War Drums: Consensus Is Growing For Military Action In Syria...

[paulitician]

According to a source in the U.S. government, one week ago, the Arab League Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, told the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, that the Assad regime was breaking the terms of the Arab League initiative. If true, this quiet admission of failure preceded the high-profile resignation of Algerian League delegate Anwar Malek, who told Al Jazeera that his team had been unable to prevent the Assad regime’s “multiple crimes against humanity” and that the mission itself was a “farce”. More delegates are now said to be planning to quit.

When I asked a State Department spokesperson yesterday to confirm al-Arabi’s judgment, delivered in advance of the League report on Syria, he referred me to Hillary Clinton’s Wednesday interview with Qatari PM Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, who said: “[W]hat is now obvious today is that attacks are still ongoing and it seems that the Government of Syria is still not ready to change its course.” Quite simply, a consensus is forming in Washington and Arab capitals that the “last chance” effort to broker an end to the violence in Syria is an embarrassing shambles.

So where does that leave the Assad regime? As first reported by Foreign Policy magazine, the Obama administration has begun the preliminaries of “internationalising” the response to ongoing Syrian crisis. They are weighing the option of some kind of humanitarian military intervention, most likely led by Turkey. Repeated attempts to get a UN Security Council resolution condemning the regime have failed chiefly because Russia will not give up its ally in Damascus. Cyprus, which is the Kremlin's Mediterranean partner in money laundering and corruption, has just violated EU sanctions by allowing a Russian ship full of "35 to 60 tons of ammunition and explosives" to sail for Syria’s Russian-controlled port of Tartus.

Read More:
War in Syria may now be inevitable – Telegraph Blogs
15-Jan-12 World View — Consensus Is Growing For Military Action In Syria

 

[drippinhun]

I'm against foreign entanglements. We have enough problems to sort out here before getting engaged with a country that poses no threat to us.

 

[GoneBezerk]

"No threat?"

Well, let's just see....

I'm against foreign entanglements. We have enough problems to sort out here before getting engaged with a country that poses no threat to us.

 

[paulitician]

"No threat?"

Well, let's just see....

I'm against foreign entanglements. We have enough problems to sort out here before getting engaged with a country that poses no threat to us.

Syris is no threat to the United States. Unless we decide to start a War with them.

 

[Big Black Dog]

I think for our next war, we should invade Canada. It's close to home and the troops could all come home on the weekends.

 

[LibertyForAll]

This isn't our problem.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Ahhh, the uninformed General Public.....

"No threat?"

Well, let's just see....

I'm against foreign entanglements. We have enough problems to sort out here before getting engaged with a country that poses no threat to us.

Syris is no threat to the United States. Unless we decide to start a War with them.

 

[Wry Catcher]

According to a source in the U.S. government, one week ago, the Arab League Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, told the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, that the Assad regime was breaking the terms of the Arab League initiative. If true, this quiet admission of failure preceded the high-profile resignation of Algerian League delegate Anwar Malek, who told Al Jazeera that his team had been unable to prevent the Assad regime’s “multiple crimes against humanity” and that the mission itself was a “farce”. More delegates are now said to be planning to quit.

When I asked a State Department spokesperson yesterday to confirm al-Arabi’s judgment, delivered in advance of the League report on Syria, he referred me to Hillary Clinton’s Wednesday interview with Qatari PM Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, who said: “[W]hat is now obvious today is that attacks are still ongoing and it seems that the Government of Syria is still not ready to change its course.” Quite simply, a consensus is forming in Washington and Arab capitals that the “last chance” effort to broker an end to the violence in Syria is an embarrassing shambles.

So where does that leave the Assad regime? As first reported by Foreign Policy magazine, the Obama administration has begun the preliminaries of “internationalising” the response to ongoing Syrian crisis. They are weighing the option of some kind of humanitarian military intervention, most likely led by Turkey. Repeated attempts to get a UN Security Council resolution condemning the regime have failed chiefly because Russia will not give up its ally in Damascus. Cyprus, which is the Kremlin's Mediterranean partner in money laundering and corruption, has just violated EU sanctions by allowing a Russian ship full of "35 to 60 tons of ammunition and explosives" to sail for Syria’s Russian-controlled port of Tartus.

Read More:
War in Syria may now be inevitable – Telegraph Blogs
15-Jan-12 World View — Consensus Is Growing For Military Action In Syria

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January 6, 2012

What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria



Michael Weiss


More and more outsiders are calling for a humanitarian intervention in Syria to stop Bashar al-Assad's killing sprees. But for this to work, Syria's various opposition groups will have to first coalesce into a single, unified political and military force.

