The West’s Historical Amnesia, Moral Collapse, and Criminal Culpability in Syria
The Guardian newspaper in the UK, in its trademark handwringing fashion, is this week marking the fourth anniversary of the Syrian conflict: 200,000 dead, 3.5 million refugees.
The Guardian should also commemorate three-and-a-half years of bloodshed, destruction, and misery inflicted upon Syria by the United States, the European Union, and the Gulf Cooperation Council - make that murder, war crimes, and collective punishment IMO - much of it enthusiastically endorsed by the Guardian and its media brethren.
Think I'm exaggerating? But first read the piece that I wrote in November 2011, when it was clear that the domestic uprising was headed for defeat and the West and GCC faced the crucial choice whether to let Assad cobble together some reconciliatory process … or try to bring him down with a foreign-supported insurrection.
We all know - or should know - what choice was made. And we should know - but probably don't know - the actual cost. Consider these numbers: 7,000 … and 193,000.
http://chinamatters.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-wests-historical-amnesia-moral.html
