Damascus Says West Trying to Impose Will on Syrian People
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Damascus on Tuesday accused the West of trying to impose its will on the Syrian people, after major powers said they would press for a U.N. resolution to rid Syria of chemical arms.
"The United States, France and Britain have revealed their true objective... which is to impose their will on the Syrian people," the Foreign Ministry said.
It meanwhile accused the West of "supporting armed terrorist groups linked to the (Al-Qaida-allied) Al-Nusra Front", which has joined the rebellion against President Bashar Assad.
The Foreign Ministry statement comes after Washington, London and Paris agreed to press a U.N. resolution to ensure Assad complies with a U.S.-Russian plan that would see Syria's chemical arsenal destroyed by mid-2014.
After talks in Paris on Monday with his French and British counterparts, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said: "If Assad fails to comply with the framework (of the U.S.-Russian plan) we are all agreed that there will be consequences."
The three countries also agreed to step up their assistance to the anti-Assad opposition, which Damascus views as a new obstacle to ending the 30-month Syrian war.
"Claims by the United States and its allies that they want a political solution for the crisis in Syria... contradict their never-ending attempts... at imposing their conditions, and at supporting groups that practice violence and terrorism in Syria," the Foreign Ministry said.
It also lashed out at a statement by Kerry that Assad had "lost all legitimacy ... to govern his country."
"President Bashar Assad is the legitimate president, chosen by the Syrian people, and who will stay as long as the Syrian people want," the foreign ministry statement said.
"President Assad is exercising his functions in conformity with the constitution, which was approved by the Syrian people," it added.
Since an anti-Assad rebellion erupted in March 2011, Damascus has accused the West, Turkey and Gulf countries of conducting what it says is a conspiracy against Syria.
17 September 2013, 13:11
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HANDS OFF SYRIA...... NOW!!!!! God bless Syrian president Bashar Al Assad for fighting the imperialist expansionist zionist americans and western powers. President Assssad is the only legitimate leader for the Syrian people who was voted twice into office with an unbelievable popular vote exceeding 97%. No other leader of his caliber has ever mustered such a high percentage of popular votes. We the lebanese and syrians ( one people in 2 countries) will never allow the west to impose its will on the syrian and lebanese people. We will fight to the end, to the last drop of blood, to the last lebanese alive in order to foil this evil scheme. Tfehhhh
17 September 2013, 13:44
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Ohh Roaring Flame, it seems you have mastered the art of criticising, while leaving these brain washed lunatics no room to reply in defence. I love your posts. FT tangled with you once and never dared again. You have my full admiration.
17 September 2013, 14:07
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Oh precious Hammerhead; God bless your head. I don't deserve all this flattery. I wish I knew a fraction of what Flamethrower knows. FT is in a different league to any other poster on Naharnet. FT speaks in details about every event with facts....You don't believe me, just check out how many fans he has..& how many copy his name or call him out...
17 September 2013, 13:47
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"President Bashar Assad is the legitimate president, chosen by the Syrian people, and who will stay as long as the Syrian people want," the foreign ministry statement said.
stand up comedy line of the year.. they truly believe he was elected... pathetic.
17 September 2013, 14:26
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Imagine that by the time I finish writing this post one Syrian would have been killed, arrested, injured, or displaced (and I am a fast typist)
17 September 2013, 16:48
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"The United States, France and Britain have revealed their true objective... which is to impose their will on the Syrian people," the Foreign Ministry said."
-- So says the spokesman for the government that has imposed its will on the Syrian people by shelling civilians with serin gas.
"It meanwhile accused the West of 'supporting armed terrorist groups linked to the (Al-Qaida-allied) Al-Nusra Front', which has joined the rebellion against President Bashar Assad."
-- Terrorist group? Really? What is worse terrorism than gassing your own people? The Assad Regime is the essence of terrorism.
17 September 2013, 16:49
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And comeon, Obama wants to impose his will on Syria?? Hell, he can't even impose his will on Republicans!
17 September 2013, 19:09
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Boy judging by the thumbs up and down, the Regime loyalist are going full blast on Naharnet today.
After Yom Kippur on Saturday, they must be having a burst of energy.
One thing you have to give them, though. By dragging out the conflict and seeding the rebel forces with Islamic extremists, Assad has created his own self fullfilling prophesy about the conflict. According to the US CIA estimates, there are 100,000 now participating in the Opposition. Of that number 1/3 are Islamic extremists who have no particular interest in Syria; 1/3 are Islami extremists who want to create an Islamic state in Syria; and 1/3 are moderate FSA.
As time goes on, the moderates shrink more and the extremist elements grow.
17 September 2013, 19:11
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US CIA now says the only way to resolve this is diplomatically that leaves the Syrian Military and Mukabarat in tact so that when the war for the Regime is over, then the war against the Islamic fundamentalists can begin. Without the Syrian military or secret police, Syria will become a failed state.
Assad's survival gambit would have won with him still in control had he not committed the strategic error of gassing his people at Ghouta. This act has made his removal and trial as a war criminal an imperitive.
