A man watches Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad making a public address on the state-run Syrian TV, on Sunday in Damascus (AFP photo)
Syria opposition rejects Assad reconciliation plan (click here)
Ya think?
AFP | Jan 06, 2013 | 15:50
..."We said at the founding of the National Coalition that we want a political solution, but ... there are now over 60,000 martyrs. The Syrians did not make all those sacrifices in order to bolster this tyrannical regime," he said.
Bunni said that the speech was directed primarily at the "international community, which engaged in a real effort to create a political solution that meets the aspirations of the Syrian people and ends the tyranny of the Assad family regime."
Assad will not accept "any initiative that does not restore stability to his regime and put him at the helm of control", Bunni said.
The president, he added, has "excluded the possibility of any dialogue with the rebels".
"He wants negotiating partners of his own choosing and will not accept any initiative that could meet the aspirations of the Syrian people or ultimately lead to his departure and the dismantling of his regime."
Assad's call to dialogue "excludes those who revolt" and is addressed to "those who did not rise up or who will gladly accept the return of stability despite all the sacrifices made by the Syrian people," Bunni said.
Assad in a rare speech denounced the opposition on Sunday as "slaves" of the West and called for national dialogue to draft a new charter and pave the way for legislative polls....
Slaves of the West? I doubt that, sincerely. Not that the opposition wouldn't want some help, but slaves of the West? Nah.
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Kafranbel, near Idlib June 19, 2012. Russia and China have not agreed to any plan for the removal of al-Assad from power but recognize the dangers of an all-out civil war in the country, U.S. President Barack Obama says as Assad's forces bombard the city of Homs and clash with rebels. Picture taken June 19, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout
I see it like this. The Rebels welcome global nuclear conflict between the USA and Russia, so long as they aren't at the center of the annihilation. I sincerely believe if those young men are still alive in Syria and they were at the center of a global nuclear conflict they would have been misunderstood.
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Kafranbel, near Idlib June 19, 2012. Russia and China have not agreed to any plan for the removal of al-Assad from power but recognize the dangers of an all-out civil war in the country, U.S. President Barack Obama says as Assad's forces bombard the city of Homs and clash with rebels. Picture taken June 19, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout
I see it like this. The Rebels welcome global nuclear conflict between the USA and Russia, so long as they aren't at the center of the annihilation. I sincerely believe if those young men are still alive in Syria and they were at the center of a global nuclear conflict they would have been misunderstood.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
...As the action unfolded in Syria, (click here) world leaders aired their differences over the conflict at the G20 Summit at the Mexican resort of Los Cabos.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Assad, whose family have ruled Syria for four decades, had lost all legitimacy and that it was impossible to conceive of any solution to the violence that left him in power.
But Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters at the end of the summit: "We believe that nobody has the right to decide for other nations who should be brought to power, who should be removed from power."
Alarmed but apparently impotent to resolve the crisis, the outside world is deeply divided in its response to the increasingly sectarian conflict that threatens to become a proxy war for regional powers....
The problem in Syria is the same as Syria's presence in Lebanon for so many decades. This is the Assad's issue. Assad has been carrying out violence in Lebanon for a very long time. The rebels he backed in Lebanon killed leaders within that country. If Assad actually believes he is welcome as a leader at all then he is profoundly diluted.
That is a blatant fact, by the way. Syria has been an extremely disruptive and violent force in Lebanon. It is that reality I simply can't believe Russia has rejected to support Assad for far too long.
I realize, Syria has been a port in the Middle East for Russia for a long time and there is an understanding about an ally's responsibility in having a port there. But, I also believe Russia has not been a long term strategist in the understanding Syria is a problem in the Middle East. By being short sighted, Russia is deeply entrenched in what might be an incredibly out of control human rights violator in President Assad.
Russian Oligarchs are a problem. They need to back the best outcome for the Syrian people and those people do not necessarily have access to the sovereign wealth of the Assad family/regime.
Russia needs to pressure their oligarchs to stop their shipments into Syria because 'their commerce' is killing large amounts of people which they can be held responsible for at The Hague.
That is a blatant fact, by the way. Syria has been an extremely disruptive and violent force in Lebanon. It is that reality I simply can't believe Russia has rejected to support Assad for far too long.
I realize, Syria has been a port in the Middle East for Russia for a long time and there is an understanding about an ally's responsibility in having a port there. But, I also believe Russia has not been a long term strategist in the understanding Syria is a problem in the Middle East. By being short sighted, Russia is deeply entrenched in what might be an incredibly out of control human rights violator in President Assad.
Russian Oligarchs are a problem. They need to back the best outcome for the Syrian people and those people do not necessarily have access to the sovereign wealth of the Assad family/regime.
Russia needs to pressure their oligarchs to stop their shipments into Syria because 'their commerce' is killing large amounts of people which they can be held responsible for at The Hague.
