The Adam Lee Commentary

I would hate to be living in Syria right now. Unfortunately the conflict is really a puppet show between Western powers such as the EU and the United States against Eastern powers such as China, Russia, and the Syrian government. Backers are sending weapons to their respective side, and as the weapons increase in number and power more civilians are bound to be slaughtered. Perhaps this is a testing ground to see how strong each governments’ resolve is, or perhaps it has more to do with resource/land control.

In terms of military interests I can see controlling Syrian ports to be vital for the US/EU to deliver supplies to the region from the Mediterranean Sea, while Moscow sees Syria as the largest purchaser of its weapons and potential ally.

Assad himself is making his stay (in his country and as a mortal being) a near impossibility with the brutal non-discriminate killing of civilians – just yesterday his regime sent a band of thugs into Jobar after shelling the town from end to end with mortars to kill men, women, and children on the street and in their homes. While this method is similar to methods used in the ancient times (think Assyrian Empire), today with internet and easily accessible recording devices (smartphones) all of this is really going to smash right back in his face and kill him – and his treatment of civilians has been worse than Gadhaffi’s!