After Libya, I thought scenes of leaders
ordering their own military to kill their own people would be a part of
history. I thought wrong. After witnessing on TV the terror the people of Syria
are going through, I can only think that it is time we as humanity move forward
in removing these dictators from power. I can’t understand how a leader can
order the killing of his own people without understanding that his time in
power is over. I don’t know if Syria’s president doesn’t understand this, or if
he just thinks he was put in power by god. Apparently he thinks the second,
because he won’t give up power without a fight, but unfortunately this fight is
against his own people. This president or sinister leader has turned Syria into
a no man’s land. The people on the streets are fighting for change and only
want a change that will guarantee a government of the people. Syrians want a
more active say in what happens in their country. It’s clear that Syrians will fight to the end, and they can use more
help than just news coverage.
Bashar al-Assad seems to want to
follow Kaddafi’s same fate. He has done things a bit less different from Kaddafi,
but in the end he is doing the same. I’m not suggesting any intervention, but I’m
sure those rebels in Syria could use a hand to fight off the regime they are fighting
every day. I mean the world can’t wait until AL-Assad bombs his people to
finally decide to intervene with sanctions, or restrict the airspace which
would enable rebels to finally have a chance to win.
It’s not easy to know
what’s going in Syria since we are not there to establish the reality of the situation,
but it is clear bloodshed is transpiring there and it must be stopped.
Making a call to move
on Syria’s President won’t come so fast as the rebels hope, but I’m sure soon
enough a decision will be made and Bashar will be taken down by its own people
with the help of the international community. Bashar has led a murderous campaign
against his own citizens and it won’t be long for him to face a Judge for the
crimes he has committed against humanity, or to follow Kaddafi’s fate. Many think Bashar is a diplomatic man, but he
is far from that. His two face personality makes him dangerous and the world community
can’t wait any longer to take action. He may seem mild mannered -and reserved,
and some may think this can allow a scenario for negotiations that can put an
end to the bloodshed, but his duality makes him a leader not be trusted. He
will try to manipulate the international community in order to buy time until
he is able to kill all the rebels and diminish any sign of uprising in the
people of Syria. The world can’t just wait until he buys time and manipulates
everyone. He must be taken out with no further delay. The same strategy used in
Libya must be used in Syria. Aid for the rebels, restriction of the air space
and then we will see how long Bashar can last.
Sources have told
LaTribunacolus that many Syrians living in America are afraid to call their relatives
because all phone lines are tapped and even if they talk, they put their families’
lives at risk by just calling from America. Another source told us he was happy
he had only sisters, since the regime kills every man they see on the street. Moreover
he told us the Syrian army is killing anyone who does not cooperate with the army,
and those who are captured never come back. This is what we call forced disappearances. How long
will we allow this to happen? As complicated as some cultures and nations can
be, a human life is not something to be played with, and even if people disagree,
the way to agree is not by killing everyone who disagrees with you just as
Bashar is doing.
Sometimes I wonder
why it takes so long to take action against these leaders. Why do we wait and
allow these leaders to kill so many people? , Why do we act only when people
have been slaughtered? I will never understand why leaders like Chavez,
Kaddafi, Bashar and many others stay in power with the compliance of the
international community. It seems only until thousands are killed, then and
only then, can action be taken. I wonder why we can’t avoid that from happening
just by removing these leaders from power. I guess the answer lies in
diplomacy, or maybe too much of it sometimes where it is not needed. So as long
we don’t help the rebels, Syria will remain a no man’s land.
Cristhian Mancera Mejia
Director
LaTribunacolus
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