The head of the Syrian Red Crescent (the equivalent of the Red Cross in that country) was killed today. According to reports which are admittedly less than clear, he was shot by a sniper in a city in the north of the country. It sounds like the attack came from the forces backing Bashir al Assad, the Syrian dictator. The USA, of course, has said nothing about this killing; nor has president Obama discussed the slaughter in Syria in any meaningful way recently. What better way to show those protesting against the government in Syria that America does not care about them.
So far, in the last two years, there have been two countries in the Middle East that have had serious public protests where the USA and OBama have done nothing: Iran and Syria. Obama jumped right into the mix in Egypt, a US ally. He supported ousting the government in Tunisia, another friend of the USA. Obama also jumped into Libya after a long delay before then quickly jumping out. Similar things happened with regard to Yemen. Strangely, only for Iran which has proclaimed itself a mortal enemy of the USA and for Syria which is the only Arab ally of Iran and the conduit of arms to the terrorists in Hezbollah and Hamas, has Obama taken no action. When the national interests of the USA would be helped by action, Obama does nothing. On the other hand, when action would hurt US security, Obama jumps right in.
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