Is the Syrian ceasefire deal nothing more than a cynical ploy on the part of Washington’s ‘coalition’ to buy time for the terrorists? The United States and Russia announced a planned cessation of hostilities in Syria that will come into effect at midnight on 27 February. The US has already started making alternative plans should the truce fail. The Secretary of State John Kerry told a Senate committee that “There is a significant discussion taking place now about a Plan B in the event that we do not succeed at the [negotiating] table” He stressed that the partitioning of Syria could be part of the Plan B. And that is the plan after all, isn’t it? 21st Century Wire says: This latest diplomatic development certainly appears positive on its surface, this week’s declared ‘Syrian Ceasefire’ – a three-way agreement between Washington, Russia and the Syrian government (and begrudgingly by the West’s other regional ‘stakeholders’) looks increasingly like it may just be the latest attempt to buy time – so that Washington, Turkey and Saudi Arabia can re-arm and replenish various militant fighting groups currently laying waste to Syria. Since the entrance of the Russian Air Force into the Syrian conflict [...]