Saudi Arabia: Keep Your Hands Off Syria
American leaders attempted to peel Assad from Iran for over five years, at the cost of thousands of American lives in Iraq and recently many thousands of Syrian lives. Now that Assad has been finally dumped by the U.S., the American people have the right to ask the tough questions: no one held those leading the charge for Saudi interests accountable for their deeds. The U.S. Congress, the only body to question these failed policies, has been silent for reasons that remain mysterious. The mistakes pile up, and the ultimate losers are the Syrian people and the U.S., along with its allies in the region.
How pleasing must it be for Saudi Arabia, which produced 16 of the 20 terrorists on 9/11, to take a public stand against the state of Israel, and now to attempt to mold Syria in its own image? A sharia-based Syria would threaten the country’s future for generations to come.
The Assad family has written a brutal and sinister chapter of Syrian history. But as Syria is about to shed this past, it is incumbent upon American-Syrian communities and all exiled Syrians to make sure that our native land does not flirt with Islamism as the words “Baath Party” drop from its vocabulary.
Furthermore, as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, let us never forget that Saudi Arabia, the supposed ally of the U.S., created the conditions and the manpower to cause that tragic massacre. If we let a few misguided and greedy U.S. officials in Washington have their way, Syria, Israel, and Iraq may well face far greater tragedies.
Are you really trying to blame America for the deaths in Syria? You are shameless, if my cat gets ran over, I’ll be sure to blame America for that too.
Khalid.. Do read it again.
“We hope Obama and his team are prepared to face the task of encouraging Assad’s fall from power. Since they are understandably reluctant to engage Assad militarily, it seems likely the U.S. will resort to clandestine U.S. and EU operations, tough sanctions, support for the Syrian opposition, and cooperation with some of Syria’s wannabe kingmakers.”
It really is a pity that we’re not doing the same thing in Iran. If Obama used this same solution to depose the mullahs, we may actually bring a little peace to the Middle East. But notice you NEVER, EVER, hear Obama or Clinton say that the “Mullahs must step down” in Iran. And you can’t tell me that the Iranian government isn’t as brutal as the Syrian. Yet we want Assad to “Step Down” but not the mullahs. Strange. I guess this is Obama’s use of “Smart Power.”
To the king of saudi arabia, just tell our monkey to dance and he will dance for you!
To the Saudi Royals –
Please have a look at the 1945 photo of Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci hanging from their ankles above a Milan Gas Station – that fate could have been yours and might still be.
Had GWB been the “Cowboy” he was accused of being, that would have been all ‘y’all in 2001/2.
For anyone willing to have done the research, they would know that your regime is the fruit of the Poisonous “Philby Tree.”
Dr. Shalit