<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">To avoid any suspicion of ulterior motives, why doesn't the US propose a UN-sponsored military intervention to establish peace in Syria - to be carried out by Iran?<div><br></div><div>To establish its good faith, the U.S. could volunteer to underwrite the mission - but only by contributions to the UN, to be distributed to Iran to cover its costs.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jun 12, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Stuart Levy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Thought this worth sharing. A question for us should be, How can we talk to people about the rush to war with Syria? Isn't it our humanitarian duty, a necessary response to the brutal Assad regime, etc., to do something military against them, just as it was for Libya? <br> <br> -------- Original Message -------- <table class="moz-email-headers-table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Subject: </th> <td>[ufpj-activist] Interesting comment on Syria</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th> <td>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:58:17 -0400</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th> <td>Kevin Zeese <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kbzeese@gmail.com"><kbzeese@gmail.com></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th> <td>ufpj-activist <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ufpj-activist@lists.mayfirst.org"><ufpj-activist@lists.mayfirst.org></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br> <div><font size="4">I thought this was a good statement on Syria by Elaine Hagopian, a Syrian-American sociologist, a professor emeritus of sociology at Simmons College in Boston and political interviewer for Arabic Hour TV. She said today: </font></div> <div><font size="4"><br> </font></div> <div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">"The situation in Syria has intensified. The regime is determined to defeat the militarized opposition and the fractured and incoherent militarized opposition, which is trying to develop a united strategy, is determined to bring down the regime. Both parties refuse to accept a cease fire as part of the Annan plan, blaming each other for its failure. Each blames the other for the series of massacres that have taken place. But there are conflicting reports on these, and the UN monitors have confirmed the massacres, but have not stated who committed them. They did identify artillery shells that were fired in the area by the regime, but did not connect the up close murders of civilians to the regime. A leading German daily, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), reports that the rebels did the killing, and the victims were Alawites. Mainstream media report that the Shabiha (civilian Alawite mafia) did it on behalf of the regime. Who to believe? Two things are clear, both the regime and the militarized opposition lie, and both commit atrocities. In the meantime, the original, non-violent reform movement, now calling for Assad to step down as well, has been overshadowed by the violent exchanges going on between the regime and the militarized opposition. As Syria deteriorates and feels the pressures of the economic sanctions, the violence escalates. Russia and the U.S. suggest different 'solutions,' but have not found common ground to move toward halting the violence..."</font></div> <div><font size="4"><br> </font></div> <div><font size="4">The full interview and others here: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.arabichour.org">http://www.arabichour.org</a></font></div> <div><font size="4"><br> </font></div> <div><font size="4">KZ</font></div> <div><br> </div> -- <br> Shift the Power <div>Democratize the Economy<br> Its Our Economy (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ItsOurEconomy.US" target="_blank">www.ItsOurEconomy.US</a>)<br> Democratize the Media<br> Clearing the FOG (Forces of Greed) Radio Show<br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.mixcloud.com/ClearingtheFOG/" target="_blank">http://www.mixcloud.com/ClearingtheFOG/</a> <br> <br> </div> <br> <br> </div> <span><Attached Message Part.txt></span>_______________________________________________<br>Peace-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br>http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>