Link: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137013/michael-weiss/what-it-will-take-to-intervene-in-syria

 

[LibertyForAll]

According to a source in the U.S. government, one week ago, the Arab League Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, told the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, that the Assad regime was breaking the terms of the Arab League initiative. If true, this quiet admission of failure preceded the high-profile resignation of Algerian League delegate Anwar Malek, who told Al Jazeera that his team had been unable to prevent the Assad regime’s “multiple crimes against humanity” and that the mission itself was a “farce”. More delegates are now said to be planning to quit.

When I asked a State Department spokesperson yesterday to confirm al-Arabi’s judgment, delivered in advance of the League report on Syria, he referred me to Hillary Clinton’s Wednesday interview with Qatari PM Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, who said: “[W]hat is now obvious today is that attacks are still ongoing and it seems that the Government of Syria is still not ready to change its course.” Quite simply, a consensus is forming in Washington and Arab capitals that the “last chance” effort to broker an end to the violence in Syria is an embarrassing shambles.

So where does that leave the Assad regime? As first reported by Foreign Policy magazine, the Obama administration has begun the preliminaries of “internationalising” the response to ongoing Syrian crisis. They are weighing the option of some kind of humanitarian military intervention, most likely led by Turkey. Repeated attempts to get a UN Security Council resolution condemning the regime have failed chiefly because Russia will not give up its ally in Damascus. Cyprus, which is the Kremlin's Mediterranean partner in money laundering and corruption, has just violated EU sanctions by allowing a Russian ship full of "35 to 60 tons of ammunition and explosives" to sail for Syria’s Russian-controlled port of Tartus.

Read More:
War in Syria may now be inevitable – Telegraph Blogs
15-Jan-12 World View — Consensus Is Growing For Military Action In Syria

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January 6, 2012

What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria



Michael Weiss


More and more outsiders are calling for a humanitarian intervention in Syria to stop Bashar al-Assad's killing sprees. But for this to work, Syria's various opposition groups will have to first coalesce into a single, unified political and military force.

Link: What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria | Foreign Affairs

Yeah cause the CFR is unbiased ......

 

[Wry Catcher]

According to a source in the U.S. government, one week ago, the Arab League Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, told the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, that the Assad regime was breaking the terms of the Arab League initiative. If true, this quiet admission of failure preceded the high-profile resignation of Algerian League delegate Anwar Malek, who told Al Jazeera that his team had been unable to prevent the Assad regime’s “multiple crimes against humanity” and that the mission itself was a “farce”. More delegates are now said to be planning to quit.

When I asked a State Department spokesperson yesterday to confirm al-Arabi’s judgment, delivered in advance of the League report on Syria, he referred me to Hillary Clinton’s Wednesday interview with Qatari PM Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, who said: “[W]hat is now obvious today is that attacks are still ongoing and it seems that the Government of Syria is still not ready to change its course.” Quite simply, a consensus is forming in Washington and Arab capitals that the “last chance” effort to broker an end to the violence in Syria is an embarrassing shambles.

So where does that leave the Assad regime? As first reported by Foreign Policy magazine, the Obama administration has begun the preliminaries of “internationalising” the response to ongoing Syrian crisis. They are weighing the option of some kind of humanitarian military intervention, most likely led by Turkey. Repeated attempts to get a UN Security Council resolution condemning the regime have failed chiefly because Russia will not give up its ally in Damascus. Cyprus, which is the Kremlin's Mediterranean partner in money laundering and corruption, has just violated EU sanctions by allowing a Russian ship full of "35 to 60 tons of ammunition and explosives" to sail for Syria’s Russian-controlled port of Tartus.

Read More:
War in Syria may now be inevitable – Telegraph Blogs
15-Jan-12 World View — Consensus Is Growing For Military Action In Syria

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January 6, 2012

What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria



Michael Weiss


More and more outsiders are calling for a humanitarian intervention in Syria to stop Bashar al-Assad's killing sprees. But for this to work, Syria's various opposition groups will have to first coalesce into a single, unified political and military force.

Link: What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria | Foreign Affairs

Yeah cause the CFR is unbiased ......

There is always a bias, only morons respond as did you. I called out the OP for his sources and offered another, one which has been in operation since the early 1920's. You call out mine, and offer a "Smilie". Given your quick response it's obvious you didn't read the article - willful ignorance is not a virtue.

 

[zzzz]

This whole Syria intervention is a non-starter. There is no national security interest in overthrowing Assad. The Israelis do not want another regime change on their borders at the present time. With Assad they know what they are dealing with but if the regime is overthrown, the phoenix that rises from the ashes may be very hostile to Israel and cause another Arab/Israeli war. Along with the uncertainly in Egypt and Palestine, Israel is looking at being surrounded by militants and threatening the relative peace they have endured for several decades. Also the specter of a war with Iran in conjunction with aforementioned presents a future of uncertainty that could threaten the very existence of Israel.

