Bashar al-Assad not to share the fate of Mubarak, Ben Ali and Gaddafi?

PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States, as always, interferes in Syrian affairs, sincerely believing that the protesters want democracy rather than authoritarian regimes. Meanwhile, there should be considered the psychology of the Arab world and that of the East in general, which needs a strong arm. Otherwise, there will be chaos and civil war, Libya being a brilliant example of it.

“The actions that Assad has taken in the last week, I think, have certainly caught the attention of those countries which were more reticent to criticize him publicly, and that's why you're beginning to see this stronger public condemnation,” said U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. “We continue to believe that political condemnation needs to be followed by increasing action on the economic side to increase the pressure on Syria.”

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain have already withdrawn their ambassadors from Syria; the Iraqi parliament called on the Syrian government to end the bloodshed, and the League of Arab States and the Gulf Cooperation Council issued statements condemning the violence.

According to the agency SANA, President Assad justifies repression against protesting demonstrators by the fact that he has to deal with “armed terrorist groups”. All of these statements by the U.S. and other countries are nothing but interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state. But this is neither the first nor, presumably, the last time that Washington has done this. On the other hand, Iran too is determined to get involved in the Syrian events. According to Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of Iran's Majlis (parliament) Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, Iran shall not let Syria become a US victim and mobilizes its efforts to help Syria, as a center of the Palestinian resistance, to stand firm. But what the Palestinian people have to do here is not very clear, save that Syria and Israel share no diplomatic relations, and that it was Syria that was involved in almost all the wars of the Arabs against the Jews.

“In regard to Syria we are confronted with two choices. The first is for us to place Syria in the mouth of a wolf named America and change conditions in a way that NATO would attack Syria. That would mean we would have a tragedy added to our other tragedies in the world of Islam. The second choice would be for us to contribute to the termination of the clashes in Syria,” Boroujerdi added.

Meanwhile, on the website of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), an unidentified military source declared that if the United States and Turkey launch a military action in Syria, Iraqi Kurdistan will turn into a new Afghanistan. If the Turkish army enters Syria, Iran will declare war on Turkey. However, later this publication was removed, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the declaration of the senior military official does not reflect the IRGC stance.

Turkey’s interference was criticized also by the largest opposition party in Turkey. According to Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the developments in Syria are not the domestic concern of Turkey, as Prime Minister Erdogan believes. Kilicdaroglu also considers it unacceptable that the Turkish army should join in the planned operation of the so far unspecified allies against Syria. The main danger for Turkey is the Kurds, who can really rise in a large-scale revolt in the event of an attack on Syria. And the Turkish army is currently weakened by the arrests and it may well be that the generals still on the loose, without wasting time, may dethrone Erdogan “in the name of national security”. There were five military coups in Turkey in the XX century, and nothing keeps the army from mounting another one. Despite the fact that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) won almost 50% of votes in the election, it is still premature to speak of the final defeat of Kemalism. And a share in the “Syrian adventure” will not pay the Erdogan government the desired dividends.