Friday, February 07, 2014
Hafez Assad | Bashar Assad | Syria | Geneva 2 | John Kerry
Getting involved to prevent mass killings seems admirable; however, previous attempts have had only temporary and limited success...
At LegalInsurrection.com, David Gerstman gives some Syrian history and offers this:
"With no fear of failing to keep its chemical arms commitment, Syria has actually shipped out less then 5% of its stockpile, earning a stern (and meaningless) warning from Secretary of State Kerry.
In an escalation of U.S. threats, Kerry said that if Syria breached its commitment to hand over the deadly chemicals for destruction, the issue would be considered by the Security Council under the provision of the U.N. Charter that can authorize the use of force. …
But Russian officials rejected the suggestion that the Security Council would consider the use of force. They said they accepted Syria’s explanation that it had been unable to ship the chemicals to the Mediterranean port of Latakia for removal because of security threats from opposition forces in the country’s civil war. Russia won’t even support the United States on an agreement that it co-sponsored!
Assad, like his father, will keep killing. The biggest difference is that father was able to hide his crimes; the son benefits with the help of accomplices like Russia and Iran combined with the feckless diplomacy of the West."
