Why The Outcomes In Libya And Egypt Cannot Be Duplicated In Syria

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Photo by RIA Novosti.

Nightmares In Syria -- Alan W. Dowd, Epoch Times

The crumbling regime of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad controls one of the largest chemical-weapons programs on earth, including mustard gas, sarin and VX nerve agent. Syria has mated these weapons with artillery shells and missilery. Open-source materials indicate that Syria has five major chemical-manufacturing facilities in and around the cities of Hama, Homs, and Al-Safira, along with 45 chemical-weapons storage facilities. As Assad and his loyalists focus on survival and the Syrian military splinters, these stockpiles are growing increasingly vulnerable.

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My Comment: Alan W. Dowd's analysis on why the outcomes in Libya and Egypt cannot be duplicated in Syria is spot on. Like it or not .... the West regards Syria as being in the Russian sphere and influence .... and therefore prefer to have the onus on Russia to lay the groundwork for Syrian change. But Russia cannot (or will not) proceed, thereby only prolonging the agony in Syria and guaranteeing an outcome that will probably be a worst case scenario.