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August 5, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2011/0803/The-moral-imperative-in-Syria

The Moral Imperative in Syria

(Christian Science Monitor) Editorial - For many world leaders, a moral tipping point may have finally been reached this week in the violent crackdown on Syria's democratic uprising. On Sunday, the regime occupied Syria's third-largest city, Hama, using tanks and snipers to kill innocent people in what is coming close to being genocide. It is being helped by Iran, a Shiite-run theocracy that gunned down its own pro-democracy protests in 2009. Moral condemnation and more sanctions are certainly needed, but the UN and the West must find other ways to tighten the pressure on the Assad regime before it kills more people.

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