A Syrian rebel coalition that has already repeatedly indicated they probably aren’t going to attend the January 25 UN peace talks today added new demands, including the full implementation of humanitarian articles in the latest UN resolution.
The resolution’s articles are mostly about the need to allow aid access into sieged towns on all sides, and to cease all fighting in populated areas. The rebels insisted they also expect to have other “goodwill steps” from the government, including the mass release of rebel prisoners.
“We do not accept any compromise,” the rebels added in a statement. The rebels had previously also indicated they expected a full end to Russian airstrikes and an end to Syria’s government contesting certain territory.
The Syrian government has also made attending the talks conditional on the UN providing them with a full list of invited rebel groups to ensure that none are “terrorists.” So far, such a list hasn’t been offered because they simply haven’t agreed on who can attend, and it may not matter since ultimately neither side might end up sending any delegates anyhow.
Good. What political contributions could these killers and foreign mercenaries probably have for the future of Syria.
Fine. We can talk without them.
When we make a deal, we just stop funding them and arming them, turn our backs, and they’ll disappear.
Maybe they’d rather be part of some deal that be thrown to the wolves, but that is up to them. We don’t need them, we use them. They need us, and they are acting like Israelis about it.
The “coalition” is an absurdity. They also have a “coordinator”. He sems to talk with an air of authority, and is dutifully quoted by Western press. As far as I know the tXpayers are paying for rhe salaries and expenses of thos sham of a political entity — while they spout the neocon agenda. Today, taxpayers may be funding NED but it is the neocons in charge of the fund disbursements that decide what fhese clowns do. But until they tell exActly what groups are ibcluded — and they will not as there are no militant groups fhat are not Wahabi drones and that have not commited crimes against civilians– there will be no empty talk. Clearly it is only Russian iintervention that they fear — and the only military action so far that is taking it to all tetrrorists — not just St.iISIS.