Thursday, June 30, 2011

US Betrays Syrian People

According to an article from the UK based The Guardian. It would seem that the US has been poking its head where it does not belong again, back dealing with the Syrian regime at the expense of the Syrian people. The US, the article claims, is promoting a roadmap for Syrian reforms, which is a good idea in itself, but not when it involves keeping Bashar al-Assad in power. The proposal does not even mention any Syrian official by name. How can the US propose such an unacceptable notion after the atrocities perpetrated by the Syrian Bathist regime of Bashar al-Assad and his butcher of a brother, Maher al-Assad? How can the US make such a preposterous proposition when the blood of more than 1,300 civilians is still freshly spilt on the streets of Syria? How can the US even suggest the idea of keeping Assad in power when he and his regime stand accused of torturing the Syrian people for voicing their grievances? How can such a proposal even leave the table when children are being tortured, mutilated, castrated, and cold bloodedly murdered like the case of Hamza al Khateeb, Thamer al-Sahri, and countless of others. How can the US even propose such an appalling proposal when the fate of Tal al-Mallouhi is yet unknown and feared dead at the hands of her Syrian jailers, put away in prison for nothing more than voicing her opinion on a her blog. 

The Syrian people will not accept this. It may be forced upon them but eventually it will falter. Not to mention that Bashar al-Assad is not going to just sit there and be a figure head. He will become the hand that rocks the cradle, publicly powerless but a back stage fiend. 

I hope the US will reconsider their "proposal" for the sake of humanity and the rights of the Syrian people. For just like Mubarak, ben Ali, Saleh, and Kaddafi, deserve to be tired for crimes against humanity so should Bashar, his brothers, and their minions. 

It would seem that the US has not learned from their past mistakes of supporting seditious tyrants like Sadam Husain, the Taliban, Bin laden, and scores of other dictators, all in the name of American interests... whatever happened to the interests of the people and their right to live as do all Americans, free, peaceful and democratic. Who ever came up with this proposal should wake up and smell the coffee... the world has changed and these old support the tyrant methods never worked and will work less so now with the Arab Spring almost at full swing. 

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