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Scoundrel Media Assail Him
Their attacks are vicious, relentless, and one-sided. New York Time op-ed contributor Aaron David Miller mocked Annan's peace plan for the wrong reasons. Headlining, "Will Annan Save Assad? he said:
"Although it is well intentioned, Mr. Annan's plan won't end the crisis; it will make it worse. The plan is an ill-timed lifeline to a murderous regime that will exploit Mr. Annan's diplomacy to buy time, to reload and to divide the opposition and the international community."It offers Assad "time and space to rest and plan." It also "break(s) the momentum of supplying weapons to the Free Syrian Army."
Fact check
Annan's peace plan is a ruse. It's more theater than resolve to end conflict diplomatically. While calling for both sides to stop violence, it insists Assad make the first move.
His government must "immediately cease troop movements towards, end the use of heavy weapons in population centers, and begin pullback of military concentrations in and around population centers."
In other words, it calls on him to stop protecting his own people, leave them on their own unprotected, and let insurgents reign terror unopposed because who'll stop them. No responsible leader would agree.
Moreover, weapons continue flowing freely to opposition fighters. They're supplied regularly through porous borders.
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