I think syrian people will have to pay the price for the mistakes made in iraq and libya. Sad but true.
Also those who intervene should ensure minorities are not wiped out, like sunnis in iraq.
If you push and topple the regime you will have blood in your hand, and if you wait and watch, you are immoral.
part of what i've been saying all along
Sad but my sentiment, too! As little as I care for jj's hyperbole and hysteria, the two of you nailed this one. The freedom fighters today could very well become the Interahamwe tomorrow. Actually in Libya they seem to be exactly one and the same.
Is one supposed to choose the lesser of two evils or gamble on the "greater evil" for the "greater good"?
I am old but I was still in "post-graduate" when the Shock-And-Awe shriveled down to "stuff happens" ... while sectarians shot up Sunnis in Baghdad just for having "Omar" as a name, and the Sunnis in turn took their hatred out on the oldest group of "followers of Maryam" on this middle earth!
I do hope fate deals kindly with my fellow "followers of Maryam and Isa" (no I am not above sectarian tendencies my humble self). Their whole lot just got turned out of Iraq, now they are looking to vacate Syria. Of course, the lords and custodians already planned a land of milk and honey for them. It's called "New Phoenicia". They will find gainful employment there and duly construct a better northern buffer than the Hizbo fiends in southern Cedar country.
The rest is just Sunni vs Shia, custodian vs persian ... nothing new here, while Peshmergar braves hold the centre and remind the turks not to be too cozy in their underbelly as to forget whose bed they are sleeping in.
The balance of power prevails. Of course the ideal balance is
no power.
This goes back to the beginning: "shock-and-awe" --> no power; "stuff happens" --> balance of power.
Just as in "structural unemployment", not everybody can or need to have a job. In this reshuffle, some
minor sects have clearly put in overtime and can now retire. These include the Anbar Sunnis and Alawites of Sham, I mean shame ...
To tell the truth, who even heard of Alawites before last year? Time is up, Bashar!