Thanks for trying to at least provide some references Ghark. I'm curious how credible you honestly believe them to be though. All but 2 of them are to the same blog, the one is a very short piece by Ynet with nothing more to say than that SANA declares itself the victim and the other is a different blog reporting proof that America supports activists in authoritarian countries.

That last bit seems to be the most veracious of all the claims, but I wouldn't call it 'news'. America(sadly, like virtually all governments) not only supports repressed activists but has also actively supported what can only be called terrorists and has on multiple occasions participated in the overthrow of foreign rulers through covert and even overt assassinations. Don't mistake my claims here as being based on the naive notion that America or the CIA would never do anything like this, as they have and without a doubt will again. My claim is much different, and so is Tarpley's.

The important nuance I think your missing in my disagreement with Tarpley here is that his claim is NOT CIA support for a Syrian uprising. His claim is that there is, in fact, no legitimate Syrian uprising and that it is all a facade orchestrated by the CIA, Mossad, or whomever else he thinks is the puppet master. The truth of the matter is that the Syrian people are now living under their second generation of brutal dictatorship. The truth of the matter is that the Syrian people have seen the difference between the free world and their own, and those people have taken to the streets. Importantly to our discussion here, one of the ways they have seen the difference between freedom and repression has been through social media, like facebook, twitter and to at least some extent our dear videosift here as well.

The sources you referenced supporting Tarpley's notions on Syria all point back to either SANA, the Syrian state media, Al-Alam, the Iranian state media or XinhuaNet, China's state media. For brevity I won't point out the massive number of articles from the NYtimes, the CBC and BBC all reporting on the Syrian protesters being brutally repressed and murdered by Syrian forces. If you wish, I can fill out a page with supporting links, but I hope you might be able to recognize that at the very minimum these sources balance out with equal support. I would go further and posit that state funded media like CBC and BBC are vastly more independent from the state message than SANA and Al-Alam, but it isn't necessary to my argument.

If you accept my generous notion that the above can be called a draw, and we throw them out as having a bias one way or the other, what are we left with?

We are left with Al Jazeera reporting an entirely different story than Tarpley's:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Syria

If you want more links from Al Jazeera they have a wealth of stories from all manner of separate and independent sources all backing their overall view that there is a legitimate internal Syrian uprising independently demanding the basic freedoms of a democracy, and the Syrian government met them with deadly repression, over and over and over again.

Is Al Jazeera a pro American tool of the CIA?

I'm going to cite what I consider to be very basic, fundamental facts but if you want references for them I can provide them if you don't trust a 5 second google verification of them.

The UN human rights committee voted 122 in favor of condemning Syria's crackdown, are they a pro American tool of the CIA?

The Arab League has threatened to revoke Syria's membership and asked that Syria allow their monitors into the country as a path to reconciliation, which Syria rejected.

Is the Arab League a pro America tool of the CIA?

No, it's not you. I see it, too.

Glad we're on the same page. I was worried and felt bad.

I can kind of go berzerk sometimes.

In reply to this comment by Zonbie:
I figured that had happened - hopefully I edited it so I no longer look like a bigoted idiotic racist selfish fool.

I forgive you - hehe - but you reaction was pretty much mine, wtf are these people thinking? And is still only me who finds it sad when people try to put Obama as 'Communist' he wants a fairs system in the US?



In reply to this comment by rougy:
I missed the "Quoted from link" part.

I hope you can forgive me.

In reply to this comment by Zonbie:
>> ^rougy:
You're full of shit, Zonbie.
I can't believe how pissy-pants the cons have become over this.
Talk about reactionary aggrandizement.


What the fuck Rougy - take the time to read my comment properly before you call me out...

I missed the "Quoted from link" part.

I hope you can forgive me.

In reply to this comment by Zonbie:
>> ^rougy:
You're full of shit, Zonbie.
I can't believe how pissy-pants the cons have become over this.
Talk about reactionary aggrandizement.


What the fuck Rougy - take the time to read my comment properly before you call me out...

Something tells me you may find this link interesting, I hope you do at at least
http://1dak.com/other/zombie-toys/

Changed link to DailyMotion (hopefully it lasts).