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Shameful U.S. inaction on Syrias massacres
By Editorial, Friday, April 22, 5:16 PM
FOR THE PAST five weeks, growing numbers of Syrians have been gathering in cities and towns across the country to demand political freedom and the security forces of dictator Bashar al-Assad have been responding by opening fire on them. According to Syrian human rights groups, more than 220 people had been killed by Friday. And Friday may have been the worst day yet: According to Western news organizations, which mostly have had to gather information from outside the country, at least 75 people were gunned down in places that included the suburbs of Damascus, the city of Homs and a village near the southern town of Daraa, where the protests began.
Massacres on this scale usually prompt a strong response from Western democracies, as they should. Ambassadors are withdrawn; resolutions are introduced at the U.N. Security Council; international investigations are mounted and sanctions applied. In Syrias case, none of this has happened. The Obama administration has denounced the violence a presidential statement called Fridays acts of repression outrageous but otherwise remained passive. Even the ambassador it dispatched to Damascus during a congressional recess last year remains on post.
The administration has sat on its hands despite the fact that the Assad regime is one of the most implacable U.S. adversaries in the Middle East. It is Irans closest ally; it supplies Iranian weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip for use against Israel. Since 2003 it has helped thousands of jihadists from across the Arab world travel to Iraq to attack American soldiers. It sought to build a secret nuclear reactor with the help of North Korea and destabilized the pro-Western government of neighboring Lebanon by sponsoring a series of assassinations...
First off, it's president Obama. Learn some respect.
Second, we aren't in a conflict wit Syria
Give Barry some time. Not that long ago we weren't in a conflict with Libya either.First off, it's president Obama. Learn some respect.
Second, we aren't in a conflict wit Syria
First off, it's president Obama. Learn some respect.
Second, we aren't in a conflict wit Syria
He doesn't deserve that, not two years in and sucking the way he is. No one called Bush, President Bush, so suck it up.
First off, it's president Obama. Learn some respect.
Second, we aren't in a conflict wit Syria
He doesn't deserve that, not two years in and sucking the way he is. No one called Bush, President Bush, so suck it up.
First off, it's president Obama. Learn some respect.
Second, we aren't in a conflict wit Syria
He doesn't deserve that, not two years in and sucking the way he is. No one called Bush, President Bush, so suck it up.
You're not six, two wrongs don't make a right.
First off, it's president Obama. Learn some respect.
Second, we aren't in a conflict wit Syria
Can someone ask Barry why he hasn't started Bombing Syria?
120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria - Yahoo! News
^Seems worse than what Kah-doffee was doing in Libya...
What was the Justification for Barry's War of Choice in Libya again?...
peace...
120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria - Yahoo! News
^Seems worse than what Kah-doffee was doing in Libya...
What was the Justification for Barry's War of Choice in Libya again?...
peace...
120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria - Yahoo! News
^Seems worse than what Kah-doffee was doing in Libya...
What was the Justification for Barry's War of Choice in Libya again?...
peace...
More than 8,000 Libyans killed in revolt: rebel | Reuters
8000 Libyan rebels dead as of March 20. It's a matter of scale. You should know this. It would be obvious if you would think about it for a second. But you're just looking for a reason to complain.
The Syrians are playing a dangerous game. How many civilians are they allowed to kill before the world responds? Based on Libya, it's somewhat more than 8k.
First off, it's president Obama. Learn some respect.
Second, we aren't in a conflict wit Syria
He doesn't deserve that, not two years in and sucking the way he is. No one called Bush, President Bush, so suck it up.
Many on the Left called Bush "Chimp" and Compared him to a Monkey and Hitler...
peace...
