Syria more complex than Libya

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered tanks to be deployed against demonstrators at the start of the week. The West is perplexed over how to react to the violence, writes the leftist daily Pravda: "The government in Syria will hold out for as long as it has an army at its disposal that is ready to shoot at protesters. Assad will not give up so easily. And he has no reason to, in part because no one would approve a military operation of the likes we're seeing in Libya. For reasons of security policy the country is considerably more complicated than Libya. In addition there are the interests of Iran, Israel and the Arab states to be considered. ... Calls by the UN to stop the violence are necessary but not really effective. Sanctions could put pressure on the dictatorship but no doubt only the West would vote for them, not China or Russia. Even if it's frustrating that words change nothing we must not fall silent. Because the regime in Syria long ago transgressed all boundaries."

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