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Well over 200 protesters died in the most recent demonstration against al-Assad's regime. Some news outlets have expressed fear that Russia's support of al-Assad will embolden him to exact more brutality on demonstrators because Russia will continue providing him with an arsenal of weapons. I guess we shouldn't be surprised by Russia's and China's veto. Russia has a long history of crushing insurgencies, and China will long be remembered for the bloodbath at Tienanmen Square in 1989. These two countries are not exactly bastions of freedom.
The U.N. reported that more than 5,400 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began in March, and.explained that the chaos in Syria make it impossible to give accurate updates on deaths since then. Syria has made it impossible for media to have access in order to report the events as they happen. The Assad regime accuses foreign terrorists of creating the uprising, not people seeking to transform the authoritarian regime. This man must live in a fantasy world because no one is buying his version of what happened.
As a result of the unrest and increasing violence in Syria, the United States is closing its embassy there, a wise decision in view of the recent veto. We don't need a repeat of what happened at the Iranian Embassy , now do we?
The photo above depicts the real loser is this horror--the Syrian people.
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