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OBAMA HAS NO CLEAR POSITION ON SYRIA - ARMENIAN EXPERT
13:51 * 03.09.13
The United States' possible intervention in Syria is not going to be
as easy as was in Iraq, an Armenian analyst has said, commenting on
the continuing tensions in the country.
According to Artak Skakaryan, a regional expert specialized in Turkish
studies, President Barack Obama is not powerful enough to undermine
Bashar al-Assad just within a day.
"[President] Bush had a thesis, which served as a guideline for him;
Obama doesn't have an approach. He is trying to undermine Syria with
the help of domestic forces. ๔he region won't be facing serious
tensions in case of a pointed strike; for the Armenian population
in Syria, that would mean yet another massacre. The big problem
for Armenia is the problem of the Syrian -Armenians. What Aleppo is
facing now is anarchy causing harm to the Syrian Armenians," he told
a news conference.
As for Iran, Shakaryan said the country realizes well that the
strikes are against it as it may face a total isolation in case of
Syria's collapse.
"The Syrian collapse also harms Russia. So Russia will fight up to
the last ditch to prevent an attack. Russia is not that powerful in
the Middle East, while Turkey will keep arming its contract killers
and militants more aggressively," he added.
Shakaryan noted that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
elaborated anti-Syrian strategies over the past couple of years in
an attempt to increase the number of Sunni forces in the country.
"Erdogan is exaggerating the foreign policy problems today to leave
the domestic problems in oblivion. But Erdogan is going to face
problems domestically. The upcoming local government elections are
going to see a fight for Istanbul. The constitutional debates and
the presidential and parliamentary polls will come next," he noted.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
13:51 * 03.09.13
The United States' possible intervention in Syria is not going to be
as easy as was in Iraq, an Armenian analyst has said, commenting on
the continuing tensions in the country.
According to Artak Skakaryan, a regional expert specialized in Turkish
studies, President Barack Obama is not powerful enough to undermine
Bashar al-Assad just within a day.
"[President] Bush had a thesis, which served as a guideline for him;
Obama doesn't have an approach. He is trying to undermine Syria with
the help of domestic forces. ๔he region won't be facing serious
tensions in case of a pointed strike; for the Armenian population
in Syria, that would mean yet another massacre. The big problem
for Armenia is the problem of the Syrian -Armenians. What Aleppo is
facing now is anarchy causing harm to the Syrian Armenians," he told
a news conference.
As for Iran, Shakaryan said the country realizes well that the
strikes are against it as it may face a total isolation in case of
Syria's collapse.
"The Syrian collapse also harms Russia. So Russia will fight up to
the last ditch to prevent an attack. Russia is not that powerful in
the Middle East, while Turkey will keep arming its contract killers
and militants more aggressively," he added.
Shakaryan noted that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
elaborated anti-Syrian strategies over the past couple of years in
an attempt to increase the number of Sunni forces in the country.
"Erdogan is exaggerating the foreign policy problems today to leave
the domestic problems in oblivion. But Erdogan is going to face
problems domestically. The upcoming local government elections are
going to see a fight for Istanbul. The constitutional debates and
the presidential and parliamentary polls will come next," he noted.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian