Leaders of Iran and Syria Take West to School (Al Watan, Oman)
"Throughout the Syrian crisis, leaders in Iran and Syria have
played a critical role. Demonstrating remarkable shrewdness, wisdom and a
capacity to steer clear of enemy traps, they gave Russian diplomacy sufficient gumption
to stand firm against the colonialist-imperialist attacks of the West, which is
striving to uproot Syria from the region, considering it a stepping stone to the
destruction of the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear facilities."
It
is no understatement to say that the Iranian and Syrian schools of politics,
marked respectively by Persian and Ummayad astuteness, are giving
free political science lessons on the significance of patience and forbearance
in the management of thorny issues; and using self-control and composure to
avoid a calamitous fall while on the brink of an abyss.
Throughout
the Syrian crisis, leaders in Iran and Syria have played a critical role.
Demonstrating remarkable shrewdness, wisdom and a capacity to steer clear of enemy
traps, they gave Russian diplomacy sufficient gumption to stand firm against
the colonialist-imperialist attacks of the West, which is striving to uproot Syria
from the region, considering it a stepping stone to the destruction of the Islamic
Republic of Iran's nuclear facilities.
The
leaders of Iran, Syria and Russia, supported by the BRICS
nations, have presented harmonious and complimentary positions. Having surrendered
in the past to the hegemony of a unipolar system, they have awakened global
awareness to the genuine change made possible by the birth of multilateralism,
enabling the world to finally walk on both legs after so long having limped.
After passage of Security Council Resolution 2118, now
has come Syrian approval of the dismantling of its chemical arsenal and
ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Not, however, under Chapter
VII of the U.N. Charter, which allows for the use of force. This reflects
the harmony and integration of Iranian-Syrian-Russian positions, and is a harbinger
of the new multi-polarity, particularly given the American president's phone
call to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, during
which the two agreed to direct their respective diplomats to discuss the
unresolved issues pertaining to the Iranian nuclear issue.
The
rapid Russian-American agreement on Syria's chemical weapons comes along with an
obvious breakdown of the so-called "Syrian National Coalition" and
its collection of terrorist groups under the banner and control if al-Qaeda.
The deal on Syria also comes in conjunction with America's recent skipping of
pebbles on the stagnant waters of U.S.-Iranian rapprochement. These are significant
reminders that nothing is forbidden in politics, which is: “the art of the
possible.”
First:
It is no exaggeration to say that Security Council resolution 2118, the ladder which
saved Obama from the tree he climbed up in with his "red line," and under
which Syria accepted Russian intervention and mediation for dismantling its chemical
weapons arsenal, was more disappointing to the anti-Syria warmongers and conspirators
with their terrorist machinery than to the Syrian government.
Second: Just as the Syria-Russia-Iran axis
undermined the aggressor's plot to assault Syria, the steadfastness of the
Syrian people, their leaders, and the Syrian military, the Americans gambled on
a so-called “balance on the ground” to be achieved by heavily financing and supporting
terrorist gangs being pummeled by the Syrian Army. Here, it is suitable to
recall Hezbullah Secretary General HasanNasrallah's statement, in which he advised the conspirators
who also gambled on a military solution that terrorism will not help resolve
the crisis, and that the only solution to the Syria crisis is political.
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Third:
The calamitous fall of the so-called "Syrian National Coalition" and its
allied terrorist groups, the majority of which are al-Qaeda affiliates, has
been dramatic and unexpected. Responding to alternative claims by the Coalition's
supporters that the revolution was kidnapped by foreign terrorists and that
resolving the conflict in favor of al-Qaeda-affiliated groups is just a means
to an end, Haytham Manna, deputy head of the National
Coordination Body for Democratic Change, said that the so-called Free
Syrian Army would eventually turn to the actual Syrian Army to rid the country
of al-Qaeda. This brings to mind the so-called “Friends of Syria” conference,
at which America's designation of the Al-Nusra
Front as a terrorist group enraged the Coalition, which had until recently continued
to affirm that Al-Nusra spearheaded its destruction
of Syria and the murder of its people. I do wonder whether this foreign-made
“Coalition” now looks back at these positions with regret, as it finds itself
increasingly isolated and its influence diminished. After those that gambled on
it lose, the Coalition may not even have a seat at the table for Geneva
II.
Forth:
The United States will likely receive Iranian, Russian, and Chinese guarantees that
will facilitate America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. and assurances that peace
and stability will be maintained in the country. It is perhaps no coincidence
that China has announced its willingness to commit to rebuilding Afghanistan in
return for progress on the Syria crisis and Iranian nuclear file.
Fifth:
A resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue and the Syria crisis, including that
relating to chemical weapons, will oblige America to press Israel to sign the
relevant international nuclear and chemical weapons treaties.
Sixth:
It is not unlikely that if these peaceful pursuits ultimately pay off, the
countries that participated in the aggression against Syria should bear responsibility
for their abominable crimes by participating in Syria's reconstruction.
To
conclude, one must emphasize that nothing in politics remains fixed, and situations
and positions are liable to change in multiple directions.
