1983: CIA document on plans to obliterate Syria to enable an oil pipeline
1986: CIA document on how to use Muslim Brotherhood to fuel a sectarian (Sunni v. Shiite) civil war in Syria
2001: Wesley Clark told that USA will take out 7 countries in 5 years (Libya, Syria, etc.)
2005: CNN Interview. Christiane Amanpour tells Assad that the western governments are plotting a regime change in Syria
2006: State Dept cable: Detailed discussion of various strategies to enable regime change in Syria
2009: State Dept Email: Saudi Arabia is worried that a Shiite crescent is turning into a full moon (referring to a possible Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon coalition)
2009: State Dept Cable: Saudi Arabia is the #1 source of funding of terrorism worldwide
2012 State Dept Email: Conquest of Syria means a weakened Iran and this is important for Israel
2012: State Dept Email: Use Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to arm/train rebels
2015: Joe Biden says Saudi Arabia and Qatar arming/funding Al Qaeda in Syria
2016: John Kerry in a leaked audio recording explains how the US trained/armed the opposition and was hoping to use ISIS to force Assad into negotiation