An Argument For US Intervention In Syria

It’s no secret that the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Syria has failed. The UN is closing down its observer mission this weekend. They’re packing up and leaving the capital Damascus.

One UN official expressed the frustration over the bloodshed that’s left an estimated 20,000 people dead since it started about 17 months ago: He said, “Both sides have chosen war.”

Meanwhile, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad continues to pound the opposition with air strikes and shelling. And there is a growing chorus of voices calling for foreign intervention.

Bartle Bull is a former editor of Prospect Magazine and a founder of Northern Gulf Partners, an Iraq-focused investment firm.

He writes in the New York Times:

The balance of power that currently favors Mr. Assad could easily be overturned. Providing the rebels with as few as 500 stinger missiles and 1,000 tank-busting R.P.G-7′s could potentially cut the conflict’s length in half.

Guest:

Bartle Bull, former editor of Prospect Magazine

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Mouse_2012

Your guest is full of crap. talke about one-sided spin. I would love to see Assad gone but come on Robin your fall better then this.

Nothing on terrorism by the rebels(oops)
Nothing on religious Extremist (oops)
U.S. helping the rebels with arms and CIA help(oops)
Nothing on rebel torturing ,kidnapping civilians(oops)
Nothing on the TNC in libya torturing africans base on racism(oops)
Nothing on Al’ Q in both the Rebels and TNC(oops)

What a Hack
- Mouse_2012
  
  Oh yea don’t forget sucided bombers(oops)
  
  I was told that the U.S. doesn’t support Al’Q or sucided bombers.
  
  oh didn’t the U.S. support Saddam when he gassed the Kurds(oops)