Syria: Why We Say No to Intervention

[Miroslav Visic]

Syria: Why We Say No to Intervention

http://wammtoday.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/syria-why-we-say-no-to-intervention/

1. The US and its allies are already intervening with
arms, money and covert action. This can only inflame
what the Red Cross acknowledges is now a civil war.

2. The intervention in Libya, which began as a no-fly
zone, dramatically increased the rate of killing; tens of
thousands died following it. The same will happen in
Syria.

3. Foreign intervention will place the opposition leadership
in the hands of the western powers and their
allies, denying the Syrian people the right to determine
their own future.

4. Any intervention in Syria will have huge regional and
global consequences; the conflict is already spreading
to Lebanon and Turkey, and could spark a sectarian
war involving Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq and Iran. As
former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan put it, “'Syria
is not Libya, it will not implode, it will explode beyond
its borders."

5. An attack on Iran remains the ultimate goal for the
US. Intervention in Syria is a stepping stone to that
goal.

SYRIA: WHY WE SAY NO TO INTERVENTION