Arming them up might be the way if one side was in the right. However I think the Syrian opposition are the sort of people who'd like to take the "revolution" to wherever it leads.
Assad is a prick, no doubt about it. Half the problem is people thought or think he is weak, perhaps because he doesn't have much of a chin and trained as an eye doctor. So he is now acting as a hard bastard to prove his credibility.
Assad won't give in.
at least the yanks do something
thats better than sitting on your ass and doing nothing like the UN do,
there will be casualties no matter what happens, imo its good that america has the balls to do something because no one else does
Jarryd
The U.S used white phosphorus in Fallujah,a weapon of mass destruction. If you refused to evacuate Fallujah and survived the burning of the white phosphorus,you were considered enemy,many were terminated.
Where is the investigation by the U.N or U.S into this?
Middle East been killing one and other for centuries
Honorable sentiment choco, but as a realist, there isn't a solution for them other than exchanging one brutal dictator for another.
All the UN can do is hope to contain it within its current boundaries .
Look at Libya, what a bloody mess then again they do have some oil.
The question is if people always have right to riot against authority ?
Even minorities against majority?
So if there are willing victims of their stupidity is that is always a matter of UN to intervene?
That could be really bad example to encourage and engulf every minor conflict or problem into local war.
Follow this every state on the Earth could find find small opposition willing to draw blood instead of drawing votes in democratic process.
I do blame opposition for that lost lives at least as much if not more as oppressors.
For those still in doubt I suggest to look at recent history that could finish in the bloodiest conflict in human history but all happen without single life lost.
Disintegration of Eastern Europe and communist block.
The main difference between "East/West Europe" and "Middle East" was the first was very well educated indeed and could choose and come to rational solution.
If there is anything for UN to do maybe print a history books and drop on the heads from the air in affected by ignorance areas, not the weapons.
I wonder if there is any country in the whole world , even the poorest African one that would sacrifice their freedom in exchange for full control and compliance by UN?
It could be interesting experiment to see the poorest African state voted one day to be govern my UN experts in exchange for vision of prosperity and peace.
-Universal state constitution could be drawn.
-Human rights assured ( and all religions banned ! )
-No private weapons at all .
-Work for everybody willing to do so ( even if created and subsidies by UN)
-Compulsory education for 10 years at least
- Compulsory home for every family with mortaged loan for next 25 years that MUST be repaid with interest
-Fully computerized and ID's whole community (for total control)
Even if founded as whole world experiment-project could be cheaper that next war.
Religious fanatics trying to take the power........... baaaaaaaaah! deja-vu!!!!! (Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq........... Ireland?)
Just stay out of it as there's nothing to gain. They will sort it out themselves and one dictator will get the power.
Some countries are not meant to have democracy, my grand dad used to believe that Italy and Greece were like that.
Just build more detention centres here as the Syrian boats are going to come soon!
The UN are hamstrung any proposal to intervene will be vetoed by China and Russia ...as always.
Assad is a murderer even the Arab league think so.
^@Mineral1
What is happening in Syria is a carbon copy of what happened in Libya, honk honk.
It is being disrupted with the goal of destabilising it. This is being done by Nato interests supported by the same old crew, Blackwater et al. I do not pretend to have the full picture of what is going on over there but I sure as hell know that the "picture" that we are given by mainstream media is completely one sided.
Oh, and congratulations on your wit and debating skills
Another example of propaganda.
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9293620/BBC-News-uses-Iraq-photo-to-illustrate-Syrian-massacre.html