Op deze plek heb ik al eens gewezen op de vraag, wie het meest heeft geprofiteerd van de mislukte ‘coup’ in Turkije, daar is maar één antwoord op: Erdogan*! Deze reli-fascistische psychopaat heeft na de coup in feite de totale macht in Turkije verworven, iets dat het komende jaar vervolmaakt zal worden.

Het volgende artikel werd geschreven door Michel Chossudovsky. Hierin de stelling dat de de ‘mislukte coup’ werd georganiseerd door de de CIA en Erdogan, zodat hij en de totale macht kan grijpen in Turkije en met een lam excuus Syrië kon binnenvallen…..

Hier het volledige artikel (u kan onder het artikel klikken voor een vertaling, dat neemt wel enige tijd in beslag):

US-NATO-Turkey
Invasion of Northern Syria

CIA
“Failed” Turkey Coup Lays Groundwork for Broader Middle East War?

By
Prof Michel Chossudovsky

September
01, 2016 “Information
Clearing House”
– “GR” – In
mid-July, President Erdogan pointed his finger at the CIA, accusing
US intelligence of having supported a failed coup directed against
his government. Turkish officials pointed to a deterioration of
US-Turkey relations following Washington’s refusal to extradite
Fethullah Gülen, the alleged architect of the failed coup.

Erdogan’s
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag was categorical:

“If
the US does not deliver (Gulen), they
will sacrifice relations with Turkey for the sake of a terrorist” 

Public
opinion was led to believe that relations
with the US had not only deteriorated, but that Erdogan had vowed to
restore “an axis of friendship” with Moscow, including
“cooperation in the defence sector”. This was a hoax.

Turkey’s
Invasion of Syria

The
implementation of the Turkish invasion required routine consultations
with the US and NATO, coordination of military logistics,
intelligence, communications systems, coordination of ground and air
operations, etc. To be effectively carried out these military
endeavors required a cohesive and “friendly” US-Turkey
relationship.

We
are not dealing with a piecemeal military initiative.
Turkey’s Operation
Euphrates Shield could
not have taken place without the active support of the Pentagon,
which ultimately calls the shots in the war on Syria.

The
likely scenario is that from mid July to mid-August US, NATO and
Turkish officials were actively involved in planning the next stage
of the war on Syria: an (illegal) invasion led by Turkish
ground-forces, backed by the US and NATO.

Map
of the Turkish-led offensive in the northern Aleppo Governorate,
showing the ongoing developments in west of Euphrates River. Source
Wikipedia

The
Failed Coup Sets the Stage for a Ground Invasion

1.
Massive purges within the armed forces and government were
implemented in the immediate wake of the July coup. They had been
planned well in advance.  ”Arrested
immediately were 2,839 army personnel with 2,745 Judges and
Prosecutors ordered
detained… In
under a week 60,000 people had been fired or detained and 2,300
institutions closed” … “
  (See Felicity Arbuthnot, Global
Research, August 2, 2016)

2.The
coup was intended to fail. Erdogan had advanced knowledge of the coup
and so did Washington. There was no conspiracy directed by the CIA
against Erdogan. Quite the opposite, the failed coup was in all
likelihood engineered by the CIA in liaison with Erdogan. It was
intended to consolidate and reinforce the Erdogan regime as well as
rally the Turkish people behind their president and his military
agenda “in the name of democracy”.

3.
The purges within the Armed Forces were intended to get rid of
members of the military hierarchy who were opposed to an invasion of
Syria. Did the CIA assist Erdogan in establishing the lists of
military officers, judges and senior government officials to be
arrested or fired? The Turkish media was also targeted, many of which
were closed down.

4.
Erdogan used the July 15 coup to accuse Washington of supporting the
Gulen movement while seeking a fake rapprochement with Moscow. He
flew to St Petersburg on August 9, for a behind closed doors meeting
with President Putin. In all likelihood, the scenario of a rift
between Ankara and Washington coupled with the “my friend Putin”
narrative had been approved by the Obama administration. It was part
of a carefully designed intelligence ploy coupled with media
disinformation. President Erdogan, vowed according to Western media
reports: “to
restore an ‘axis of friendship’ between Ankara and Moscow amid a
growing rift between Turkey and the West.”

