In a much-publicized state TV interview earlier today, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad dismissed the notion of a Western attack on his country, insisting “the consequences of any military action against Syria will be unbearable.”
At this point, of course, no specific leader is actually threatening an attack on his country, but a number of officials have urged him to leave office, something he termed “worthless” while insisting the military had matters well in hand.
“As for the security situation has become more militant in the recent weeks and specially last Friday. We are capable of dealing with it… I am not worried,” Assad declared. The military has been cracking down on protests and firing on refugees attempting to flee to neighboring Turkey.
And while Assad couched his comments as defiance of the West, it is actually long-time ally Turkey that seems closest to launching a military operation against him, with reports that some elements in the Turkish government would prefer to set up a humanitarian corridor inside Syria by force instead of dealing with the influx of refugees.
What longtime ally are you talking about? Syria and Turkey almost had armed conflicts three times in recent history. Even in the conflict over Cyprus and the subsequent Turkish invasion of the island in the 70s Syria sided with Greece. A large piece of Syrian territory has been under Turkish control since Ottoman times and has not been relinquished by Turkey. This has been the source of much ill feelings.
For whom the bell tolls……..
Assad is next and it is going to get ugly. Assad better head to Iran, I doubt that he is going see a day in court, the animosity in Syria runs and he would be skinned alive if caught by the opposition.
Good. I'd like to see a live skinning on You Tube. Just like in the Middle Ages.
why isa he dictator more thgan war criminals bastard busgh and blair? jsut ebcause you say so-who the blkoddy hell are you to judge?
now is the time for rest of the world to get together and kill the anglosaxon nations who are the ereal evil of world and who are runnign world war 3 but with diffefrenc e that victims have not realised it yet as it is based on tackling one country after another. time to attack anglos armies and kill them
@Rodney.
You are correct about these Anglo-Saxon predator nations.
It's no concidence that the countries leading the wars against Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and elsewhere are Anglo colonizer nations: the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia.
These phony liberal democracies in reality are all Anglo settler states based upon the theft and occupation of Indigineous or Aborginal lands.
Not content with colonizing North America or Aboriginal Oceania, these predator countries now seek to colonize the entire world behind their civilizational lie of "liberal democracy."
Even in Israel they have a seperation of church and state also except when using the bible as the reason why they own land and keep breaking the law taking land from Palistine.The reason I speek of these things is it raceist double standards.
The USA isn't going to attack Syria. It is too big and we have our hands full. But Turkey has a large army, and it might just need to find a use for all that idle manpower. Restoration of the Ottoman Empire is something they might want to do anyway.