Intense debate in ongoing in the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) over whether or not to participate in the upcoming Geneva 2 conference aimed at ending the ongoing civil war. The rebel SNC has not decided on the matter despite UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi already claiming they would attend.
It’s a difficult matter for the SNC as it tries to find a position that allows them to resist ending the war without looking like they are doing so. Leaders in the SNC debate are openly condemning the talks, and warning it would amount to “surrender” to attend without setting their usual preconditions of unconditionally ousting the current government.
At the same time, other members say that keeping their current strategy of spurning peace talks of general principle is going to cost them huge amounts of credibility with the international community, particularly with the US now supporting the talks.
Yet the SNC has limited support among the actual rebel fighters to begin with, and they might lose what support they have if they agree to end the war at a time when Islamist rebels are determined to conquer not only Syria, but the entire region.
The "SNC" (now going by a different, longer, name which still includes the words "Coalition" and "Syrian") are not the "rebels"…they are the invention to serve as political cover to be masqueraded around the world. Who 'invented' this stooge 'organization'? What/who gives them "legitimacy"? Where are these people physically located and where do they normally operate?
As to the other 'issue' concerning the so-called "rebels"…any idiot with half a brain knows you can't be "choosy" if you want to hire a 'hit-man'. The same is true when it comes to recruiting mercenary terrorists….
These groups are not "independent"… Get a clue Ditz…
My goodness, all this external manpower, external funded killing machines and all of Western mass media striving to brainwash the people into thinking it’s a home-grown civil war.
Such immense light to force all darkness to give way, surely our voting majority even if they are the 51% most wealthy, surely they would not dare to invade to plunder Syria, would they?
It seams that Jason Ditz gets a kick by publishing what is not true or twisting the truth to factual matter which don't exist…, unless Jason is uneducated individual when it comes to Middle East.
Look: the idea for USA and EU having a total presence in Middle East occupying it is from Second World War.., read the history and the background of Tehran summit, the gathering of USA, England and USSR, then read Paul Wolfowitz idea presented to bill Clinton in 1990.
SNC have no legitimacy, they never had the backing of the majority of Syrian which would give the needed legitimacy.., they become "legitimate" when the western militarism the entity of a falsified democracy give them that.., USA and EU are at war in Middle East for reasons such as keep their tyrants in power because they are giving back to USA 1-free bases for USA and EU military. 2- free supply of gas and other stuff for USA and EU war machinery. 3- they are helping USA and EU conduct their wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan.., like they did in Libya and before that in Yugoslavia using all kind of sunny Muslims terrorist orgonazations. 4- Middle East is the vital source of income for USA and EU militarism machine.., beside the profit made in oil.., making deals by the billions selling their junk yard of military equipment to these tyrants. 5- all these regimes including Israel have a common interests.., that's is being against all and every kind of national or peoples democracy.., Dr. Muhammad Mosadegh very real and democratically elected government in Iran was overthrown by the CIA and English government in 1950s, Shah Massoud, the nationalist democrat in Afghanistan were killed by the Saudis agents posing as journalist,. Kongo war started back in 60s.., Dr. Patrice Lummomba was given to Mussa Chombeh by Swedish Dag Hammarskjöld the un secretary knowing that Chombeh was going to murder him.., again the USA, England and France were involved in this…, Madeline albright used the balkan sunny mafia to start the divisining of yugoslavia.., so get grip Jason read the history.., the missery that's been brought upon the Syria people, the Palestinians are not homegrown nor it has the backing of the majority of the people, Israel has become a "legitimate" states because the west keept its blind eyes knowing what the out come would be and applouded the mescare of palestininabs.., USA and EU last resort is using terrorism, embecils and street grown intellectuals to do what they good at.., creating a non democracy and neo tyrans for the people in Middle East.