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In reply to the discussion: Statement from the Carter Center on the Syria Crisis [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)And he could give a crap about "further bloodshed" so long as the blood spilled belongs to his enemies or their children and loved ones.
He wants to slaughter and rout his foes. He knows that his brother can do this quite efficiently, as he demonstrated quite recently in a Damascus neighborhood.
And no finger-wagging by the UN or Patrick Cockburn will change his mind on that score. There's no "upside" for al Assad in being conciliatory. He has no intention of sharing power, or going into exile, if there's another viable option--like crushing his opponents while the world sits by, dithering--available to him.
So long as his Good Buddy Pootie blocks the UN from doing anything, he's got time to throw down real good, providing anyone with a moral backbone doesn't step up and say "No--you can't slaughter children while the world pretends to not notice."