This is the result of the world being led by one major country: one Syrian town has been shredded to pieces; dead bodies are scattered in the streets; and families are carrying their children as they flee to look for a home and treatment across the border while the towns of Rif Homs and Rif Hama are bracing to face the same fate. The Syrians did not need the tragedy of Qusayr to realize the extent of the deception they suffered at the hands of Barack Obama's administration. Obama told the Syrians on several instances that Bashar al-Assad's days are now numbered, that the use of chemical weapons constitutes a red line, and that committing massacres against the civilians is a crime that the United States, the defender of human rights, will not condone! All what the Syrians obtained from these promises and empty warnings were additional killings, massacres, and the use of Sarin gas by the forces of the Syrian regime, as was confirmed by UN investigations and international media. Obama felt no shame at all. He even argued that the terrorist An-Nusra front is taking part in the battles alongside the Syrian rebels and used this as a pretext to prevent the armament of the opposition. Obama overlooked the fact that the kidnappings and terrorist activities in the region are actually the work of the Syrian regime. He also looked past the intelligence reports asserting that the radical elements only constitute a small proportion of the Syrian opposition fighters. In addition, the fact that the regime confronted the peaceful protests at the beginning of the revolution with weapons, and the continued massacres have paved the way for the radicalism of the opposition forces and the infiltration of dark and terrorist elements. The Syrians never asked the Obama administration to take part in the fighting against the regime on their behalf. All they asked for was a minimum power balance on the ground and for the United States to allow its allies to support the opposition, especially that the regime is benefiting from full Iranian military and financial support, in addition to Russian supplies and full Russian cover at the Security Council. Bill Clinton was not mistaken when he recently called Obama the fallen president. He also called him an impotent president who cannot run the world. Because of this impotence, Obama is not only harming his country (which is the least of the Arabs' concerns) but also harming the religious and societal structure in our region, which has been severely affected as a result of the Sunni-Shia sectarian strife in all the different countries where these two sects coexist. The uncalculated pullout from Iraq turned the country into an open arena for Iran and its allies. The same goes for Syria as highlighted through the participation of thousands of Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard fighters in the fights to rescue the regime. All these instances showed how ignorant the Obama administration is when it comes to the region's history and sensitivities resulting from the fall of these two countries in the hands of the one power that constitutes the strategic competitor of the Arab world, Iran. Iraq and Syria were once at the center of the two most important empires in Arab history. Some might say: what does America have to do with rescuing the Arabs from their sectarian wars? Isn't America the main benefactor from drowning the Arabs in these wars; and destroying their countries such as the case of Syria; and deviating their attention away from the main enemy as highlighted by Hezbollah's implication in the Syrian war and thus its turning away from Israel? Perhaps this is correct. America is neither concerned about nor responsible for the Arab interests. However, the only thing that this major country is supposed to be concerned about consists of its alliances in the regions and the interests of its so-called allied countries. When Iran stands in a position that opposes these forces, and when it has the capacity to achieve field gains, then the USA is compelled politically and not just ethically to achieve the necessary balance between the conflicting forces. Otherwise, Iran's Qusayr victory will not be its last.
