Tensions are on the rise between the US and Syria today, following the Obama Administration’s announcement that it is withdrawing Ambassador Robert Ford over an “incitement campaign” by the Assad government.
Though the US claimed it amounted to a major security threat against Ford, so far the only action taken by pro-Assad demonstrators against the ambassador was pelting him with tomatoes a few weeks ago.
Syria, for its part, has also withdrawn their ambassador Imad Moustapha, though both US and Syrian embassies are expected to remain open without them.
Ford’s direct involvement in anti-Assad protests has fueled considerable resentment among the regime’s supporters, while the US has also accused the Syrian embassy of being involved in an effort to intimidate anti-regime protesters in the US.
I disagree with Assad's suppressing real popular demands; however, the US ambassador's only role there was precisely to incite revolt. This may be the beginning of bombing and droning people in Syria, especially civilians and Assad's children. Surely the criminals at the Black House would love to replicate what they did in Libya. After Iraq and Afghanistan, they lack the guts to face ragtag militias mano a mano.