Best Assessment I have read on the Syrian Situation. by Ryan Crocker, US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Pakistan, Lebanon. This constant warmongering must stop. WE CANNOT SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD. The urge to do something, anything, to stem the bloodshed in Syria is intense. Ryan Crocker served as US ambassador to six countries including Syria, 1998 to 2001. Now a Kissinger senior fellow at Yale University, he reviews the history and explains how the civil war in Syria began well before the Arab Spring protests. In 1982, the Assad regime decimated the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood in Hama and has made military preparations for anticipated revenge attacks since. In 1983, US Marines on a peacekeeping mission were subjected to a bomb attack by Shia radicals that killed more than 200 troops and civilians. Basher al Assad took control of Syria in 2000 and, coordinating with Iran, has supported Shia radical activities in the region. The opposition in Syria lacks cohesion and has radical elements, too. Crocker warns that Syria is not ready for a political solution. Major intervention in this regional proxy war may only add new dangers, spreading civil war. – YaleGlobal Containing the Fire in Syria yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/containing-fire-syria
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 22:10:21 +0000
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