Obama Is Not The Only One Not Pressuring Syria

At least on Obama's behalf you can say maybe he feels on the basis of the war in Libya there is not good way to pressure Syria.

But while the Arab countries argue that it is not for the US to interfere--what passes for a key Arab group is not doing anything at all.

In fact, the Arab League has been pretty quiet about events in Syria--and Syrians are beginning to notice, and take action:

Two Molotov cocktails were hurled at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Thursday, an Arab League source told AFP.

“At dawn this morning, there were two Molotov cocktails hurled at the Arab League building. There were no casualties, and only minor damage was caused to one of the air conditioning units,” the source said.

Another source close to the Arab League said that the 22-member body had received several threats by telephone from members of the Libyan and Syrian communities.

He said there had been “several phone calls” expressing anger at the league’s response to the conflicts in both countries, but refused to provide further details.

It is kind of ironic that the Arab group that is doing so little about the Syrian protests that are associated with the Arab Spring is in fact located in one of the locations most associated with it.

But this inaction is not really surprising.

After all, the Arab League backed Sudan's Bashir against the indictment of the ICC that he was guilty of war crimes. If the Arab League can back a man accused of genocide, I imagine it's not that difficult for the Arab League to remain nonplussed about Assad's shootings of unarmed protesters.

I suppose this means Arab League head Amr Moussa has given up any serious thoughts about his successful campaign for Egypt's president.

This article from Ya Libnan pulls no punches in its concluding paragraph:

The Arab league has come under attack for its cowardly stand over the deadly crackdown by the Syrian regime against the pro democracy protesters. While the League has taken action with regards to the Libyan uprising it remained quiet about the the killing of Syrian civilians by the regime of Syrian president Bashar al Assad.

But how much longer can the Arab world keep quiet?


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