"The experience of Iraq teaches us that a great power, strong as it may be, does not have the power to bring about a regime change. The task of building a new regime is placed upon the Syrian people and its leadership. What is required by the international community is to provide protection for the people, who are being butchered by a ruthless regime that receives the callous support of Russia and Iran. Obama is forced to act, not by a love for the Syrians but by a hatred for the Russians. American interests temporarily coincide with those of the Syrian people: to topple the tyrant and end the cruel torment. However, once that task is complete, it will be the Syrian people alone who will determine the future of Syria. The many victims, the sacrifices, the total destruction, the refugees, the unfathomable suffering of the civilians these are the proof that this is a popular rebellion, giving the Syrian people the right to demand that its sovereignty be respected, with no foreign intervention"
I find this argument to be confused, if not naive. If the US should to act to topple Assad, you can be damned well assured, that the US will be insistent upon playing a role in shaping a post-Assad Syria. The last thing that the US will be concerned with will be the respecting of Syrian sovereignty. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant http://www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Jim Farmelant" <farmela...@juno.com> To: marxism-thaxis@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] FWD: Assad Must Go - By Yacov Ben Efrat - Challenge online Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:16:35 GMT Subject : Assad Must Go - By Yacov Ben Efrat - Challenge online - Please share Date : Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:24:58 +0300 Register here for Challenge on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Challenge-Online-Magazine/121389134601913 For credit: Yacov Ben Efrat Challenge online www.challenge-mag.com TALKING POLITICS Assad must go by Yacov Ben Efrat T ____________________________________________________________ One Weird Trick Could add $1,000s to Your Social Security Checks! See if you Qualify… http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5221eea33b3e6ea23966st01vuc _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
