I have been conflicted regarding the need for the West to intervene in Syria. While I am still against getting involved in another morass, this article starts to tilt the scale towards at least protecting Christians and Jews,
A small time effort would not do anything but put a target on our backs. As I have said before, if we we are going to do any more intervention in the Middle East, it needs to be on the order of another Crusade. Non-muslims need to be at least protected…given violence free zones where they can live in peace. This includes Israel, Coptic areas in Egypt, and other enclaves. An eye needs to be place on other Muslim areas such as Indonesia, Maylasia, Thailand, Chechnya, and Bosnia. This should be done violently if it can’t be done peacefully. It will require a long term and massive international effort but led by the United States.
Of course, Homeland Security will need to be enhanced, but not at the cost of our liberty…individual liberty is already restricted too much.
I’m afraid that we don’t have the will to do this. The cost may very well be the loss of the United States and our freedom as individuals.
George
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The Melkite Greek Patriarch Gregory III denounces the silence of the Western press on the escalating persecution of Christians in Syria. “Christians are under pressure in Syria, the patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Gregorios III denounces the silence of the Western Press,” from MFS – The Other News, May 16 (thanks to Willy):
Christians are under pressure in Syria, the patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Gregorios III denounces the silence of the Western Press.(Agoravox).”There is no more Revolution, there are no more demonstrations.There are only banditry and the world refuses to acknowledge. “These words are not those of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, nor those of his ministers, or those of a member of any Arab government support the plan, but those of the Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, whose home is in Damascus. The prelate did not use vague terms to describe the current state of crisis which is immersed in Syria, “foreign elements have entered the country and have even started beating the Christians, who had to leave Homs given the dangerousness of the situation, “said the patriarch who did not hide some dissatisfaction vis-à-vis the situation considered too soft Vatican towards him.Gregory III then lashed to the European press with which he dealt during recent visits to the Old World to tell precisely what was happening in Syria. “I do not condone the regime as i have been heard in France, but I support a reality. The newspapers are stereotyped, have unique sources and are not ready to listen to anyone, not even me, “the prelate suggested that currently we do not hesitate to speak of a true” dictatorship of the press service of the United States. ” The patriarch has even told a story came to the nephew of a bishop working in Dubai (UAE), who, on his way to work one day, heard a man behind him announce on the phone that he was in Homs, while government troops were an assault on the city, killing women and children.”We talked about the plot, but it is far worse than that: there is an international will to harm Syria,” said Gregory III yet but wondered how some states could change in a few months’ regime who did so much for its people. Finally, responding to a question from journalists on the actions of the Syrian army vis-à-vis the population, the patriarch did not hesitate to assert that military intervention was “too late and light” for hoped to end the violence of rebel bands.Important evidence on the actual situation of Syria which contrasts sharply with what we find in the mainstream media, which does not concern decidedly clear and objective information.Read the full story here.(Goog
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