No reconciliation with the butcher of Damascus
Do they really think in their heart of hearts that a political solution is possible with Assad?
I want to express my profound outrage regarding the behavior of the Western powers, Turkey, the Arab League and Kofi Annan, all of whom are still debating the likelihood of finding a political solution to end the merciless butchering of the Syrian people by the Assad regime.
Do they really think in their heart of hearts that a political solution is possible given the fact that Assad has defied all previous resolutions while his killing machine continues to erase one Syrian town after another? How ironic it is that the countries that preach the gospel of human rights have resorted to self-imposed paralysis while justifying it by the presumed lack of legitimacy of intervention.
WHAT LEGITIMACY is needed to intervene when thousands of men, women and children are massacred each month? When does hypocrisy end when politics trump moral obligation, and when great powers surrender their most precious values to the devil? I understand the pitfalls and the potentially regional repercussions resulting even from a carefully-planned military intervention. But this must be weighed not only against the systematic butchering of the Syrian people but also against the credibility and the standing of these powers in the eyes of those nations that look up to United States or NATO not to tolerate this kind of travesty, which transcends the cruelest human conduct imagined.
What do other despots learn from the Syrian experience and why should they behave any differently toward their own people when they can do so with immunity? For how much longer can those countries that can actually do something to stop the carnage wait? When is enough, enough? How many more Syrians must be killed in cold blood for the consciousness of the international community to be awakened to action? The most recent massacre, estimated to be between 120 and 200 people in the village of Tremseh near the city of Hama, attests not only to Assad’s utter ruthlessness but also to his fear that he is about to lose his grip on power.
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