US “democracy wars”: Syria upon Assad exit will be Libyian “democracy disaster” Redux Cubed

The US “democracy wars” has made center its piece a strategy of “bombing them back tot he stone age”. When a sympathetic “democracy” cannot be obtained it simply facilitates the destruction of “unfriendly states” through agitating subversion and “civil insurrection” or in the case of Afghanistan and Iraq, the US actually used aerial bombardment and boots on the ground to achieve the goal. The strategy is simply leave “unfriendly states” infrastructure and technical capabilities in ruins so they will be decades in recovery. This is the effective neutralization of the “unfriendly state”, giving the US and its “friends” a dominant position through stability and growth. – Phlipn

Mood: Syria may be worse after Assad
27 July, 2012 – Al Akhbar

The former head of the UN observer mission in Syria, Robert Mood, said on Friday that President Bashar al-Assad’s fall was only a matter of time but that his exit might not end the conflict and that the violence could even get worse afterwards.

“Sooner or later, the regime will fall,” said the Norwegian general, whose mandate to lead a 300-strong misson ended last week amid a sharp spike in violence.

“The spiral of violence, the lack of proportion in the regime’s reactions, its incapacity to protect the civilian population, mean that the regime’s days are numbered, but will it fall in a week or in a year? That is a question I do not dare answer,” he told AFP.

But Mood warned that Assad’s fall may not lead to the end of the conflict, hinting that the country could be drawn further into a civil war.

“Many think that if Bashar al-Assad falls or that if he is given an honorable exit… the problem will be solved. That is an over-simplification one should be wary of. The situation could even get worse,” Mood told a news conference.

“On the other hand, it is important to say that it is impossible to imagine a future Syria with the current power holders still in place.”

Mood,who left Damascus on 19 July, has been replaced by Senegalese Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, who has taken over a drastically reduced mission with just 150 observers and a mandate of only 30 days.

The UN Supervision Mission in Syria was deployed in April to oversee a ceasefire that was largely not respected and in mid-June stopped carrying out patrols as fighting intensified. …source