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But U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said after the meeting in Geneva that the plan implicitly signals Assad’s departure, because it calls for "mutual consent" of anyone serving in the transitional government.
"Assad will still have to go," Clinton declared in a news conference after the meeting of the United Nations-backed "action group" on Syria. "He will never pass the 'mutual consent' test given the blood on his hands."
Clinton also said the United States would go back to the U.N. Security Council to seek a resolution that could lead to sanctions if Assad does not comply with the peace plan and transition process.
Special U.N. and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, who convened the Geneva meeting, told reporters he doubted anyone with "blood on their hands" would be chosen for the transitional administration — though he did not specify Assad.
"I will doubt that the Syrians who have fought to hard for their independence will select people with blood on their hands to lead them," Annan said.
The transition plan could take up to a year to take shape, Annan said.
Originally posted by freakshowfatty
reply to post by Recollector
Yes I do think they would...
The reason to intervene in another country's internal business is not envisioned in the start of our country and we should tone it down a bit. We do not need another war now, we need to focus...
This war will happen. Sadly, it's only a matter of time. It was planned a long time ago and seems to me we are committed to combat.
Originally posted by starchild10
reply to post by Rocketman7
Did you stray on the wrong thread or something?
What has this to do with Syria?
Originally posted by Darth_Prime
The Syrian 'Rebels' wont accept anything that includes Assasd, and Assad shan't step down on his own accord so exactly what doth this 'Agreement' mean?
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
Who made the world powers king of the universe to decide what syria must do?
Originally posted by Recollector
Originally posted by starchild10
reply to post by Rocketman7
Did you stray on the wrong thread or something?
What has this to do with Syria?
Maybe he thinks a trade hub for ME will be in Syria...and this can only happen with a puppet instead Assad.
Joking ofc, I think he wanted to post on another thread
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
Who made the world powers king of the universe to decide what syria must do?
Syrian opposition groups rejected the U.N.-brokered plan. The SNC criticized it as too ambiguous, underlining the seemingly intractable nature of the conflict. The opposition called it a waste of time and vowed as they always do not to negotiate with Assad or members of his "murderous" regime.
Maleh described the agreement reached in Geneva as a waste of time and of "no value on the ground."
"The Syrian people are the ones who will decide the battle on the ground, not those sitting in Geneva or New York or anywhere else," he said by telephone from Cairo, where opposition groups are to meet Monday.