The USA has allies in the region and Assad cannot secure the chemical weapons supply within it's borders. Russia has been no more successful in securing the chemical weapons either. It is too dangerous to ignore and Russia is ineffective with influence with Syria.
Updated at 8:19 a.m. Eastern
...Both the Syrian government (click here) and the Western-backed opposition Free Syrian Army agreed to cease fire in the suburbs to allow the inspectors to carry out their work, but the U.N. said in a statement that the lead vehicle was hit "multiple times by unidentified snipers in the buffer zone area," forcing the entire convoy to turn around and regroup at a checkpoint.
"As the car was no longer serviceable, the Team returned safely back to the Government check-point," read a statement released by a U.N. spokesperson. "The Team will return to the area after replacing the vehicle."
Reuters reported that the team had managed to reach the suburb of Mouadamiya after the delay, according to activists and a doctor on the ground....
Everyone needs to pay attention because the problems are very obvious. There is increased anarchy within sovereign nations throughout the region. The lessons from the USA invasion into Iraq cannot be overstated.
When the United Nation's Inspectors went into Iraq it was under the control of a sovereign authority with the ability to keep them safe. That was dissolved when Saddam Hussein was removed from the country's leadership. Following the removal of his authority, there was an upspring of anarchy that continues today. It is ethnic, it is religiously based and it is now the slippery slope that has gripped the region.
Diplomatic corps and UN inspectors are no long safe in the region. Some areas are more dangerous than others. When the UN Inspectors went into Syria and to the site where chemical weapons were released, there were snipers waiting for them. Don't do it again. There is no sovereign authority able to control the country, therefore, it has to be discerned anarchy is throughout the country and setting a very dangerous paradigm for other nations.
Syria has to be disarmed from it's chemical weapons and it's ability to deploy them with missiles for the safety and security of other nations. Russian has been able to do nothing to stop the potential to the spread of the danger.
Look, Assad never signed the treaty every other nation did. He brought this on himself. If he can't control his weapons as he states, then someone has to. If Russia is unable, then who?
Updated at 8:19 a.m. Eastern
...Both the Syrian government (click here) and the Western-backed opposition Free Syrian Army agreed to cease fire in the suburbs to allow the inspectors to carry out their work, but the U.N. said in a statement that the lead vehicle was hit "multiple times by unidentified snipers in the buffer zone area," forcing the entire convoy to turn around and regroup at a checkpoint.
"As the car was no longer serviceable, the Team returned safely back to the Government check-point," read a statement released by a U.N. spokesperson. "The Team will return to the area after replacing the vehicle."
Reuters reported that the team had managed to reach the suburb of Mouadamiya after the delay, according to activists and a doctor on the ground....
Everyone needs to pay attention because the problems are very obvious. There is increased anarchy within sovereign nations throughout the region. The lessons from the USA invasion into Iraq cannot be overstated.
When the United Nation's Inspectors went into Iraq it was under the control of a sovereign authority with the ability to keep them safe. That was dissolved when Saddam Hussein was removed from the country's leadership. Following the removal of his authority, there was an upspring of anarchy that continues today. It is ethnic, it is religiously based and it is now the slippery slope that has gripped the region.
Diplomatic corps and UN inspectors are no long safe in the region. Some areas are more dangerous than others. When the UN Inspectors went into Syria and to the site where chemical weapons were released, there were snipers waiting for them. Don't do it again. There is no sovereign authority able to control the country, therefore, it has to be discerned anarchy is throughout the country and setting a very dangerous paradigm for other nations.
Syria has to be disarmed from it's chemical weapons and it's ability to deploy them with missiles for the safety and security of other nations. Russian has been able to do nothing to stop the potential to the spread of the danger.
Look, Assad never signed the treaty every other nation did. He brought this on himself. If he can't control his weapons as he states, then someone has to. If Russia is unable, then who?