Assad’s Supporters Demand Expulsion of Displaced People From Coast – The Syrian Observer.
Sooner or later, pro-Assad militias will launch an ethnic cleansing in coastal areas, that moment is fast approaching, and just as 2013 proved to be the Year of the Warlords, 2014 will be the year for Mayhem in the Coast.
I have been arguing for months now that the Syrian genocide and the way the Obama Administration has (mis)handled it are bound to inspire similar developments across the region and far beyond. I believe that the situation in South Sudan promises to be a case in point. Yes, the potential for such tragic developments there is inherent and organic, but this can be said of myriad instances across the world, which is exactly why the Administration needed to quickly contain developments in Syria and not allow them to devolve to where they are now. Apathy in the face of mass atrocities and genocide cannot but inspire more of the same. Before Obama leaves office, we will probably have a dozen such conflicts unfolding simultaneously.
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Jimmy Carter and Robert Pastor wrote:
“These preconditions should not be controversial, but they mean that Syrian factions — and their supporters — would have to back down from their former unreasonable demands.”
Yeah, I guess demanding freedom from tyranny is really quite unreasonable. That’s why I guess, the U.S. did not support us, and pro-democracy activists and moderate rebels were left to face Assad’s killing machine, oiled by Russia and Iran, on their own, seeing that Saudi, Qatar and Turkey supported the other extreme.
President Obama’s empty boast on Syria – The Washington Post.
The man, Obama, is delusional and has gone beyond the pale of decency and humanity. As for Rice, she’s not exactly the first person to put career above principle. And we still have three more years with them on the helm. What a happy thought with which to commemorate the encroaching end of the year.
The Ammar Abdulhamid Archive 