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In Syria, foreign intervention will only shed more blood
The US and its Gulf allies are already fuelling sectarian conflict in their proxy war with Iran. The fallout could be disastrous
The reality is that intervention in Syria by the US and its allies has already begun. The western powers have backed the fractious opposition Syrian National Council since the early days of last year's uprising. So have the Gulf autocracies led by Saudi Arabia, who have stepped up the flow of weapons and cash to favoured Syrian rebel groups in recent months, while Turkey has provided a cross-border base. That is co-ordinated with the US, which supplies the same groups with "non-lethal assistance" and "communications equipment".
In other words, the US and its allies are sponsoring regime change through civil war. And while paying lip service to the Annan plan for demilitarisation and negotiation, they are making sure it won't succeed.
US President Barack Obama said he had not made a decision on Syria and that American engagement in a civil war in the country would not help.
But he said the US had "concluded" that the Syrian government had carried out the chemical attack, while a State Department spokeswoman said the US would respond even in the absence of UN backing.
Marie Harf said: "We cannot be held up in responding by Russia's intransigence - continued intransigence - at the United Nations. The situation is so serious that it demands a response."
Originally posted by DeadSeraph
reply to post by Wonderer2012
I feel your frustration and your sense of horror. It's the same feeling I had leading up to the invasion of Iraq and operation shock and awe. I remember sitting there with a few friends and they were watching cnn drinking beer and cheering as the bombs fell as if it was some sort of reality tv show. It was very disgusting to see. They mocked me when I pointed out all of the lies they had been told, and when I expressed my outrage I was laughed at. They sure felt like idiots about it years later when I proved to be correct.
Then came Libya and Egypt. I had the same sense of dread that I was powerless to do anything about it. Now it's happening in Syria (quite predictably) and yet again there seems to be nothing I can do. If recent history has shown us anything, it's that if the west wants a war, it will get its war whether the people protest or not. It's truly heartbreaking. It's also incredibly infuriating. I can't even adequately express how pissed off I am at the media and our "elected officials". If there is a silver lining to any of it, it's that it would seem most people do not support military intervention, but that never stopped them before.
The crisis in Syria needs to END. Not by retaliatory strikes on Syrian government forces, either. It is CLEAR that assad is fighting terrorists in his own country. That is the real issue that needs to be resolved. If the west had ANY desire to see the bloodshed end, they would halt all support for the rebel forces, support Assad until the country was under control, and then broker a deal between anti-government syrians and pro-assad forces. If at that point Assad refused to step down, and did not have the support of the Syrian people, THEN I could see a discussion on the use of force being valid, but as it stands right now, supporting rebel forces in Syria is completely insane.
Originally posted by xuenchen
reply to post by Wonderer2012
What has Assad done that TPTB are all riled up ?
Financial ? Political ?
Or does the entire Syria thing go all the way back to the end of the last 'official' Caliphate ?
The last 'official' Caliphate was ended by the Treaty of Lausanne.
Originally posted by MetalGear1
you realize it gets worse..
we go down in history as the ones that did it...
so that means when the future looks back if there is a future
we were the ones!!
I don't know if that's what I want on my conscience man
I really dont
Originally posted by MetalGear1
when this is over the very few that are left not eating eachother will cry out why with more emotion than Charlton Hesston on planet of the apes---damn you all damn you all to hell!
please im begging you for anything its worth lets ban together and stop this please??!!