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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>
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<td>[ufpj-activist] Interesting comment on Syria</td>
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<td>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:58:17 -0400</td>
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<td>Kevin Zeese <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kbzeese@gmail.com"><kbzeese@gmail.com></a></td>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div><font size="4">The full interview and others here: <a
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<div><font size="4">KZ</font></div>
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