Syria using Chemical weapons The county has finally gassed its own citizens. About 1400 citizens have died an excruciating deaths, Around 450 children among them are all innocent citizens, This is further to the massacre of over lakhs of people coming into the cross fire. The use of sarin nerve gas has been documented , there is no doubt about it and it is not hypothetical inching to push the war button
There are 185 countries, which are signatories to ban and the use of WMD, including chemical weapons. All of them should have been uniform in their condemnation and action against the rouge Nation .There is a stock pile of chemical weapons with many Countries, which should have been destroyed, to show real concern of the dangers involved. We know that in Iraq, Sadam Hussain had eliminated thousands of Kurds, but unfortunately it was never proved and it was not taken seriously, though it was averred and related to gas extermination. There is belief that Russia is an strong ally and has provided know how and also stocks of Chemical weapons, Russia is flexing muscles sending frigates and extending threats China too is covertly siding with Assad That Assad has defied International norms with impunity needs no elaboration. USA has asked Congress for limited engagement to break Assad determination to hold on to power at the costs of his own people, Obama has sighted National threat, those of allies in the region and world in general The consequences of not taking limited action for limited period The USA action is not to support the liberating National forces and force change in the Govt. International legal action can also happen in the long run. USA is one of the most powerful Nation with superior capability and others are looking up to USA and many Nations are supporting definite action There are also countries which are apprehensive of the larger fall out and they being sucked into the vortex of possible war. Americans are themselves loath about further involvement and loss of American lives. Obama has assured that there will no boots in Syria, which translates that there wills no direct presence. USA is persuading the world and USA Congress and people about the need to act .There are costs of engaging and incalculable costs for remaining silence and giving indirect consent by silence. What if the USA Congress does not authorise? Will then Obama take unilateral action? The military establishment has planned their strategy which will be reliable in its execution factoring possible effects Assad will be embolden to stretch his luck and his madness to beyond and that is the reason he must be contained and disabled .The rivalry and personal interests of Individual Nations, a strong message is sent to the Assad regime about the use of Chemical weapons of mass destruction's The long drawn out war has destroyed civil liberties and led to mass exodus of refugees in the neighbouring countries, thus straining their resources in creating resettlement Here again the USA is sharing the major burden of financial support The use of chemical weapon should be serious concerns of all those who value human life and those of non combatants and innocent, children among them, Syria is becoming gas chamber akin to extermination of Jews in the past. Nelson Lopes Chinchinim