Assad is there to stay

Pravda ^ | April 9, 2014 | Nicola Nasser

[don-o]

Long gone the days when the U.S.-led so-called "Friends of Syria" could plausibly claim that two thirds of Syria was controlled by rebel forces, that Syrian capital Damascus was under siege and its fall was just a matter of time and that the days of President Bashar al-Assad were numbered and accordingly he "should step down."

The war on Syria has taken a U-turn during the past year. Assad now firmly holds the military initiative. The long awaited foreign military intervention could not take off; it was prevented by the emerging multi-polar world order. Syrian and non-Syrian insurgents are now on the run. Assad stands there to stay.

The thinly veiled UN legitimacy, which was used to justify the invasions of Iraq and Libya under the pretexts of the responsibility to protect on humanitarian grounds, failed to impose no-fly zones, humanitarian corridors and other instruments of foreign intervention; they foundered on the borders of Syrian national sovereignty.

The official Syrian Arab Army (SAA), which was strategically organized and stationed to fight a regular war in defence against the Israeli occupying power in the western south of the country, was taken by surprise by an internationally and regionally coordinated unconventional attack on its soft civilian backyard where it had zero presence.

[don-o]

Article names names and exposes the feckless US foreign policy. Where is it wrong?

[Salvey]

Well, at least the Christians will be protected under Assad.

[jdsteel]

There are no good guys there, but Assad is killing Islamists. Keep it up, boys.

[grania]

I've been thinking. McCain's coyzing up to terrorists in Syria and Nazis in western Ukraine seems to have prolonged the misery of people living in those regions. Why isn't he being charged by the international tribunal for crimes against humanity?

What an ironic and just end that would be to his malignant career. JMHO

[struggle]

I’m actually glad Assad made it through this - sure he is a murderous bas*ard, but he ended the lives of many a jihadi.

I’ve seen latest war video that shows the SAA blowing up the FSA maybe 20-30 miles from the Turkish border. In a couple of months he’ll simply be mopping them up.

Imagine how much money the Saudis have lost in this.

[onedoug]

‘One little, two little, three stinking islamists....’

[nomad]

Way to go! That’s at least two hot spots the NWO didn`t turn. And with prevailing US public opinion, there`ll be US boots there, not openly. Unless the NWO and their interventionists cronies here want a backlash this election cycle.

[Kenny Bunk]

The official Syrian Arab Army (SAA),,,, was taken by surprise by an internationally and regionally coordinated unconventional attack on its soft civilian backyard where it had zero presence.

This could explain a lot. Every time the Obama-backed "rebels" took a village, their first order of business was to kill all the Christians they could reach. Ditto, Obama backed - jihadis have now massacred Christians in Kenya (2006), Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Syria.

Are 53% of American voters really too dumb to connect the dots?

[prof.h.mandingo]

Yes they are. Also if Jon Stewart or the MSM don't cover it, it didn't happen in their world. I have always contended wealthy conservatives need to buy media outlets if we are to have any chance.

[Pelham]

This could explain a lot. Every time the Obama-backed "rebels" took a village, their first order of business was to kill all the Christians they could reach. Ditto, Obama backed - jihadis have now massacred Christians in Kenya (2006), Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Syria.

Are 53% of American voters really too dumb to connect the dots?

More likely they have heard nothing about it.

[M Kehoe]

And Baraq Hussein 0bama (mmm mmm mmm), drew a red line, and everyone (Putin, Assad, Persian mullahs, etc.), laughed.

Sad that we are no longer the leader of the free world.

5.56mm