5.
While “mending the fence” with Russia, Turkey’s military and
intelligence apparatus was involved in planning the invasion of
Northern Syria in liaison with Washington and NATO headquarters in
Brussels. The
underlying objective is to ultimately confront and weaken Syria’s
military allies: Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.

In
St Petersburg in the immediate wake of the July 15 failed coup,
Erdogan thanked his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin.

“The
fact Mr Putin called me the next day after the coup attempt was a
very strong psychological factor,” he said at a joint press
conference.  “The axis of friendship between Moscow and Ankara
will be restored,” he said.Telegraph,
August 7, 2016

Did
Putin know that the failed coup, covertly supported by the CIA, was
meant to fail? One
suspects that Russian intelligence was aware of the ploy and was also
informed regarding Turkey’s invasion plans:

“Your
visit today, despite a very difficult situation regarding domestic
politics, indicates that we all want to restart dialogue and restore
relations between Russia and Turkey,” Mr Putin said as
the pair met in the city’s Constantine Palace.

…
Mr
Putin on Tuesday said Russia would “step by step” lift sanctions,
… Mr Erdogan in turn promised to back major Russian energy projects
in Turkey, including the construction of the country’s first
nuclear power station and a gas pipeline to Europe.

He
also said the two countries would step up “cooperation
in the defence sector,” but did not elaborate.

The
Putin-Erdogan Saint Petersburg meeting was interpreted by the media
as a rapprochement with Moscow in response to the alleged involvement
of the CIA in the failed coup.

According
to the Washington
Post, an improvised about-turn in US-NATO-Turkey relations had
occurred despite Erdogan’s “friendly” encounter with Putin:

NATO
went out of its way Wednesday to insist that Turkey — whose
president this week visited Moscow and promised a new level of
cooperation with the man he repeatedly called his “dear
friend,” Russian
President Vladi­mir Putin — remains a
“valued ally” whose alliance membership “is not in question.”

In
a statement posted on its website, NATO said it was responding to
“speculative press reports regarding NATO’s stance regarding the
failed coup in Turkey and Turkey’s NATO membership.”

A
nonsensical report. In actuality, the Pentagon, NATO, the Turkish
High Command and Israel are in permanent liaison. Israel is a de
facto member of NATO, it has a comprehensive bilateral military and
intelligence relationship with Turkey.

With
the invasion of  the border area of Northern Syria and the
influx of Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles,  the
Turkey-Russia relationship is in crisis. And that is the ultimate
objective of US foreign policy.

Russian
forces are acting on behalf of their Syrian ally.

How
will the Kremlin and Russia’s High Command respond to what
constitutes a US-Turkey-NATO ground invasion of Syria?

How
will they confront Turkish and allied forces? One assumes that Russia
will avoid direct military confrontation.

After
the US, Turkey is NATO’s heavy weight.

Sofar
the Turkish op is limited to a small border territory. Nonetheless it
constitutes and important landmark in the evolution of the Syria war:
invasion of a sovereign country in derogation of international law.
Washington’s endgame remains “regime change” in Damascus.

Is
the military initiative a preamble for a larger military undertaking
on the part of Turkey supported by US-NATO? In many regards, Turkey
is acting as a US proxy:

Turkey’s
incursion was backed by US air-cover, drones, and embedded special
forces per the WSJ. These were there largely to prevent Russia and
Syria from even thinking about taking action against the invading
forces.

Turkey
is moving into Syria not just with its own military, but with
thousands of “rebel opposition groups” including US-backed FSA
brigades allied with AlQaeda/Nusra/Sham and the child head-chopping
al-Zinki who are reported to form the vanguard. Syrian
territory is outright being turned over to them by the Turkish
military, simply exchanging control from one group of terrorist
jihadis (ISIS) to others who
are more media acceptable and more direct proxies of the Erdogan
regime, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

That
said, ISIS has not resisted the Turkish advance at all – simply
“melting away” (or exchanging one set of uniforms for
another?). (Moon
 of Alabama

Do
the SAA Syrian forces have the military capabilities of confronting
Turkish ground forces without Russian and Iranian support? How will
Tehran react to  the influx of Turkish forces? Will it come to
the rescue of its Syrian ally?

An
“incident” could be used as a pretext to justify a broader
NATO-led war. Article 5 of the Washington Treaty (NATO’s founding
document) states under the doctrine of “collective security” that
an attack against one member state of the Atlantic Alliance (e.g.
Turkey) is an attack against all members states of the Atlantic
Alliance.

