A Mediterranean Battlefield - Syria

[Magda Hassan]

Putin's Blitz Leaves Washington Rankled and Confused

By Mike Whitney

1 October 2015

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/01/p...-confused/

"France will discuss with its partners in the coming days a proposal by Turkey and members of the Syrian opposition for a no-fly zone in northern Syria, French President Francois Hollande said on Monday…

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius "in the coming days will look at what the demarcation would be, how this zone could be secured and what our partners think," Hollande told reporters on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly…

Hollande said such a proposal could eventually be rubber-stamped with a U.N. Security Council resolution that "would give international legitimacy to what's happening in this zone."…(France, partners to discuss northern Syria safe zone': Hollande, Reuters)

Hollande is a liar and a puppet. He knows the Security Council will never approve a no-fly zone. Russia and China have already said so. And they've explained why they are opposed to it, too. It's because they don't want another failed state on their hands like Libya, which is what happened last time the US and NATO imposed a no-fly zone.

But that's beside the point. The real reason the no-fly zone issue has resurfaced is because it was one of the concessions Obama made to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the use of Incirlik airbase. Washington has kept the terms of that deal secret, but Hollande has let the cat out of the bag.

So who put sock-puppet Hollande up to this no-fly zone nonsense?

It is noted that there is no 'Oh no the sky is falling!!!' MSM response when France illegally drops bombs in Syria. No talking heads invited on to TV to remonstrate about it. No analysis about it. Just mute acceptance that France is doing what it is doing and perfectly okay to do this against International Law.