Posted on 05/09/2011 3:58:21 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The European Union announced on Monday that it would be imposing an arms embargo on Syria, The Associated Press reported.
In a statement, the EU said that it is banning shipments to Syria of “arms and equipment that could be used for internal repression.”
The statement also noted that the EU will be prohibiting 13 Syrian “officials and associates of the Syrian regime” from traveling anywhere within the EU and would be freezing their assets. The 13 have been identified as being responsible for the violent repression against the civilian protests in the country.
While the names of the officials sanctioned were not made public and will not be published until Thursday, the report noted that an EU official said late last week that Syrian President Bashar Assad would not be among those sanctioned.
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So?
Syria gets most of its weapons from Russia and Iran.
Why would it care about EU sanctions?
Syria won’t, but the EU will feel good about itself, and that’s what’s really important.
First I read “-13-—identified—”and thot somebody’s actually on the ball. Then I got to “—Bashar would not be—” and realized the Eurotrash is running in their regular groove. Just can’t quite work up the nerve to deal with an actual problem. I guess the two beatings they gave each other in the 20th century pretty much took the lead out of their pencils. The Syrian folks are not exactly un-armed especially the Kurds up north so I expect they will be able to handle Bashar in good time. I also expect to hear a story about Bashar seizing all the supplies of rope soon.
The diplomatic equivalent of being banned for life from Burger King.
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