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Perhaps the western world is finally beginning to wake up to the concept of national sovereignty. The fact that the bulk of western nations are teetering on the verge of insolvency combined with our long and well established history of further damaging the nations into which we intrude without invitation I'm inclined to believe there are far more reasons we should remain uninvolved than there are reasons to compel us to insert ourselves into their problems.
We can't fix all the world's ills no matter how noble our intentions.
We are causing this uprising in Syria, through proxies. When Assad says these rebels are outsiders, he is correct.
Zawahiri is likely a MI6 double agent who runs al-Qaeda, calling on fighters in Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and elsewhere to wage war against Assad. I don't doubt that we are covertly funding, arming, and training them to bring down this regime. It's not working and Assad is smart enough not to use his air force, so a No Fly Zone is off the table.
It is an internal matter. It is not up to you, and you have no authority to violate the sovereignty of Syria.
There is no moral or ethical difference between what you are asking, and me coming into your home and telling you what to do. And by the way, your silverware is all in the wrong drawer, you have your cups mixed with coffee mugs and your refrigerator is not properly organized. The cereal always goes to the right of Quaker Oats and the Cream of Wheat. Also, you need to reorganize your living room. The TV is in the wrong place. The soap dish always goes on the left side of the sink.
People are divided into basically two groups.
One believes that if we witness mass murder or genocide taking place right before our eyes, we should do whatever we can to stop it. There are different opinions on what "whatever we can" means, but the principle is that we have a moral obligation to stop such horrible atrocities.
The other group believes that we should remain silent. Man has no moral duty to help his fellow man.
Reading these posts, it's obvious who is in the first group and who is in the second.
Why is the world doing nothing re Syrian civilian murders?
Because the world has seen what happens to countries that do help other countries that are having their civilian populations killed...
Those countries are called capitalist war mongers, bloodthirsty westerners etc etc etc....
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