Foreign Intervention: Debating the Taboo of the Syrian Opposition Foreign Intervention: Debating the Taboo of the Syrian Opposition
Paris - In Syria, the mere mention of foreign intervention is enough to divide the opposition into warring camps. This is at least how things appear on the surface. Close examination of the Syrian opposition parties’ positions, however, reveals that there is not that much difference between them. The term ‘foreign intervention’ is interpreted differently, depending on who you talk to in the opposition. It ranges from urging foreign powers to put pressure on the regime to demanding direct military action. But the significance of such distinctions is lost on some prominent opposition figures in Paris, such as Haytham Manna, a leading member of the National Coordination Committee (NCC). He insists that anyone who mentions foreign intervention is a traitor, and that includes members of the Syrian National Council (SNC). Kilo thinks, “The regime never enjoyed internal legitimacy, it has always relied on external legitimacies to survive. When it lost this external legitimacy, it did not seek to foster other internal ones. But it is well known that the rejection of any military intervention by the officials in the National Council is not agreed upon by all its members. This exposes internal differences of this opposition body, who only agree on the need to overthrow the regime. One of the main sides in the Council, the Muslim Brotherhood, has a completely different discourse than Ghalioun and Kodmani, for example. This is why members of the council, such as Farouk Taifour, Najib al-Ghadban and their secretary-general, Muhammad Riyad al-Shaqfa, have no qualms about taking positions that are contradictory to those announced by the official spokespeople of the Council. They have proclaimed that military intervention is imminent and that Turkey will play a role in it, particularly in enforcing the no-fly zone on Syrian military jets and imposing an arms-free zone. Perhaps they hope to create a Syrian Benghazi to act as a launching pad for the regime’s overthrow.


[POOR KILO ,HE MUST THINK THE WORLD HAS NO EYES,AND THAT THE OUTSIDE WORLD WATCHING MILLIONS,UPON MILLIONS,UPONS MILLIONS OF SYRIANS ,''INSIDE SYRIA'',WICH HAVE DEMONSTRATED IN FAVOR OF ASSAD OVER LAST HALF A YEAR,IS SOMEHOW INDICATIVE OF ASSADS INTERNAL ILLEGITEMACY??LOST EXTERNAL LEGITIMACY?AMONG WHO?THE IMPERIAL POWERS AND REAL AXIS OF EVIL.../US/EU/CANADA,AUSTRALIA?LOL  LATIN AMEIRCA UNDER UNASUR AND ALBA GIVE HIM LEGITIMACY,AFRICAN NATIONS,,FOR MOST PART DO AS WELL..ASIA DOES,,LOST EXTERNAL LEGITIMACY?TO YOUR NEOCOLONIAL MASTERS,AND ITS GCC CLIENT REGIMES,THATS ABOUT IT...BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE MOST ILLEGITIMATE REGIMES IN REALITY...