Sympathetic To The Opposition
If one is being truly objective about the issue, it is difficult not to give some credence to the claims of the Syrian regime spokespeople when they speak of the backing of terrorist elements; Islamists and al-Qaeda sympathizers behind the activities of the Syrian protesters. Much as it sometimes strained credibility, much as one would far prefer to outright condemn, deservedly, the Alawite regime of President Bashar al Assad, there is the reality of those elements lurking behind the regime defiers.There is little doubt that, as claimed, up to six thousand soldiers, police, other security forces and "pro-regime civilians" have been killed thus far in the violent protests against the government. Syria's deputy foreign minister, senior government spokesman, Faisal Mukdad, is not entirely incorrect in singling out French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe's role in "calling for war" against the Syrian regime. It is the same role France played when Libyan rebels faced off against their tyrannical government.
"This is what the West wants, extremist and al-Qaeda forces controlling the whole region", Mr. Mukdad said. It was the fault of the rebels, "escalating their attacks", that the ceasefire deal brokered by Kofi Annan had failed. The Syrian regime, after all, had every right to defend itself. And to manage to do that, it had no intention of pulling back its troops, exiting its armoured vehicles from city centres. Its obligation was to protect the loyal citizens of Syria.
The Syrian opposition is rife with the presence of al-Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood types, along with a decided criminal element, drug-pushers, common criminals. Guilty of breaching the ceasefire no fewer than 1,600 times. Though where that very precise figure came from is anyone's guess. "Criminals are a big force, something like 59,000 who were drug smugglers, drug dealers, arms smugglers, ordinary criminals who were inside and outside Syria when these developments started. How can we control them?" he asked rhetorically.
One is tempted to respond that if such detailed information is available to the regime, they need no outside advice on how they may go about controlling the malevolent presence and threats imposed upon the country by no fewer than fifty-nine thousand drug smugglers, dealers, arms smugglers, criminals. How does one control such a blatant source of threatened dysfunction? Well, by destroying them.
And therein lies the response Mr. Mukdad is prompting. The government of Syria is doing its utmost to destroy those villainous influences upon its society, preying on the people of Syria, destroying the country's trust in its leaders, its laws, its military interventions. As for Ban Ki-moon, "he is biased, very biased". "We may forgive him for some of his statements, but now the UN monitors are in Syria he should base his statements on what they are saying."
What are they saying? That the bombings and rocket attacks are proceeding apace? Actually both sides find it in their interests to implicate the others in absurd lies. Take, for example, Col. Khaled Hamoud, a Free Syrian Army commander who explained the explosion at the air force intelligence headquarters resulted from an internal feud.
"Some of the officers wanted to defect. Men from inside fabricated this explosion to gloss over the rift, and kill those that were in support of us. The Free Syrian Army did not do this." They do know, however, that the head of the air force intelligence headquarters, Ali Ibrahim al-Yousef, died in the attack, along with three others who, while not yet having defected were sympathetic to the opposition.
Labels: Conflict, Corruption, Islamism, Middle East, Political Realities, Syria, Terrorism
posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, May 02, 2012
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