ways to better publicize and focus regional attention on the issue. [Emphasis added.]
This should open a few more blinded eyes to the fact that colonialism has never ended. It just became more economical and easier to implement via proxies and other means i.e. other nations, puppet rulers, etc. Physical occupation and ethnic cleansing of whole indigenous populations are comparatively more expensive and taxing on human resources. As long as the wealth and resources of the world is flowing into the West, then there’s no real reason to revert back to traditional colonialist occupation.