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Syria and UN Security Council Decision

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bigjelmapro said:
IDB87 responded to the last blog you've linked in detail, and all you've done is respond with an unrelated CNN broadcast from several months ago.
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Try again.
 
HoverBoarder said:
One answer is that now that the Constitution has been amended to say that the Baath party is no longer the ruling party, why not hold internationally monitored elections. Including for President and Congress?

What are the barriers to having free and fair elections right now?
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That's the timeline: There will be a referendum over the constitution end of the month. Next month, parliamentary elections will be held as scheduled. If the constitution is approved, it's possible that the Baath party will no longer be the ruling party in parliament. Presidential elections are scheduled for 2014. If the constitution is approved, Assad will not be able to run again.
 
Childlike Empress said:
That's the timeline: There will be a referendum over the constitution end of the month. Next month, parliamentary elections will be held as scheduled. If the constitution is approved, it's possible that the Baath party will no longer be the ruling party in parliament. Presidential elections are scheduled for 2014. If the constitution is approved, Assad will not be able to run again.
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And how much did you pay for that bridge you bought?
 
Childlike Empress said:
The attempts by both US officials and corporate media at supporting the narrative of the Syrian army shelling civilians in Homs by presenting satellite images have backfired and it now seems likely that the armed insurgents have indeed access to heavy weaponry.
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Ah, so the Arab spring has indeed spread to Syria. I guess you are a fan of civil war. OK.

Of note, UN resolutions or no, Hugo Chavez has decided that he needs to ship various goodies to his brother dictator Assad.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_new...ps-fuel-to-syria-regime-undermining-sanctions

Must be nice to have friends in low places.

From the article, consider the source ...

Chavez is a vociferous advocate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who face pressure from Western sanctions. Few leaders on the world stage have polarised opinion as sharply as the Venezuelan president.

Chavez, who still defends the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has repeatedly backed Arab leaders who have faced a year-long wave of popular protests, which have already toppled four governments.
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I hear he bet the Ravens and Saints to make the Super Bowl as well ...
 
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Well DR, as I said, the situation is clear outside the imperial propaganda bubble. Chavez of course knows what's up, too - from your article:

El Presidente according to MSNBC said:
"The aggressions against Syria are continuing," Chavez said in an address last month. "It's the same formula they (the West) used against Libya - inject violence, inject terrorism from abroad and later invoke the United Nations to intervene."
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I'm sure he didn't say "the West", though. ;)
 
Childlike Empress said:
Well DR, as I said, the situation is clear outside the imperial propaganda bubble. Chavez of course knows what's up, too - from your article:

I'm sure he didn't say "the West", though. ;)
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the imperial propaganda bubble

Is that the name of a new band?
 
One wonders, though, why people who hate the west so much prefer to still live there... I guess freedom of speech, the press, elections, etc., etc., -- all of which are sadly missing in Assad's Syria or Chavez's Venezuela -- have their attractions.
 
Darth Rotor said:
the imperial propaganda bubble

Is that the name of a new band?
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Not funny.

From the periphery of the bubble, here's the (slightly flawed) translation of a long article just printed in one of Germany's most influential newspapers (FAZ), written by middle east expert, investigative journalist and best-selling author Jürgen Todenhöfer after his return from a four weeks visit to Syria. Worth reading.

[...] Yes, Assad is politically responsible for any civilian who died in the Syrian Civil War. (To be honest, it`s still no real civil war) Just like Obama for the children killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan and the German government for the deaths of Kunduz. But these are no reasons not to negotiate. You have to negotiate with the enemies you have.

The smartest suggestions were made by Russia. Russia has invited all parties to Moscow to engage in dialogue. I would have never imagined in my life that there will be one day where I would prefer Russian foreign policy over Western policy.

But like a huge chorus, NATO blames the Russian government that their behavior (on the Syrian situation) was and is a “disgrace”. Why? Syria needs this dialogue between the warring groups so damn quick. This is the only way to stop the bloodshed in Syria.

But the West is already miles away from such a wise placement. The West prefers to operate in the Syria conflict with a policy of interests and to play with the fire. This game could break the country and could also cost the lives of countless Syrians. Even for the about two million Syrian Christians, the consequences would be disastrous – as in Iraq. [...]
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"Yes, Assad is politically responsible for any civilian who died"

9,000 and counting... The time for "dialogue" has long passed.
 
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Wow. I can't believe the insurgents are killing all those people and Assad is getting blamed for it.:boggled:

I had no idea "the West" had that kind of disinformational power. Way more disinformational power than Childlike Empress and her sources. We just laugh at them.
 
Another two foreign journalists killed by Assad, along with dozens of civilians.

The massacre continues, Childlike.
 
These two journalists were apparently killed by an artillery shell in Homs:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/22/sunday-times-marie-colvin-killed-syria

Colvin, a decorated correspondent with more than 30 years of experience in conflict zones, and Ochlik, who last month won a World Press Photo award, died instantly when the artillery shell struck the safe house that had been provided for them by local activists.

The house was located next to a hospital and had been the main refuge for all reporters who had made it to Bab al-Amr in the face of a relentless barrage by regime forces over the past three weeks.
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trustbutverify said:
The Nazi-left continues to run rhetorical cover for Assad the butcher.

I wonder when people, especially in the west, will finally wake up to the fact that the CE's and the JJ's of the world don't give a good god-damn about human suffering.
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What would you say is the psychology behind the Nazi-left and what do you think motives them?
 
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