To the editor: With the fall of Syria’s ruthless dictator and at last, the opening of its jail gates, the world is getting a full image of the barbarity Bashar Assad unleashed in opposition to the harmless civilians of his nation for years. Numerous Syrians have been kidnapped, stored in horrific circumstances, tortured and butchered.
All we have to find out about Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is that he has supplied secure haven to Assad, the person who ought to stand trial for his crimes in opposition to humanity simply because the monsters of the Nazi regime did at Nuremberg.
Oren Spiegler, Peters Township, Pa.
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To the editor: Can anybody, apart from this op-ed author, declare there’s a longtime “new regime” one week after “the autumn of” Assad? And, did the author suppose for even a second as to why, after having simply been bombed at will and their internationally acknowledged border invaded with American assist by Israel, the Syrian public may not suppose his referenced checklist of dictates persuasive?
The historical past of our taking with no consideration U.S. strategic pursuits within the area being extra official and first to that of any particular person nation’s nationwide pursuits is properly documented.
Nevertheless, if nobody in Syria has any information or reminiscence of how profitable our State Division’s identical cut-and-paste necessities proved in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan, maybe the author may not sound so ignorant.
Ted Rosenblatt, Pacific Palisades
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To the editor: Peace is certainly cheaper than continued battle. I believe the time is ripe for a regional cease-fire within the Center East — together with instant talks between the Kurds and the Turks, between the Lebanese nation in all its elements and the Israelis, and naturally between the Palestinians and the Israelis as properly.
I don’t suppose anybody will miss the Assad regime in the long run. I’ll even embody the Iranians and Russians, as he was a humiliation. All of them can be compelled to confront some uncomfortable negotiations that might presumably produce peace within the area. No expulsions or land grabs, simply an providing to the encompassing nations of equality, respect and nonaggression.
The U.S. would wish to make sure the steadiness of the following Syrian authorities. There are far too many battle useless on all sides who would as an alternative be having fun with their grandchildren at this level.
Mike Caggiano, San Mateo
