dahn batchelor's opinions: Syrian leaders must be punished

dahn batchelor's opinions: Syrian leaders must be punished

clip from article:Biden also praised Turkey’s “real” leadership on Syria under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ankara also hosts Syrian army defectors and an umbrella opposition group, the Syrian National Council. “Turkey has been a real leader on this issue. I commend Prime Minister Erdogan’s recent call for Mr. Assad to step down because of the regime’s treatment of its people, as well as Turkish leaders’ calls for others in the international community to support the Syrian people,” he said. Turkey, a traditional NATO ally of Washington, announced tough sanctions on the Syrian regime including a freeze on trade and a break in links with the Syrian central bank. The United States and its Western allies are leading a campaign to isolate Assad over the bloody crackdown.

European Union chair Poland told the U.N. rights council that those guilty of abuses must be prosecuted. “Perpetrators of the human rights violations must be held to account, in particular those who committed crimes that may warrant the attention of the International Criminal Court,” ambassador Remigiusz Henczel said. “This report deserves full consideration not only by this council, but by all relevant U.N. bodies, including the Security Council,” he added. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay added her voice to widespread fears that the crackdown has brought the country to the brink of civil war. “The Syrian authorities’ continual ruthless repression, if not stopped now, can drive the country into a fully fledged civil war,” she told the opening of the meeting. Pillay repeated a call to the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the ICC.

However Russian ambassador Valery Loshchinin said the global community had been given a “one-sided” report of events in Syria. That statement is utter nonsense.

Tens of thousands marched in protests across Syria calling for Turkey to create a buffer zone to protect civilians, activists said. In the Deir Baalba district of Homs protesters also called for the overthrow of President Assad and urged Western powers to impose a buffer zone on Syria’s borders.

The largest protests were held in the central Homs province and in the northern town of Hama, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. “In 17 districts (in the city of) Homs and at least nine neighboring towns, tens of thousands of people called for the creation of a buffer zone to ensure their protection,” Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Witnesses told AFP Syrian troops also fired across the border into Lebanon, wounding three people among refugees who had fled an attack on the village of Tal Kalakh on December 30th which the Observatory said left dozens injured.

Obviously not enough is being done to protect the people of Syria from their butcher and his minions. Here is what I propose should be done.

Close all borders so that only refugees can exit Syria. No vehicles should be permitted to enter or leave Syria.

Ban all flights in and out of Syria.

All nations should cancel any trade agreements with Syria.

No bank transactions should be permitted that will transfer money in or out of Syria.

No Syrian leaders and generals should be permitted to leave Syria for any reason whatsoever.

All Syrian embassies and consulates world-wide should be closed and the Syrian staff of these institutions should be sent back to Syria.

All oil contracts should be suspended.

All foreign companies doing business with Syria should be ordered to cease doing business with Syria until further notice.

Warrants for the arrest of Syrian leaders and generals accused of human rights violations should be issued.

Any nations that ignore these sanctions and comes to the aid of the Syrian leaders and generals should suffer consequences, beginning with sanctions.

Now I am aware that this will create hardship for the people of Syria but they are already enduring hardship under the regime of their butcher.

The United Nations and NATO should assist the people of Syria to overthrow their butcher in the same way that as what was done in Libya.

The world community should not stand by and merely wring their hands in hopes that the butcher will change his ways. Even if he did change his ways, he will always be answerable to the International Criminal Court and that is why he really has no intention of quitting what he is already doing.

A verse in the Bible says, “The wicked flee when no man pursueth.” unquote However, they do make better time when their pursuers are close behind them.
Posted by Dahn Batchelor at 8:15 AM
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