Though again conceding that violations continue on both sides, UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan urged continuing support for his peace plan in Syria, saying it was possibly the “last chance to avoid war” and that Syria could quickly deteriorate if the ceasefire collapses.
Both sides of combatants in Syria have been hyping the violations by the other side, while downplaying their own. Violence is, however, down significantly since the ceasefire began last month, and monitors continue to deploy around the nation.
Efforts to get both sides to stop fighting have struggled particularly with Western support for the rebels continue to funnel into the country. The US again reported today that it is increasing the level of “aid” provided to the rebels. The US has insisted it is providing only “non-lethal” aid, but is also providing logistics help that would be used by the rebels in carrying out potential attacks. There is growing concern about rebel tactics, particularly the use of bombings in heavily populated areas.
The US was never really on board with the ceasefire, and that of course hasn’t changed. US ambassador Susan Rice today insisted that the US policy was to demand Assad’s unconditional ouster, and that they only support the “international efforts” to that end.
How much support the US can generate in the UN for the war remains to be seen. Though French President-elect Hollande has insisted that there was no policy change, outgoing President Sarkozy has been outspoken in demanding a war.
Even though officials say that what has been going on in Syria hasn’t risen to the level of a civil war yet, some are claiming nearly 12,000 people have been killed in the fighting, and the Red Cross today warned that some 1.5 million Syrians lack access to basic necessities because of the ongoing unrest.
1- There are those who are not interested in peace nor they are thinking for peace or any other progress that might be the result of peace in Syria, US and England is part of that system. We have said that from day one that Saudi and UAE have made a pact with Hillary Clinton and US militarism regime to implement a feudalist system all over Middle East protecting the true tyrants in the region, so regime change is the US EU-NATO England new trade mark instead of Nation Building when Bush and Tony Blair were in charge. There is no domestic dmocratic changes that would change these peoples mind and no matter what the legitimate government of Syria would do is going to be good enough for these people, they want regime change period. The wording of Nation Building is to big for US democrats and EU liberals to use so they have changed it to Regime Change using the same method that were used by Bush and Tony Blair regime, yet not providing any form of argument that chang is necessary but for what and who, here what they have said is contrdicting what they have said day before.
2- If changes that are "demanded" by the west is for the Syrian people, then the people of Syria have said from day one and saying today: God, Syria, Bashir and thats it. But if these changes are for dividing people of Middle East then west and its corrupt alies have no other choice but to start another war in Middle East, that is to say, is not going to be any war, but is a war where everyone is going to be involved one way or the other.
Mrs. Clinton should take a vacation from sowing havoc all over the world, from China and Russia to Middle east and Northern Africa. She is such a busybody, "promoting", meaning ramming down the throat of the nations her vision of how others should live. The problem with it is that the original model she is using is not too attractive! Insolvent economy… biggest military-Industrial complex in the world… disregard of the international laws (killing civilians, killing Osama, holding prisoners on foreign soil and torturing them…)
Why in the name of God would people accept her gospel?!
Please, Hillary, go home! You couldn't keep ONE man, Bill C., from mischief, why did you decide to teach millions how to be good?? ))