I am following a bit the situation in Syria reading the news from US, UK, French and Italian newspapers and I am truly fed up with reading so many distorted news.
Historically Syria has always been a beautiful Country and Damascus –according to most historians- is the world’s oldest continuously inhabited city.
In this land, men discovered the secrets of Agriculture, Metallurgy and invented the very first alphabet.
There really is so much history in Syria: it has been a crossroad of civilizations. Philosophies, language of trade, systems of urban development: all were developed in the Ancient geographical Syria.
Who is President Assad? Of course he is a President who wasn’t elected, like in most Countries in Middle East and not only.
Bush was elected in the US, but he is the son of the ex President Bush …what are the chances that his son was going to be elected too? Anyway…let’s not go too far from the subject. This is just to say that even where there is democracy there is “hidden” corruption…Even in Italy for example we have always had corruption. Don’t we all know that if you give too much power to someone he will most likely abuse it?
They want us to believe that the actual government in Damascus is killing people, people that are supposed to be fighting for freedom and democracy. It might all have started in a good way, with people who were really fighting for high ideals, but unless we are stupid and we don't want to open our eyes it’s clear how the scenario has all changed...and extremist muslims are now trying to gain power with the help of governments that are doing the opposite of what they should do.
Assad is a highly educated man, with a wife born and raised in the UK, he has children and he is against all kind of religious extremists. His government is corrupted – as I mentioned before is there really such a thing as a non corrupted government?- but Assad is only doing what he has to do as a President (Machiavelli teaches…) and I strongly believe he can’t step down, otherwise he would have done that already and be free and happy with his family, probably enjoying a great and comfortable life in England.
His government might be bad, whoever is around him probably committed crimes and injustice, but would Syria be better with an extremist Islamist government? I don’t think so and yet this is the only realistic option after Assad government...
Syria has been the Country where Muslims, Jewish and Christians have so far lived in peace together, it has developed a lot in the last few years and people have started to enjoy more and more freedom comparing to other places in the Middle East. People there are so beautiful, nice and extremely welcoming – please read “A diplomatic baggage” and “Damascus” by British journalist and writer Brigid Keenan if you want to know how much this great historic city has developed- and I really hope they’ll be strong enough to fight this unjust “war” and enjoy a great life as they deserve, as we all deserve. We truly don’t want to destroy that Country and that amazing population and then enter into a war with Iran as this is the direction some crazy politicians are aiming to take!
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