(Cc: Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General)
According to the latest opinion poll commissioned by the Doha Debates, reported in a Gulf Times report, Syrians are quite supportive of their president (Bashar Al-Assad) with 55% wanting him to remain in office. The poll questioned more than 1,000 people between December 14 and 19, 2011. All the different ethnic and religious minorities were represented in the poll and also support the current government of Syria.
We, citizens of every country and of every nationality, believe that dialogue and mediation must be upheld as the fundamental internationalist principle in resolving internal conflicts within nations.
We demand that any and all foreign governments cease calls for foreign, "No Fly Zones", "humanitarian" missions or any other intervention that escalates the violence and causes the loss of many innocent lives as was the case in Libya.We furthermore call for the defense of the Syrian government's sovereignty and call for reconciliation between the different social forces in that country as the current government sees appropriate. When a nation wants to change, nothing will keep them from doing so. However, foreign interferences only delay and undermine their legitimate demands.
Therefore, we, the undersigned, ask all who stand on the side of dialogue and peaceful resolution of conflicts to sign this petition and widely distribute it. Copies of this petition with the signatures will be faxed to President Obama and the UN Secretary General.
Thank you for your concern!
Updates
January 9, 2012
Watching the rhetoric about Syria intensify makes me realize how vital it is that we keep pushing for diplomacy instead of military escalation. I have been spending my evenings reading your messages and they confirm that so many of us are afraid of repeating the chaos we saw elsewhere. We need to stay focused on the sovereignty of the Syrian people while the world pressures them toward war.
January 9, 2012
Seeing this level of backing for diplomacy confirms that we are not alone in fearing the cost of foreign military action in Syria. This momentum shows that many of us recognize how dangerous it is to repeat the mistakes of recent history.
6 Comments
Keep our military out of it. We dont need another libya situation, it was a mess and this will be worse.
Diplomacy is the only way forward. War only brings more suffering and misery for the civilians caught in the middle.
Exactly. Let them resolve their own issues. We have too many problems here at home to worry about starting new fights overseas.
We've seen this movie before and it never ends well. stay out of syria.
Enough with the regime change wars. STOP INTERFERING.
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(Cc: Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General)
According to the latest opinion poll commissioned by the Doha Debates, reported in a Gulf Times report, Syrians are quite supportive of their president (Bashar Al-Assad) with 55% wanting him to remain in office. The poll questioned more than 1,000 people between December 14 and 19, 2011. All the different ethnic and religious minorities were represented in the poll and also support the current government of Syria.
We, citizens of every country and of every nationality, believe that dialogue and mediation must be upheld as the fundamental internationalist principle in resolving internal conflicts within nations.
We demand that any and all foreign governments cease calls for foreign, "No Fly Zones", "humanitarian" missions or any other intervention that escalates the violence and causes the loss of many innocent lives as was the case in Libya.We furthermore call for the defense of the Syrian government's sovereignty and call for reconciliation between the different social forces in that country as the current government sees appropriate. When a nation wants to change, nothing will keep them from doing so. However, foreign interferences only delay and undermine their legitimate demands.
Therefore, we, the undersigned, ask all who stand on the side of dialogue and peaceful resolution of conflicts to sign this petition and widely distribute it. Copies of this petition with the signatures will be faxed to President Obama and the UN Secretary General.
Thank you for your concern!
Updates
January 9, 2012
Watching the rhetoric about Syria intensify makes me realize how vital it is that we keep pushing for diplomacy instead of military escalation. I have been spending my evenings reading your messages and they confirm that so many of us are afraid of repeating the chaos we saw elsewhere. We need to stay focused on the sovereignty of the Syrian people while the world pressures them toward war.
January 9, 2012
Seeing this level of backing for diplomacy confirms that we are not alone in fearing the cost of foreign military action in Syria. This momentum shows that many of us recognize how dangerous it is to repeat the mistakes of recent history.
6 Comments
It should be up to the syrian people to decide their own future not us. Stop the bombs.
Keep our military out of it. We dont need another libya situation, it was a mess and this will be worse.
Diplomacy is the only way forward. War only brings more suffering and misery for the civilians caught in the middle.
Exactly. Let them resolve their own issues. We have too many problems here at home to worry about starting new fights overseas.
We've seen this movie before and it never ends well. stay out of syria.
Enough with the regime change wars. STOP INTERFERING.
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It should be up to the syrian people to decide their own future not us. Stop the bombs.