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Syria is Another Iraq, with Israel Thrown In (An Nahar, Lebanon)

 

“The reality is that Syria - if one subtracts its border with Israel from the equation - is exactly like Iraq. And since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state at the top of its priority list when looking at the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria could turn into a long conflict involving Israel. … If a Western military solution is used, it will open the region up to another hell like the one unlocked by the Iraq invasion.”

 

By Samih Saab

 

Translated By Amel Ben Aissa

 

June 2, 2012

 

Lebanon - An Nahar - Original Article (Arabic)

After watching what the situation in Syria has come to, it seems that no one has a magic formula to resolve it. What began as a demand for reform has ended as a plea not to allow the country to slip into civil war. Those who today warn of a sectarian civil war in Syria should have been aware from the outset of the odd composition of the Syrian state and the diversity and multi-ethnicity of Syrian society, as Hillary Clinton discovered just two days ago when she was lectured to by students in Copenhagen.

 

If the Syrian regime is in crisis, then its Arab and Western opponents are in a greater one. Because relying again on a military solution opens the region up to the unknown, as did the war in Iraq.

 

America is mistaken if it thinks Russia’s position is the only thing standing in the way of a speedy military operation in Syria and ensuring the rise to power of the Syrian opposition - as was the case in Libya. A Libya-style war in Syria would mean the outbreak of a civil war, and consequently, it would be up to the West to deploy ground troops in order to prevent such a war, which would inevitably lead to the occupation of Syria - as was the case with the U.S. occupation of Iraq in 2003.

 

In other words, there are no guarantees that Western military intervention in Syria won’t lead to the same result as intervention in Iraq did. Perhaps the West is just prone to this sort of mistake, believing again that rather than Iraq, Syria will follow the examples of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

 

 

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Global Times, China: Syria Crisis China's Moment to Show it Can't Be Hemmed In
Global Times, China: Beijing Shows 'Courage' By Vetoing Syria Resolution at U.N.
Guardian, U.K.: Time for Arabs to ‘Reduce Dependency’ on U.S.
The Independent, U.K.: West will Soon Forget Horror Over Childrens' Slaughter
Daily Mail, U.K.: Yes, Syria is Tragic, British Intervention Would be Madness
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Arab News, Kuwait: The 'Political Lunacy' of Iran and Syria
Moskovskiye Novosti, Russia: 'Russia's in a Changing World,' By Vladimir Putin
Al-Seyassah, Kuwait: Russia 'Bloodthirsty', China 'Misguided', for Syria Veto
Kochi Shimbun, Japan: In Syria, the U.N. Security Council Fails the World
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Estadao, Brazil: Moscow Rescues Assad: Not a 'Travesty,' a 'Humiliation'
People's Daily, China: Give 'Peace a Chance' in Syria
Mehr News Agency, Iran: Supreme Leader Says U.S. Takes Revenge on Syria
Jerusalem Post, Israel: Obama's 'Rhetorical Storm'
Debka File, Israel: First Foreign Troops in Syria Back the Rebels
Zaman, Turkey: U.S. May Be Hiding Behind Russia's U.N. Veto

 

But the reality is that Syria - if one subtracts its border with Israel from the equation - is exactly like Iraq. And since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state at the top of its priority list when looking at the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria could turn into a long conflict involving Israel. Moreover, based on the world’s history of civil wars, these types of conflicts soon spread to neighboring countries. 

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Even if the West succeeds in neutralizing Russia, how will it neutralize Iran, which will defend Syria, considering that losing Damascus would be the greatest blow to Tehran’s strategy since 1976? When Syria falls, it will facilitate Iran’s encirclement and the export of the “Arab Spring” to it, just as U.S. officials called for the export of a “Spring” to Russia as punishment for standing up against using the military option against Damascus.

 

The Syrian crisis has many ramifications. If a Western military solution is used, it will open the region up to another hell like the one unlocked by the Iraq invasion.

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