Providing his first assessment since taking the position, UN Special Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi issued a gloomy assessment of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, saying it is continually worsening, and that there is “no end in sight.”
“There is no prospect for today or tomorrow to move forward,” Brahimi insisted, saying that the worsening situation is causing food shortages, that detainees are being tortured, that 90% of schools were damaged and the whole region is threatened.
Brahimi did offer some hope, saying there “may be an opening soon” and that he is close to offering a new plan that he hopes might bring both sides to the negotiating table.
That’s huge news if true, as his predecessor Kofi Annan failed miserably at that, and he tried several times. The downside is Brahimi offered no details of what his plan consisted of or what it would work where others have failed.
This is getting absurd…
Ditz's continuous false proclamations, which are not reality based and which follow the lame-stream line/lie, call in to question the 'mission' of AW.C itself…
Ditz: the fact that you 'may' want to somehow perversely live vicariously through the "Syrian rebels" in their quest to accomplish something you have failed to do here in your own Nation (overthrow the "government") does not make this 'cause' "noble"; nor does it make your misrepresentations of "facts" accurate…
Assad is not a "Saint" or an "Angel"–but then again, neither am I and neither are you. Assad is a 'human being'..and in light of circumstances, he has gone above and beyond what any could possibly expect here:
Assad and his 'regime' are continuously releasing hundreds of prisoners during the time of an actual 'conflict'–prisoners who would rot in Guantanamo Bay for years before even being given a 'trial' of any kind if detained by the US military under similar circumstances…
This is not mentioned by Ditz…as he continues to fault "both sides" equally (with implied overall blame laid at Assad's feet) …
Assad has continuously made it clear he is open for "talks" and "negotiations"…the "rebels" are the ones who refuse–this 'one-sided' unwillingness to "negotiate" or even "talk" is the "fault" of the "rebels" alone…
Ditz does not mention this…
In fact, Assad even allowed the "opposition" (the "FSA", among others, refused to participate) to convene in Damascus today–while they called for the "peaceful" 'ousting' of the regime…a clear sign of good faith tolerance of "opposition" and "speech" by "opposition"…
This was not mentioned by Ditz…
Assad agreed to Kofi Annan's 'plan' from the very begining–in fact, he (Assad) often references it as a framework for a 'resolution' to the 'conflict'…
This is never mentioned by Ditz…in fact Ditz continues to assert that Assad and his 'regime' have catagorically rejected Kofi Annan's "plan"–which is obviously false and could not be any further from the "truth"..
Tell you what Ditz:
Why don't you clearly outline Kofi Annan's 'plan' (point by point) and provided a corresponding timeline of historical events detailing what happened and 'who' did 'what' and how it (Kofi Annan's 'plan') "failed"…
The funny thing is that this 'conflict' could be "ended" if enough domestic pressure were applied by the "American People" to the US Government to stop all support for, and reject, the armed/militant/terrorist "rebels"..and demand they (the US Government) pressure other foreign actors to do the same…
Yet Ditz seems to fail here and seems to either not want a 'resolution' and/or faults Assad and his 'regime' for something he (Ditz) has no influence or control over….
The past UN "plans" were only stalling techniques manipulated by the FSA to manouver about while stocking up on supplies provided by their benefactors. All one need do was to listen to their pronouncements and see that talking was the last thing they wanted to do. Just as they summarily execute what they call "the worst" of their enemies. It begs the question… "Says who? You?".