Political Epiphany: Syria and Some More...

One

Syrian people have woken up since the sprout of the Arab Spring, in 2011. Freeing themselves from the yoke of Bashar Al-Assad has cost them thousands of lives.

The Syrian government plays the role of victim, using the same arguments Gadhaffi used when Libyans fought for freedom and democracy – terrorists are behind the protests and attacks, to destabilise Syria and take hold of the country [of course, Mr. Al-Assad thinks we don’t know that he, along with his brother in Iran, is the facilitator of terrorism in the region]; but the fact is Turkey is flooding with refugees who do not give pleasant accounts of the situation there; and the body count of Syrian dissidents keeps increasing by the day.

The Syrian people are asking the West for help saying, “What is the world waiting for?” Let’s think: if the West had decided to take military action against Syria, to help saving civilian lives, wouldn’t the Arab League accuse it of invasion and imperialism? Wouldn’t later on the Syrian people accuse the West of having occupied their nation?
Unless...

Two 

Under the leadership of President Obama, the West has proved that it can help changing regimes without placing boots on the ground. Needless to say that this strategy is a game changer, since it translates into killing two birds with one stone: the West aides prospective democratic nations to get rid of dictators while avoiding being accused of aiming at an invasion (as well as saving a lot of time & money in the process).

Having thought of this, the Syrian people feel more at ease to invite the West to help them with their plight, resting assure that the sovereignty of the Syrian People would remain safeguarded.
But I ask: why don’t Syrians go to their brothers in the Arab League and ask for their help? Why must always be the West solving the predicaments of the world?

Three

The Arab League has expressed its discontentment toward the Al-Assad regime; it even suspended Syria (one of the founding members of the organisation) last November. It has also drafted a resolution, presented before the UNSC, in which it called for “a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, plural political system, in which citizens are equal regardless of their affiliations or ethnicities or beliefs, including through commencing a serious political dialogue between the Syrian Government and the whole spectrum of the Syrian opposition under the League of Arab States’ auspices, in accordance with the timetable set out by the League of Arab States.” Of course, Russia and China vetoed this resolution.

But is it enough? Do the people, in Syria, being brutally slaughtered care about these words? When humans are being murdered for wanting freedom and democracy, when they see innocent blood being shed in the name of power-clinging; they want their brothers, in this case the Arab League, to go to the UNSC and shout, “We will help our brothers in Syria, we will fight for them and depose Bashar Al-Assad ourselves. Will you back us up?” – had they done so, Russia and China would have supported their resolution in the name of business (they would even vie with each other to see who would make more money from the Arabic military action)…

Turkey has a strong army, as do the Arab League nations, so it would be interesting (for once) to see them unite and fight to liberate their innocent Muslim brothers from the yoke of criminal Muslim dictators: 3,2,1...