We have witness many atrocities throughout human history of every possible kind,that has cause outrage from every corner of the civilized world. From the dark days of slavery to the genocide in Rwanda, man's inhumanity seems to have no bounds.The present situation in Syria is just the latest in the long,never ending saga of cruelty,but the seeming indifference of most of the western nations to the plight of the Syrian people who are been slaughtered everyday is to say the least,cruel.
US RETICENCE UNDERSTANDABLE
One can understand the reticence of the United States of America in not wanting to get involve in sending weapons or put boots on the ground. With the high concentration of militants from Hezbollah and other terror groups now deeply entangled in the conflict,and the hatred towards America and her closest ally Israel, that they have consistently shown,supplying sophisticated weaponry to the opposition may end up hurting American and Israeli interest later.. However,the highlight of American power projection across the world for decades,have been securing the oppressed from the oppressors by whatever means necessary. People look up to America to do just that. America however have refuse to do much more than expressed verbal condemnation which hasn't stopped the bloodshed one bit. Why should Assad listen to words that he knows will never translate itself into any form of action?
FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
America with all her resources can find creative ways to enter the conflict indirectly. Since Hezbollah and Iran is now very active in the conflict,America could very well ask Gulf States to supply the opposition with what is necessary to level the military playing field and to give the opposition a fighting chance. Indeed,these states are already doing so,but would need a little more help with that. Turkey could also be ask to deliver weapons to the Syrian opposition and to train them in the necessary military tactics needed to beat the Syrian,Hezbollah and Iranian fighters.Israel which is not a friend of the three aggressors could also be given a free hand to bomb certain targets within Syria that poses a threat both to the Syrian opposition and the state of Israel. PM Netanyahu wouldn't pass up an opportunity to get at Iran in whatever way he can,am sure. He has been calling for action to be taken against the Iranian Nuclear program without much success,so this could be an opportune moment to engage Iran and cause a serious distraction that would have Iran thinking about a possible attack from Israel,and pulling back from Syria to defend itself. With Iran now backing away,it would leave two players:Syrian forces and Hezbollah. That's a more manageable situation to deal with in the eyes of the the Syrian Opposition.
YOU CAUSE IT
When you look at the current situation ,you will immediately realize that it is a direct product of the inaction of the West in general which should have acted much earlier to help get rid of Assad. It's exactly because of the lack of support to the opposition why the militants stepped in to fight with the opposition. Like it or not,this was bound to happen as there was a vacuum to be filled, because the Syrian Opposition needed help and was not getting it from those they deemed to be their friends. At the outset the Russian's in their vindictiveness made sure that there wouldn't be consensus at the UN on the matter of how to respond to the uprising in Syria. That's not surprising however for two reasons:they lost out in Libya by supporting Gaddafi,and they have to be the proverbial stumbling block to the USA.Russia have no real interest other than a military base in Syria,so in order to oppose any move by the west to help the opposition they have consistently advance the ridiculous notion of defending Syria from outside intervention as their bases for opposing any move to help the Syrian opposition. That again is not surprising. Looking at the murderous history of Russia,and the current state of affairs in the country,Russia couldn't be expected to really standup for human rights and freedoms.Those noble ideals or alien to the Russians.
DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO STOP THESE MURDERS
The only way there is going to be any resolution of this terrible tragedy,is for the West to intervene by proxies or openly. Assad will never quit,neither will Iran and Hezbollah. They are very much prepared to see thousands killed to secure their interest. The question then arises:how much blood is the West prepared to see spill before saying enough is enough?
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