Our national security interests are not in Syria but in Iran and the Persian Gulf. Since our military is already embroiled in several conflicts and actions throughout the world and the Korean situation has not solidified enough to determine the threat there we cannot and should not introduce military forces into Syria for humanitarian reasons. Let the Europeans or Arab countries take the lead here and keep our focus on the Persian Gulf where our interests lay.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Well, there are things that you don't know about....that is all I can say.

This whole Syria intervention is a non-starter. There is no national security interest in overthrowing Assad. The Israelis do not want another regime change on their borders at the present time. With Assad they know what they are dealing with but if the regime is overthrown, the phoenix that rises from the ashes may be very hostile to Israel and cause another Arab/Israeli war. Along with the uncertainly in Egypt and Palestine, Israel is looking at being surrounded by militants and threatening the relative peace they have endured for several decades. Also the specter of a war with Iran in conjunction with aforementioned presents a future of uncertainty that could threaten the very existence of Israel.

Our national security interests are not in Syria but in Iran and the Persian Gulf. Since our military is already embroiled in several conflicts and actions throughout the world and the Korean situation has not solidified enough to determine the threat there we cannot and should not introduce military forces into Syria for humanitarian reasons. Let the Europeans or Arab countries take the lead here and keep our focus on the Persian Gulf where our interests lay.

 

[paulitician]

According to a source in the U.S. government, one week ago, the Arab League Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, told the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, that the Assad regime was breaking the terms of the Arab League initiative. If true, this quiet admission of failure preceded the high-profile resignation of Algerian League delegate Anwar Malek, who told Al Jazeera that his team had been unable to prevent the Assad regime’s “multiple crimes against humanity” and that the mission itself was a “farce”. More delegates are now said to be planning to quit.

When I asked a State Department spokesperson yesterday to confirm al-Arabi’s judgment, delivered in advance of the League report on Syria, he referred me to Hillary Clinton’s Wednesday interview with Qatari PM Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, who said: “[W]hat is now obvious today is that attacks are still ongoing and it seems that the Government of Syria is still not ready to change its course.” Quite simply, a consensus is forming in Washington and Arab capitals that the “last chance” effort to broker an end to the violence in Syria is an embarrassing shambles.

So where does that leave the Assad regime? As first reported by Foreign Policy magazine, the Obama administration has begun the preliminaries of “internationalising” the response to ongoing Syrian crisis. They are weighing the option of some kind of humanitarian military intervention, most likely led by Turkey. Repeated attempts to get a UN Security Council resolution condemning the regime have failed chiefly because Russia will not give up its ally in Damascus. Cyprus, which is the Kremlin's Mediterranean partner in money laundering and corruption, has just violated EU sanctions by allowing a Russian ship full of "35 to 60 tons of ammunition and explosives" to sail for Syria’s Russian-controlled port of Tartus.

Read More:
War in Syria may now be inevitable – Telegraph Blogs
15-Jan-12 World View — Consensus Is Growing For Military Action In Syria

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January 6, 2012

What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria



Michael Weiss


More and more outsiders are calling for a humanitarian intervention in Syria to stop Bashar al-Assad's killing sprees. But for this to work, Syria's various opposition groups will have to first coalesce into a single, unified political and military force.

Link: What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria | Foreign Affairs

Your source doesn't saying anything different than my source does. That's why you should probably read Posts thoroughly before pecking out an angry reply. And we don't need any more 'Humanitarian Wars.' We've had enough of those already.

 

[dblack]

Well, there are things that you don't know about....that is all I can say.

This whole Syria intervention is a non-starter. There is no national security interest in overthrowing Assad. The Israelis do not want another regime change on their borders at the present time. With Assad they know what they are dealing with but if the regime is overthrown, the phoenix that rises from the ashes may be very hostile to Israel and cause another Arab/Israeli war. Along with the uncertainly in Egypt and Palestine, Israel is looking at being surrounded by militants and threatening the relative peace they have endured for several decades. Also the specter of a war with Iran in conjunction with aforementioned presents a future of uncertainty that could threaten the very existence of Israel.

Our national security interests are not in Syria but in Iran and the Persian Gulf. Since our military is already embroiled in several conflicts and actions throughout the world and the Korean situation has not solidified enough to determine the threat there we cannot and should not introduce military forces into Syria for humanitarian reasons. Let the Europeans or Arab countries take the lead here and keep our focus on the Persian Gulf where our interests lay.

Ooooh! GB knows a secret!

If only people knew about the secret Syrian invasion force amassing at the Mexico border... tsk tsk...

 

[GoneBezerk]

Well, there are things that you don't know about....that is all I can say.