Dangerous
crossroads. With the incursion of Turkish ground forces, military
confrontation with Syria’s allies, namely Iran and Russia, is a
distinct possibility which could lead to a  process of
escalation beyond Syria’s borders.

The
Erdogan-Jo Biden Meeting 

From
Washington’s perspective, this ground invasion sets the stage for a
possible annexation of part of Northern Syria by Turkey. It also
opens the door for the deployment of US-NATO ground force operations
directed against central and southern Syria.

Erdogan
met up with Vice President Biden on August 23, following the influx
of Turkish tanks into Northern Syria. The invasion is carefully
coordinated with the US which provided extensive air force
protection. There is no rift between Ankara and Washington, quite the
opposite:

It
[is] difficult to believe that Turkey truly suspected the US of an
attempted decapitation of the nation’s senior leadership in a
violent, abortive coup just last month, only to be conducting joint
operations with the US inside Syria with US military forces still
based within Turkish territory.

What
is much more likely is that the coup was staged to feign a
US-Turkish fallout, draw in Russia and allow Turkey to make sweeping
purges of any elements within the Turkish armed forces that might
oppose a cross-border foray into Syria, a foray that is now
unfolding.  (See The
New Atlas, Global Research, August 24, 2016)

Media
reports convey the illusion that the Biden-Erdogan meetings were
called to discuss the extradition of the alleged architect of the
failed coup Gulen. This was a smokescreen. Jo Biden who had also met
Erdogan back in January, gave the green-light on behalf of Washington
for a joint US-Turkey-NATO military incursion into Syria.

The
Kurdish Question

The
invasion is not directed against Daesh (ISIS) which is protected by
Ankara, it is geared towards fighting SAA forces as well as Kurdish
YPG forces, which are “officially” supported by the US. The US
supported ISIS-Daesh and Al Qaeda affiliated rebels are working hand
in glove with the Turkish invaders.

The
invasion is also part of a longstanding project by Turkey of creating
a “safe-haven” within Northern Syria (see
map above) which can be used to extend US-NATO-Turkey military
operations Southwards into Syria’s heartland.

Washington
has warned its
Kurdish allies not to confront Turkish forces:

Biden
said the Kurds, who Turkey claims intend to establish a separate
state along a border corridor in conjunction with Turkey’s own
Kurdish population, “cannot, will not, and under no circumstances
will get American support if they do not keep” what he said was a
commitment to return to the east.

Washington
will no doubt eventually clash with Ankara with regard to Turkey’s
project of territorial expansion in Northern Syria. Washington’s
longstanding objective is to create a Kurdish State in Northern
Syria, within the framework of a territorial breakup of both Syria
and Iraq. (see US National War Academy map below). In a bitter irony,
this “New Middle East” project also consists in annexing part of
Turkey to the proposed Kurdish State. In other words, Turkey’s  New
Ottoman objective of territorial expansion  encroaches upon
Washington’s design to fragment Iraq, Syria, Iran  as well as
Turkey. In other words, America’s ultimate imperial design is to
weaken Turkey as a regional power.

The
Pentagon has defined a military roadmap: “The road to Tehran goes
through Damascus.” The invasion of Northern Syria creates
conditions for a broader war.

Moreover,
on the US agenda is a longstanding objective, namely  to wage
war on Iran. In this regard, US military strategy largely consists in
creating conditions  for America’s staunchest allies (Turkey,
Saudi Arabia, Israel) to confront Iran, and act indirectly on behalf
of US interests. i.e. “do the job for us”.

MAP
OF THE NEW MIDDLE EAST

Note: This map was prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Peters. It was
published in the Armed Forces Journal in June 2006, Peters is a
retired colonel of the U.S. National War Academy. (Map Copyright
Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Peters 2006).  

Although
the map does not officially reflect Pentagon doctrine, it has been
used in a training program at NATO’s Defense College for
senior military officers. This map, as well as other similar maps,
has most probably been used at the National War Academy as well as in
military planning circles.  

The
failed coup was indeed supported by the CIA, but the failure was
coordinated with President Erdogan. It was an intelligence op which
was meant to fail and mislead public opinion.

Michel
Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics
(emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Founder and Director of the
Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Editor of
Global Research.

Copyright
© Prof
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 2016

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* Zie: ‘Erdogan heeft coup zelf op poten gezet om zo de totale macht te grijpen…….‘

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