Rendering: "Syria's suffering opens a door for Washington"

  The article 'Syria's suffering opens a door for Washington' was published by Patrick Cockburn in the Independent on October 7, 2012. It discusses the situation in Syria, that her suffering opens a door for Washington.

   Speaking of this situation, it is necessary to mention that Iran and Syria were the leaders for the past 10 years of the so-called "resistance bloc", the grouping that supported the Palestinians and opposed the US-led combination, but when President Hosni Mubarak and President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali had been driven from power in Egypt and Tunisia, Bashar al-Assad seemed confident that his opposition to the US would protect him against the revolutionary wave, the situation changed. Now it is the "resistance bloc" that is fighting for its life. Besides, in Iran sanctions on oil exports and central bank transactions are paralyzing the economy, demonstrators gathered outside the central bank after finding they could no longer get dollars from their accounts.

   Analyzing these events, it is necessary emphasize that it is in the US interests to give more military support to the Syrian opposition and to organize a military coup against the Syrian government in Damascus. It's very likely that the US will take steps of empowering the moderates in the opposition, shifting the balance of power through arms and other lethal assistance, encouraging a coup leading to a power-sharing arrangement, and accommodating Russia in exchange for its co-operation.

  So there is general feeling to believe that America is going to prepare the ground for a peace conference. But at the same time, it's an open secret that more direct military involvement in Syria can be dangerous for the US.

   In resolute terms the author of the article makes it clear that the Iranian regime is far more strongly rooted than its enemy's regimes overthrown or battling for survival. The Iranian-led bloc in the region may be weaker, but it has not disintegrated.

  I think even if the United States can realize their plan, it'll happen not in quick time. After all, the only thing they are doing is exerting pressure on Syria, that is reflected in the reluctance of the latter to cooperate with America. In addition, it's an open secret that the US conceal their contacts with Syria, as at the same time they are negotiating with other Arab regimes, fearing that the Syrian negative attitude can negatively affect the opinion of other Arab countries.