Thursday, September 6, 2012

The West Has Chosen To Stay On The Sidelines As Syria Burns



No Red Lines In Syria -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard

Last week, Iran reportedly dispatched more of its Revolutionary Guard shock troops to Syria to prop up its ally. And with that the Obama administration lost another of its justifications for sitting by idly as Syrian president Bashar al-Assad runs his countrymen through a meat grinder. The death toll is approaching 25,000. The White House has feared arming the Syrian opposition would only make the conflict bloodier and give the Iranians cause to commit to force. Well, the civil war has grown bloodier, and the Iranians have joined in—not because of what Obama did but because of what he didn’t do.

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My Comment: There is no political or public will in the West to get involved in Syria's civil war. And while leadership from the White House and a few European countries can easily shift the balance in this war .... for the moment .... there is none.

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