Monday May 28, 2012

Syrian forces launch new blitz on Homs

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A Syrian couple walk past a poster which reads in Arabic, Government troops have killed at least 400 people in a relentless six-day onslaught on Homs, activists say Syrian children wave the pre-Baath former national flag during an anti-regime protest Image from YouTube shows a man in front of what he says is a house bombed by government forces in Homs Activists said at least 13 people were killed in the besieged central city as the shelling resumed at dawn Syrian and Arab protesters demonstrate in Doha against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad Syrian children wave the pre-Baath former national flag during an anti-regime protest Government troops have killed at least 400 people in a relentless six-day onslaught on Homs, activists say A Syrian couple walk past a poster which reads in Arabic, A picture released by LCC Syria shows a house which is allegedly damaged after shelling by government forces in Homs Government troops have killed at least 400 people in a relentless six-day onslaught on Homs, activists say An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube bombed area in the summer resort of Zabadani

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    nandakandamanda

    Why is the world standing by? Russia, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Europe, the US?

    Libya was seen as an armed force threatening an unarmed people. Oil there was too, yes.

    In Syria the people were, and are, to some extent armed, and tribal divisions seem more clear-cut, so is it the lack of an appealing voice of innocence anywhere? Or is it that no-one supports the Sunnis there, not even Iran?

    In some ways this reminds me of the Civil War fought 400 years ago in Britain. It came to an end after many battles with thousands killed. It needed to reach that end, and the end of it set the beginning for the future.

    What would have happened if some outside force had tried to intervene? It might have saved lives, but would outside intervention have perverted the course of history and left an unfinished agenda, merely put off for another time? Is there a time when two sides need to fight it out to the bitter end?

    There are many troubling aspects to the horrors inside Syria and no easy answers, IMHO. Any sensible ideas out there?

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