Comments on: Why Syria’s Assad is still in power

By: mick68

mick68 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:40:42 +0000

I got $10,000 that says Assad will not be in power by the end of the year Mr.Bremmer, and you might have considered Libya and Egypt before you wrote this.

Now, you will eat your words, because you must not understand what’s really going on with the “Arab Spring.” For if you did, you’d know Assad’s demise is as sure as tomorrow’s sunrise.

By: JagPop

JagPop — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:18:07 +0000

Perhaps if the US/Israel weren’t threatening to kill, displace, maime, and terrify ANOTHER millions of people in Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine… it would have a stronger moral voice. Russia drew the line in the sand when we plotted with the Israelis a conquest of South Ossetia. The only thing that saved South Ossetia from imperialist treachery was the threat of Russian tactical nukes.

The US/Israel and NATO have done more than their fair share of diminishing moral/legal force in this world. Russia has drawn another line in Syria and perhaps behind the scenes they have drawn one around attacking Iran militarily.

There are no “good guys” anymore.

By: chapapet

chapapet — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:48:32 +0000

SO WHAT IS THE ANSWER, DID WE MISS SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY IN ALL THE TALK AND OPINIONS VENTURED ABOVE…

DO WE WANT A CIVIL WORLD; IF THE ANSWER IS YES WE DO NOT FIND IT ABOVE…

BUT MORE EVASIVE AND MORE OBVIOUS EVERYDAY IS THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE ANSWERS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS WORLD WORK FOR ONE AND ALL…

DICTATORS WHO KILL TO ENFORCE THEIR VIEWS RATHER THAN TALK IT OUT TO ACHIEVE A BETTER STANDARD AND UNDERSTANDING ARE STILL ABOUT AND IT SEEMS THEIR CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR AND THEIR ENFORCERS LACK ANY COMPASSION FOR THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS…

THANK YOU.

By: majkmushrm

majkmushrm — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:59:27 +0000

I’m not convinced that “the world” wants the US to lead anymore. Back in the day when the USSR and China were running around the world menacing people, the US was an effective foil. But today? Today, the US is the one running around the world menacing people. Just as there is a boatload of detritus from British mismanagement (the way that the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent were hacked up by the Brits is a prime but not sole example), there is a boatload of detritus from American mismanagement. We have spent decades foisting authoritarian regimes and dictators on various parts of the world and now those regimes have become sufficiently sclerotic that their citizens are pushing them over. Furthermore, those citizens don’t have a really great view of the US for having stuck them with their dictators. To make matters worse, we continue to interfere in everybody else’s affairs as a part of our ongoing effort to remake the world in our image. I’m suspecting that world would appreciate it if we just stopped.

By: mcanterel

mcanterel — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:58:54 +0000

Assad is an angel compared to most NATO leaders.
How many thousands were killed in Iraq by the US war against a nonbelligerent country?
In Syria, regime change again is the goal, this time through mercenaries paid by Saudi Arabia.
The majority of people in Syria are opposed to these thugs, but of course the West calls them unarmed civilians and will end up intervening to divide Syria, using these FSA thugs and traitors as a ploy.

By: pragmagujurat

pragmagujurat — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:29:27 +0000

Great Ian, but you still havent explained why the US should be involved at all.

By: TobyONottoby

TobyONottoby — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:25:53 +0000

matthewslyman -

The US helped the EU with their Libyan adventure, and now you Brits want the US to go it alone in Syria? What gives? Murdoch and Cameron can’t get the Royal Navy to do it?

By: free_urmind

free_urmind — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:02:51 +0000

It’s interesting how the naive and deceiving this author is. He says in the article”The world is looking for the U.S. to get its house in order so that it can pay attention to global affairs again”. Seriously? No you are looking forward for that, the world wants less US intervention in the rest of the world. US intervention in the Middle East apparently happens only if there is oil involved, or if it is for the protection of it’s vicious ally in the region, Israel.

By: cautious123

cautious123 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:36:05 +0000

You ask, Why is Syria’s Assad still in power. Really? Why not ask, Why hasn’t Israel been dragged into the ICC for crimes against humanity? Or, for that matter, Why hasn’t G.W. Bush been prosecuted for his deceitful war on Iraq? The fact is, there is no moral compass in today’s world–it’s all geopolitics, and our friendly genocidal ally (Israel) gets a pass while our peaceful enemy (Iran) gets sanctioned. Don’t look for universal laws of political behavior–it’s all very idiosyncratic and depends purely on who’s in power and what they have to do to stay there. Might, indeed, makes right in today’s degenerate world.

By: hallofids

hallofids — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:16:55 +0000

It seems that the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviets for people, but states (like Russia, China) cannot give up their authoritarian habits as in the example of Syria.