Images of war, killings and desolation in Syria can be found readily in media outlets around the world. The big imperialist powers are using the legitimate emotional response to try to substantiate the idea that there is no other course than that of "humanitarian" intervention by those same big powers. In a speech he gave on 4 September, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was obliged to acknowledge at one point that "those who provide arms to ei ...

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Images of war, killings and desolation in Syria can be found readily in media outlets around the world. The big imperialist powers are using the legitimate emotional response to try to substantiate the idea that there is no other course than that of "humanitarian" intervention by those same big powers. In a speech he gave on 4 September, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was obliged to acknowledge at one point that "those who provide arms to either side are only contributing to further misery" for the Syrians. One UN agency responsible for humanitarian issues had already pointed out -- without this being picked up by the press -- that massacres were being committed on both sides. The situation in Syria has swung towards civil war.

Authors Bio:

Born in the USA, living in Canada since 1968, I'm a Vietnam war resister, a revolutionary democratic socialist partisan of the Fourth International reproclaimed in 1993, a member of Canada's New Democratic Party, on the executive committee of the St. Paul's NDP constituency association; a retired hospital worker, a retired member of Local 1.on of the Service Employees International Union and of the SMART reform caucus of SEIU. I sing bass-baritone in Common thread Community Chorus of Toronto, play Appalachian dulcimer and fool around with an ocarina, and knit socks.