The French President said that those responsible for the gas carnage should be punished. Those who have seen its photo will mostly agree. But it is a different thing if they are willing to go to war for its sake. Thus, the House of Commons has just vetoed the Prime Minister's motion to go into action. The US Defense Secretary said several alternative scenarios are before the President to choose from, but the President himself is said to be undecided, hopefully having become wiser than his predecessor.
Unlike the case of Iraq, there do exist the weapons of mass destruction this time, and the UN team is busy investigating right now. But suppose the WMD is found, would it automatically allow the strong powers to resort to the punishing activities? True, Lebanon, Turkey, or possibly some others are also victims. But has Syria attacked any one of them? With all the sympathies to the victims, would the punishing actions be authorized by international law? Has the Security Council the power to do so even if all the permanent members support it?
It must be thought out what would happen if the punishment is given? Many more would suffer. And there will be no end, to the suffering and to the punishing action itself. It will be another endless process to ruin one more country to the ashes.
As for the US President, it is going to be really his war, from which it would be even more difficult to get out than Iraq or Afghanistan. The US has armed, and is still arming, many of the countries in the region. It is high time he made effort, together with the British PM, who lost because he went against the popular mood, to work on a Road Map for disarmament. That would be much more fitting for a Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
Unlike the case of Iraq, there do exist the weapons of mass destruction this time, and the UN team is busy investigating right now. But suppose the WMD is found, would it automatically allow the strong powers to resort to the punishing activities? True, Lebanon, Turkey, or possibly some others are also victims. But has Syria attacked any one of them? With all the sympathies to the victims, would the punishing actions be authorized by international law? Has the Security Council the power to do so even if all the permanent members support it?
It must be thought out what would happen if the punishment is given? Many more would suffer. And there will be no end, to the suffering and to the punishing action itself. It will be another endless process to ruin one more country to the ashes.
As for the US President, it is going to be really his war, from which it would be even more difficult to get out than Iraq or Afghanistan. The US has armed, and is still arming, many of the countries in the region. It is high time he made effort, together with the British PM, who lost because he went against the popular mood, to work on a Road Map for disarmament. That would be much more fitting for a Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
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