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As a result, direct Western intervention against Assad is coming. When isn't clear. It may happen sooner than imagined.
Washington wants regime change. When other tactics fail, war's the final option. Expect it.
A Final Comment
Violence won't end unless both sides agree. Syria justifiably wants written ceasefire guarantees. Opposition forces refuse.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland dismissed the demand. She called it "more chaff being thrown up in the air at the last minute to deflect attention from the fact that the regime is not meeting (its) commitments...."
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said Assad began fulfilling Annan's peace plan. He noted his active cooperation.
Nuland reveals Washington's hand. It rejects Syrian good faith efforts. It blames Assad for insurgent violence. It plans greater intervention.
Turkey's involved. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants a new Security Council resolution. Violence continues, he said, including cross-border clashes. Syrian fire allegedly hit a Turkish refugee camp.
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