Morsi tells Syrian regime it's "time to go"
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday renewed his call for the departure of the current regime in Damascus. He urged Arab countries to move in order to find a quick solution to the conflict. "The time for change has come," said the Egyptian leader as he addressed the Syrian issue, in a keynote speech at a ministerial meeting of the Arab League in Cairo. "Do not waste time talking about reform," he said, insisting that "the Syrian people has clearly made his decision". He also warned Assad that his regime "will not be there for long. "
Mohamed Morsi also urged Damascus to "learn the lessons of recent history," a reference to the recent fall of authoritarian regimes in several Arab countries such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. "I mean that the Syrian regime has still a chance to stop the bloodshed," he said.
The Egyptian president also called on Arab countries to work towards finding a solution to the conflict. "The Syrian blood flows day and night, and we are responsible. We can not sleep while the Syrian blood is shed," said Morsi. The conflict in Syria has killed more than 26,000 people in nearly 18 months, according to a Syrian NGO. "I appeal to you, Arab foreign ministers to work hard to find an urgent solution to the tragedy of Syria," he added. "If we do not act, the world will not act seriously."
On Thursday, Morsi already caused a controversy at the Summit of Non-Aligned Countries in Tehran, lambasting the "oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy" in Syria, calling the support of the opposition as a "moral duty" and a "political and strategic necessity."
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Even if peace is still plausible, it would mean loss of power for Assad and his henchmen -- or their answering for war crimes, as they had reached the point of no return to civilized governance long ago. Their only hope now is to fight the rebellion and carve out a chunk of Syria for their refuge.
The Iranian regime is absolutely determined to help Assad do this -- which is precisely why the path through Syria has become our gateway to Iran.
And let us not fool ourselves: That regime will have to be confronted militarily, sooner or later. The time to do so is now when we have other nations by our side going into Syria.
As for Russia and China, these two are reasonable opponents and will do what is best for them -- and the rabid Iranian regime is not much better for them as it is for the rest of us. And like us, Russia and China have given up all hope of taming it.
It is foreseeable then that Russia and China will again watch as we shed our blood and spend our treasure to rid the world of yet another troublesome regime.
The more pressing question is whether we have any stomach left for another war. Assad and the Iranian regime are betting that we don't.
But then so did Saddam and Gaddafi.
