Too bad, I guess, that the Syrians are not the right sort of civilians – we’re fighting to protect them in Libya, but won’t lift a finger for them in Syria:
The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of force by the Syrian government against demonstrators. This outrageous use of violence to quell protests must come to an end now. We regret the loss of life and our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the victims, and with the Syrian people in this challenging time…
The statement goes on to say that we really, really don’t like all this oppression and killing stuff and we’d really, really, really like the Syrian government to stop. Nothing in there about what concrete steps we might take to make Syria stop, of course. Which means that little Assad will be able to use this statement the next time he defecates.
Does anyone out there think that a government which has just deliberately organized a massacre of its citizens will be deterred from further action by mere words? Does anyone out there think that anyone in the Syrian government cares how much we deplore their actions? For goodness sake, the Syrian government can already see in Libya that we won’t move any time soon and even if we do decide to move, we won’t go in for the kill.
The people who govern Syria should not be thought of as patriots who want what is best for Syria. They are corrupt brutes who only want to amass as much power and wealth for themselves as they can..they are beasts in human skin, the product of half a century of political, economic and moral corruption by a totalitarian, gangster regime. The only thing such people will ever understand is a gun pointed at their head – or a noose around their neck. If we’re not prepared to kill them, then we shouldn’t even bother…statements about how much we don’t like an action, unless followed up by stern measures of our own, are counter-productive…they may encourage continued rebellion in which people will die, but they’ll do nothing to curb the regime’s ability to kill.
Its just going to get worse from here, folks. I do hope that the Syrian people manage to topple their government – perhaps even the Syrian army is sick of all this? But I’m not at all sure they can do it – rumors are that Syria, like Libya and Iran, has hired foreign goons to do the killing…thus ensuring a pool of armed supporters who will kill without let up and won’t be moved by pity for the people. Just a few years ago, we had these forces of evil rocked back on their heels…and then the left went to work and undermined President Bush and helped to elect President Obama…and now our official policy is a combination of kowtowing and Carterism (ie, condemn your friends, help your enemies). The world has taken the measure of Barack Obama and knows that the United States carries little weight in the world while he is in office.
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