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Syrians won’t go along with Obama’s wishes
Published: 25 January, 2012, 22:21
Syrian supporters of the government hold a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad while dancing during a pro-regime rally in Damascus on January 25, 2012 (AFP Photo / LOUAI BESHARA)
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President Obama’s promise to bring “strong and stable democracy'' to Syria alarms its population, which sees the shining examples of Iraq and Libya and realizes what fate awaits it, says Dr. Ali Muhammad, editor-in-chief of the website Syria Tribune.
Delivering his speech to the nation, US President Barack Obama referred to Syria and said the regime of President Bashar Assad will soon discover that the forces of change – referring to the Arab Spring – cannot be reversed.
“Every Syrian knows that the country will never go back to what it was one year ago, but at the same time the change will be decided by the Syrian people, not by the US or anybody else,”argues Dr. Ali Muhammad.
In his speech, Obama also admitted that America has a huge stake in the outcome of the Syrian conflict. Dr. Ali Muhammad believes ‘the stake’ is nothing other than ‘a new Syria’ that will not support the resistance forces against Israel and will not be an ally to Iran, a scenario mentioned a couple of months ago by the head of the rebel Syrian National Council.
There appeared to be an element of contradiction in Obama's words. On the one hand he said “It's up to the people to decide their fate,” while on the other he said “America will support policies that lead to strong and stable democracies”, the second statement possibly implying some kind of intervention.
“How do you know what the people want?” Dr. Ali Muhammad asks. “Democracy has not proven to be good to Iraq, with its hundreds of thousands people dead since the beginning of the [American] intervention.”
Dr. Muhammad also recalled the example of Libya in showing what the imposition of democracy can lead to – namely the deaths of civilians and the destruction of the economy.
President Obama also said America will stand against violence and intimidation and for the rights and dignity of all human beings. Dr. Muhammad stressed that while it may sound noble, it is worth keeping in mind that the outcome justifies the means in America’s view.
“He (Obama) is trying to portray a democracy that is really for the good of the people while the actions of America and its allies do not prove that.”
The US, the EU and the Arab League are now busy working out a new Security Council resolution on Syria, requiring President Assad to hand over power to a new government. Syria has repeatedly rejected this scenario. The recent proposal to Syria from the Arab League with essentially the same demand quite expectedly brought the same cold response from Damascus.
“Syria has always been proud of its independent decisions and the Arab League knew for a fact that Syria will never submit to the Arab League, the US, [the UN] Security Council or whatever,” Dr. Ali Muhammad stated, not forgetting to add that Russia is showing full support to Damascus despite all odds.
Dr. Ali Muhammad predicts that having received a negative answer from Syria, the Arab League will use it as a pretext to further escalate the situation around Syria.
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It is increasingly clear that the Arabs in the Middle-East,under empty Islamic fantasies,are on their way to self- destruction. The Holy Quran is very clear on this;and it warns any muslim faithful not to take Christians or Jews for protectors. The Holy Book,further,explains that Christians or Jews cannot be trusted; they are always traitors.
There is enough evidence to prove the Holy Writtings:The late Saddam Husein of Iraq worked with the CIA which later helped him to capture power.The USA armed him with all the deadly weapons with a view to bring down the Islamic Republic of Iran, which did not happen.The same USA demonoised him and enventually waged a war against him,captured and handed him to his killers.The same applies to to the late Osama bin Laden.
With such clear warnings from the Holy Book and the hard evidence that has come our way,one wonders what has gone wrong with heads of the people in the Arab World.
They continue to defy the Holy Book by serving US interest to the extent of pushing it (US) to war against fellow Muslims such as Libya,Iran and Syria. One certain fact is, at the end of the day, the Holy Writtings will turn around to hunt them and they will pay a dear price.
If they have tested a bit of pig meat and a bit of John Walker and think that they can play games with Allah,then they are lying to themselves.It is a question of time.Why does everything have to do with religion with you? Oh i get it, that's just your way of saying, "I am merely a human and I am incapable of grasping a larger picture like that of a worthless insect before me".
Yes,you are a mere human,but mind you- even the vampires wear a human face
Wow... what a bunch of complete nutjobs on this thread...! Where do educated Russians go for news and information? This is it?! Scary.
@Atossa... I condemn every word you vomit. I feel sorry for conspiracy fueled nutjobs. You my friend are a conspiracy fueled nutjob.