Syrian pro-democracy activists report that security forces opened fire on a demonstration in the Damascus suburb of Qatana today, killing at least 20 people, while another seven were reported killed not far from the Turkish border.
The killings, if confirmed, would make today the deadliest day in over a month, as the Syrian regime has increasingly avoided massive killings that have only served to increase international scorn and rile up more protesters.
They also come as a number of Western nations, particularly France, are looking for a Libyan-style UN Security Council resolution against the Assad regime, and as a number of nations, particularly China and Russia, look to avoid a repeat of what has turned into a drawn out civil war.
France loudly condemned China and Russia over the reluctance to back such a resolution, with Prime Minister Fillon declaring it “no longer acceptable” that the two nations could block UN Security Council votes. Both of those nations hold veto power.
Hey, that's okay. Assad is anti-imperialist, remember? That makes him not only okay in the lefties book but also gives them a pass to slaughter his own people. Just like Qaddafi. And Ahmadinejad. And the rest of the non-US-aligned dictators in the Middle East and around the world. They can be dictators, they can kill people, they can lie but for as long as they talk the anti-imperialist canard talk, all is forgiven and forgotten.
The Looney Left and the Looney Right are mirror images of each other. Funny how they don't see it.
Agreed, thedissaenter. If Assad were a US-backed tyrant the Left would be exploding in outrage. But he's anti-Israel so how bad can he really be?
In fact, many lefties seem convinced that the whole uprising is merely a CIA operation – the same logic used to dismiss the protestors in Iran. After all, why would Muslims want to topple their brave anti-imperialist leaders?