SmartPost Daily: Political
Perspective:
By Manycoloured
Manley Nowaseb
Syria Ceasefire – The Loose
Ends
The United States and Russia
have successfully partner in fostering what is seen as a “Fragile” Syria
Ceasefire truce which has proven to be successful for at least three days
although some news agencies have reported some violations just within 24 hours after
the cease fire deadline.
While many Syrians starts to
foresee hope from the positive truce by two countries which themselves are
vulnerable to conflict it is clear that there is a long way forward, to restore
or establish a peaceful Syria, if it is possible after all!
Although the significant cease
fire must mean progress of stabilization in the region and moving towards
establishing a government with or without Assad, there is a cold tension in
Saudi-Arabia, already, which moves to pursue Washington’s Plan B on Syria. The
Plan B which if executed will present us with similar or worse results of what
we have seen from the past Syria crisis or is a “thread” of a likely world war, a possibility
so close, but which the world avoids to look to.
While peace and stability in
Syria is a vital forecast for the world of peace, there is this great ‘dark cloud’
over shadowing Syria’s future, a cloud motivated by economic and political
interest, echo of power and control as well as the will of competing for
diplomatic achievements in Syria. Those are the effects of why this cease fire
is seen as being ‘fragile’ as it remains a cloud that could rain anytime.
Looking from the perspective
that the truce was agreed by and between the US and Russia it is
telling the world or at least me that something is not right. Although we could
agree with some political commentators that the US played the card to try and neutralize
Russian military intervention in Syria that may just be the top of the ice burg
from my perspective.
My take is: The US could have
announce the cease fire through its media on its own terms, however in my view,
they needed the attention of Moscow, to have them obliged to the cease fire
terms was vital, let’s say because of their (Russia’s) involvement and influence in Syria. That means the US have achieved a major political move by having the
Russians on board.