What can we do about Syria? The president Assad is killing his people, that is a fact. The problem today is that a lot of people got involved in this conflict which is not any more a Syrian conflict. Too many different interests, Arabs and non Arabs, are now claiming that they side Assad or his opponents, the Syrians who are opposed to his ruling. So it is hard to really understand what is happening and what could be the solution for this bloody problem.
Then there is the chemical attack on the forces against Assad, called by his regime "rebels" and "terrorists". A lot of things have been said about the use of chemical in Syria and apparently doctors and UN inspectors who were allowed to inquire about this, claimed that indeed it is true. Western intelligence also claimed that Syrian government used chemical against opponents and a lot of tests have been conducted leading to believe this terrible fact. Intelligence also said that they intercepted communications between senior officials in Damascus stating this fact.
As the same time some countries, like Russia, said that it was the rebel forces who used the chemical in order to attract international attention to the problem and to provoke a military action against Damascus and Assad. The only sure thing that one can say is that the problem is becoming hard to ignore and even harder to sort out.
What is sure is that Assad's regime has never been a democratic one but on the contrary a dictatorship like so many regimes in the region. If the opposition has all rights to demand a change in the regime, it is also helped by external forces that have nothing to do with establishment of a democracy but other ideas in mind that are difficult to apprehend.
At the same time there is one key question we can ask ourselves: can the international community let a regime kills its own people without reacting? This situation is, unfortunately, very old and has been happening for years and there is no sign that shows that it will end sometime soon.
The other question is about any international intervention: which country or organization has the right to attack another country because of what is been done to the people? We all have the example of Iraq that is still in turmoil and where the situation is as bad as it has been since US invasion of the then Hussein's country. I don't have any idea on what we could and should do. Pressuring Assad, could be the best solution but unless Russia forces him to stop attacking his opponent and sit around a table to negotiate, nothing will be possible. At the same time, everybody knows who rules Russia and what kind of regime he imposed in his country. It looks like a catch 22 situation. Let's hope that something good will happen shortly to stop this bloody repression of Syrian people by their own regime.
Then there is the chemical attack on the forces against Assad, called by his regime "rebels" and "terrorists". A lot of things have been said about the use of chemical in Syria and apparently doctors and UN inspectors who were allowed to inquire about this, claimed that indeed it is true. Western intelligence also claimed that Syrian government used chemical against opponents and a lot of tests have been conducted leading to believe this terrible fact. Intelligence also said that they intercepted communications between senior officials in Damascus stating this fact.
As the same time some countries, like Russia, said that it was the rebel forces who used the chemical in order to attract international attention to the problem and to provoke a military action against Damascus and Assad. The only sure thing that one can say is that the problem is becoming hard to ignore and even harder to sort out.
What is sure is that Assad's regime has never been a democratic one but on the contrary a dictatorship like so many regimes in the region. If the opposition has all rights to demand a change in the regime, it is also helped by external forces that have nothing to do with establishment of a democracy but other ideas in mind that are difficult to apprehend.
At the same time there is one key question we can ask ourselves: can the international community let a regime kills its own people without reacting? This situation is, unfortunately, very old and has been happening for years and there is no sign that shows that it will end sometime soon.
The other question is about any international intervention: which country or organization has the right to attack another country because of what is been done to the people? We all have the example of Iraq that is still in turmoil and where the situation is as bad as it has been since US invasion of the then Hussein's country. I don't have any idea on what we could and should do. Pressuring Assad, could be the best solution but unless Russia forces him to stop attacking his opponent and sit around a table to negotiate, nothing will be possible. At the same time, everybody knows who rules Russia and what kind of regime he imposed in his country. It looks like a catch 22 situation. Let's hope that something good will happen shortly to stop this bloody repression of Syrian people by their own regime.
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