"Only Choice Left 2 Oust Assad w Military Force "There is no other road" - WSJ.com

U.N. Vetoes to Inflame Syrian Conflict - WSJ.com

clip from video U.N. Vetoes to Inflame Syrian Conflict - description: "only choice left was to oust President Assad with military force. "There is no other road," the commander, Col. Riad al-Asaad told the Associated Press." ...Instead, it looks increasingly like it will be up to Syria's rebel fighters to slug it out with the regime in an increasingly violent and sectarian conflict that appears to be slipping steadily into full-fledged civil war, according to analysts and officials.

Before the vote, the opposition had a strong incentive to at least appear to hew to peaceful resistance in order to try to draw the U.N. in, while the regime had an incentive to go a little easier to hold off efforts to get the U.N. involved, said Theodore Karasik, an analyst with the Institute for East Asian and Gulf Military Analysis. Now both sides are likely to move quickly toward a bloodier showdown. he said.

"What's going on in Syria can't be drawn out any more. We're really on the cusp," said Mr. Karasik.

Indeed, the commander of rebel Syrian soldiers said Sunday in an interview with the Associated Press, that the only choice left was to oust President Assad with military force. "There is no other road," the commander, Col. Riad al-Asaad told the Associated Press.
—Bill Spindle in Dubai
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