This whole Syria intervention is a non-starter. There is no national security interest in overthrowing Assad. The Israelis do not want another regime change on their borders at the present time. With Assad they know what they are dealing with but if the regime is overthrown, the phoenix that rises from the ashes may be very hostile to Israel and cause another Arab/Israeli war. Along with the uncertainly in Egypt and Palestine, Israel is looking at being surrounded by militants and threatening the relative peace they have endured for several decades. Also the specter of a war with Iran in conjunction with aforementioned presents a future of uncertainty that could threaten the very existence of Israel.

Our national security interests are not in Syria but in Iran and the Persian Gulf. Since our military is already embroiled in several conflicts and actions throughout the world and the Korean situation has not solidified enough to determine the threat there we cannot and should not introduce military forces into Syria for humanitarian reasons. Let the Europeans or Arab countries take the lead here and keep our focus on the Persian Gulf where our interests lay.

Ooooh! GB knows a secret!

If only people knew about the secret Syrian invasion force amassing at the Mexico border... tsk tsk...

 

[paulitician]

According to a source in the U.S. government, one week ago, the Arab League Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, told the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, that the Assad regime was breaking the terms of the Arab League initiative. If true, this quiet admission of failure preceded the high-profile resignation of Algerian League delegate Anwar Malek, who told Al Jazeera that his team had been unable to prevent the Assad regime’s “multiple crimes against humanity” and that the mission itself was a “farce”. More delegates are now said to be planning to quit.

When I asked a State Department spokesperson yesterday to confirm al-Arabi’s judgment, delivered in advance of the League report on Syria, he referred me to Hillary Clinton’s Wednesday interview with Qatari PM Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, who said: “[W]hat is now obvious today is that attacks are still ongoing and it seems that the Government of Syria is still not ready to change its course.” Quite simply, a consensus is forming in Washington and Arab capitals that the “last chance” effort to broker an end to the violence in Syria is an embarrassing shambles.

So where does that leave the Assad regime? As first reported by Foreign Policy magazine, the Obama administration has begun the preliminaries of “internationalising” the response to ongoing Syrian crisis. They are weighing the option of some kind of humanitarian military intervention, most likely led by Turkey. Repeated attempts to get a UN Security Council resolution condemning the regime have failed chiefly because Russia will not give up its ally in Damascus. Cyprus, which is the Kremlin's Mediterranean partner in money laundering and corruption, has just violated EU sanctions by allowing a Russian ship full of "35 to 60 tons of ammunition and explosives" to sail for Syria’s Russian-controlled port of Tartus.

Read More:
War in Syria may now be inevitable – Telegraph Blogs
15-Jan-12 World View — Consensus Is Growing For Military Action In Syria

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January 6, 2012

What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria



Michael Weiss


More and more outsiders are calling for a humanitarian intervention in Syria to stop Bashar al-Assad's killing sprees. But for this to work, Syria's various opposition groups will have to first coalesce into a single, unified political and military force.

Link: What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria | Foreign Affairs

Yeah cause the CFR is unbiased ......

Was that a CFR link? Seriously? Oh brother. Now i get it.

 

[GoneBezerk]

The CFR is where liberals come and go from the State Department, it is a holding cell for them while they wait for their handlers to get back in charge. I'm sure they are being leaked classified information about Syria.....from their insiders in the State Department, I've never trusted those people when I met them.

 

[drippinhun]

This whole Syria intervention is a non-starter. There is no national security interest in overthrowing Assad. The Israelis do not want another regime change on their borders at the present time. With Assad they know what they are dealing with but if the regime is overthrown, the phoenix that rises from the ashes may be very hostile to Israel and cause another Arab/Israeli war. Along with the uncertainly in Egypt and Palestine, Israel is looking at being surrounded by militants and threatening the relative peace they have endured for several decades. Also the specter of a war with Iran in conjunction with aforementioned presents a future of uncertainty that could threaten the very existence of Israel.

Our national security interests are not in Syria but in Iran and the Persian Gulf. Since our military is already embroiled in several conflicts and actions throughout the world and the Korean situation has not solidified enough to determine the threat there we cannot and should not introduce military forces into Syria for humanitarian reasons. Let the Europeans or Arab countries take the lead here and keep our focus on the Persian Gulf where our interests lay.

I don't believe any of our interests should be dependant on Israel's.

 

[paulitician]

The CFR is where liberals come and go from the State Department, it is a holding cell for them while they wait for their handlers to get back in charge. I'm sure they are being leaked classified information about Syria.....from their insiders in the State Department, I've never trusted those people when I met them.

The CFR is run by Elitist Globalist assholes. To Hell with em.

 

[Katzndogz]

This is an arab league problem. The only one wanting to "internationalize" it is obama.