It is three years since the peaceful yet powerful call against the regime of Bashar al-Assad was met with a violent and merciless response from the regime. Now, the British government has started criminalising those who oppose Bashar’s regime. Has something changed? Are they now declaring openly that they are on Bashar’s side? In fact the stance of global powers like Britain has remained unchanged. From the outset they have done little to hasten Bashar’s departure, rather prolong it. Politicians like Hillary Clinton and William Hague were measured in their criticisms; even saying that he was a reformer. As his horrific crimes escalated, they simply suggested he should step aside. The missions of Lakhdar Brahimi and Kofi Annan only stalled for time, paying lip service against the Bashar’s use of chemical weapons. The truth is that they fear losing control of a region that has been under their influence since the settlement of the Sykes-Picot agreement in World War One – a reg
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