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A second year later scheme proved no more successful. Months later, the United Arab Republic emerged. Things that go around, come around. Syrians have good reason to resent Washington. Another Western defeat may follow.
On November 1, Voice of Russia contributor Dmitry Babich called "US Syrian Policy In Tatters." Regime change plans haven't worked.
Washington hoped to depose Assad easily. It took most of last year to oust Gaddafi. Assad's much more resilient. Multiple plans suggest "chaotic improvisation and not a coherent policy."
SNC officials say they're in charge. Clinton wants new leaders. Internal conflicts persisted for months. "The Washington Post reports that Qatar and Turkey continue to support the SNC."
Unresolved conflict claims scores of new victims regularly. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expects continued bloodshed. He condemned US efforts for a new Security Council resolution he said assures intensified conflict if passed. Moscow's opposition will prevent it.
"If the priority is the change of the regime, then there will be more blood, but if the priority is to save lives, then there is no need for any type of resolutions," said Lavrov. "We have not yet tried to implement the Geneva accords."
He added that Western countries want opposition forces united to continue conflict. They won't dialogue, he said. They bear full responsibility for daily violence.
On November 2, Russia's Foreign Ministry released a statement saying Washington's giving anti-Assad forces "direct orders."
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