Why the Arabs Don’t Want Us in Syria. They don’t
hate ‘our freedoms.’ They hate that we’ve betrayed our ideals in their own
countries—for oil. By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., February 22, 2016 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/rfk-jr-why-arabs-dont-trust-america-213601?paginate=false
In this comprehensive
essay, Robert Kennedy, among other things, explains that the dream of a Qatar pipeline through Syria
was proposed in 2000. When Syria refused transit permission, in 2011, the U.S.
joined France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UK to form the Friends of
Syria Coalition, which formally demanded the removal of Assad. Now in 2015-16,
after the Russian intervention in Syria, we have entered a phase where we are
seeing the end of the dream by the US and its allies.
These developments
can be understood using outer planet aspects. In May 2000, a Jupiter-Saturn
conjunction in Taurus took place on the MC at Washington. The following keywords for the phases of the
Jupiter-Saturn cycle are provided by Steven Forrest. Notice how relevant they
are in our current context.
Jupiter conjunct Saturn (2000)
Big dreams. Utopianism. Ideas ahead of
their time for which “the technology does not yet exist”.
Jupiter opposite Saturn (2010-11)
Joint efforts. Team work. Manifesting a vision.
Jupiter waning square Saturn (2015-16)
Endgames; anticlimax. Recognizing
failure to be part of the cycle.
Let us
remember that during the waning part of a cycle, if a negative pastward
direction has been taken, devolution and disintegration prevail especially
starting with the waning square.
In the chart
for the current waning Jupiter-Saturn square
drawn for Washington DC, notice that it is part of a T- involving Neptune – the
planet we associate with “dreams and wishful thinking” as well as with “oil and
gas”. Along with its square to Neptune
(end of wishful thinking) Saturn on the MC in Sagittarius linked to adventures in foreign
lands is deflating the buoyancy of this enthusiastic sign.
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