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Syrian Christian leader tells West: 'Stop arming terror groups who are massacring our people'
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<blockquote data-quote="mindlight" data-source="post: 69456136" data-attributes="member: 21246"><p>Assads killing of civilians protesting peacefully against his regime was the brutal response of a leader fully aware of what the Arab Spring had achieved in other countries. The wave of dissatisfaction that was at the root of the Arab Spring is understandable to anyone who knows about these cultures. However its fruit has largely been deeply unsatisfying and even counter productive.</p><p></p><p>The main reason for this is the radicalisation of rebel instincts and a close alignment with Salafist Jihaddi ideals that simply do not work in practice.</p><p></p><p>Maybe there was a small window of opportunity to get rid of Assad and replace him with something better at the beginning of this conflict. But it would have required Western intervention to secure and as in Libya would probably have led to the country being worse off in the aftermath because the radical Islamists would ultimately have taken control of that revolution also. The instability in Syria basically originates in a revolution against Assads rule which is now ,with the exception of the Kurdish element ,mainly hijacked by Islamists. Islamist regimes do not work for anyone and if you had met people who had escaped them you would know the fear and desperation that they breed even amongst their footsoldiers. Assad is definitely no saint but this is not a time to sit on the fence. He is the better of 2 evils and the most likely to restore peace to the country.</p><p></p><p>That said I would like to see the Iraqi Kurds gain their own state and the Syrian Kurds to be able to link in with that new Kurdistan.</p><p></p><p>But the real problem here is a crisis of leadership. The Wests interventions in the region have not been helpful and the local rulers are playing self interested power politics with little regard for the bigger picture.</p><p></p><p>We need Turkey and the Gulf States to be brought in line and to stop sowing the seeds of instability, an independent Kurdistan and the utter destruction of IS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindlight, post: 69456136, member: 21246"] Assads killing of civilians protesting peacefully against his regime was the brutal response of a leader fully aware of what the Arab Spring had achieved in other countries. The wave of dissatisfaction that was at the root of the Arab Spring is understandable to anyone who knows about these cultures. However its fruit has largely been deeply unsatisfying and even counter productive. The main reason for this is the radicalisation of rebel instincts and a close alignment with Salafist Jihaddi ideals that simply do not work in practice. Maybe there was a small window of opportunity to get rid of Assad and replace him with something better at the beginning of this conflict. But it would have required Western intervention to secure and as in Libya would probably have led to the country being worse off in the aftermath because the radical Islamists would ultimately have taken control of that revolution also. The instability in Syria basically originates in a revolution against Assads rule which is now ,with the exception of the Kurdish element ,mainly hijacked by Islamists. Islamist regimes do not work for anyone and if you had met people who had escaped them you would know the fear and desperation that they breed even amongst their footsoldiers. Assad is definitely no saint but this is not a time to sit on the fence. He is the better of 2 evils and the most likely to restore peace to the country. That said I would like to see the Iraqi Kurds gain their own state and the Syrian Kurds to be able to link in with that new Kurdistan. But the real problem here is a crisis of leadership. The Wests interventions in the region have not been helpful and the local rulers are playing self interested power politics with little regard for the bigger picture. We need Turkey and the Gulf States to be brought in line and to stop sowing the seeds of instability, an independent Kurdistan and the utter destruction of IS. [/QUOTE]
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