Protests in Syria have claimed 120 lives over the last two days.
BEIRUT – Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad. The shootings pushed the two-day death toll to more than 120 and two lawmakers and a religious leader resigned in disgust over the killings.
Syrian forces fired on funerals as well.
At least 10 people died Saturday after Syrian security forces opened fire on mourners at funeral processions in the Damascus suburb of Douma and the southern town of Izraa, according to witness accounts, adding to a rapidly growing death toll.
Obama has condemned these actions in a sternly worded email:
“The United States has repeatedly encouraged President Assad and the Syrian government to implement meaningful reforms, but they refuse to respect the rights of the Syrian people or be responsive to their aspirations,” Obama said. “President Assad is blaming outsiders while seeking Iranian assistance in repressing Syria’s citizens through the same brutal tactics that have been used by his Iranian allies.”
Curiously, Obama avoids the use of the word “slaughter.” Or maybe not so curiously. Use of the word slaughter would mean that Obama would have take action to prevent “slaughter” which was the pretense for getting the US mired in Libya. But Libya has something that Syria does not.
Oil.
Libya has the largest oil reserves in Africa and the ninth largest oil reserves in the world.
Libya was always about oil, no matter what Obama said otherwise. It’s useful to remember that at the onset of the Libyan conflict we were going to diplomatically support the no-fly zone and not be actively involved.
Obama told Congressional leaders that “he had not authorized troops on the ground or airplanes,” a staffer to one of the Congress members briefed Friday said on condition of anonymity. “He stressed the U.S. is diplomatically supporting the no-fly zone, not the enforcement itself.”
No oil, no Obama.
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