US Congress is meeting today to discuss the ongoing Syrian
crisis dragging on since more than two years killing more than 100000 Syrians. More
than 20 lakh Syrian citizens have already fled the country to neighbouring
countries fearing for their life. A malevolent dictator in the name of
Bashar-Al-Assad inspite of all these developments stick on to his position like
a leech drawing the blood of its victim. If he did have an iota of conscience
he would have either stepped down in the face of severe opposition from his own
subjects or prepared for a compromise satisfying or agreeable to all. Instead
the bloodhound that he is, is on a manhunt to bring to silence the entire
opposition. He seems like following in the foot-steps of his wicked father Hafeed
Al Sayed who too was a brutal autocrat, to perpetuate his father’s legacy.
True, with US Congress set to meet today amidst apprehensions
among a cross-section of nations about the dire consequences in the event of a
US bombardment. Countries including India have warned US of the unpredictable
consequences which could lead to a ‘Third World War’.
A blood-bath could be avoided if Russia and China, two
permanent members of UN Security Council had taken the initiative along with
US, Britain and France, the other permanent members to bring all parties
concerned to sit around a table and taken a solution while Syria has turned
into a burning inferno, and sadly among the five permanent members themselves,
there is no meeting point, while some are against, some are determined to fight
it out. Actually no nation among the five members doesn’t seem to seek a
permanent solution.
Ever since Barack Obama, US President, made his position
clear to take Syria head on, come what may his Secretary of State John Kerry is
on a hectic schedule to mobilize support for its massive bombardment over Syria.
The immediate provocation for US to deal a hard blow to Syria was the use of
chemical agent sarin over innocent citizens including 1429 children. It was a
blood-chilling, mind-boggling sight ofcourse, which could arouse anger,
indignation, sorrow and pain among us. Of late Kerry could bring to US fold the
Arab league nations too.
With the news of US striking Syria spreading across the land
the outflow of refugees must have risen in leaps and bounds. How come this
ruthless ruler who is an ophthalmologist evolved into a ruthless killer of his
own subjects. He is power-drunk, no doubt.
True, Syria is unlike Libya. In Libya, the population lay
scattered even before the war broke out. But Syria is a thickly populated
country, where, in the event of a war, death toll could arise beyond imagination.
But with lakhs and lakhs deserting the land, it could be the same situation as
in Libya.
Dr.Assad, an Alawite, a minority Muslim sect belonging to
Shia community rules the country with an iron- fist. And now with war clouds
looming large in the horizon which is about to break out anytime from now,
nobody could be blamed except himself.
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