Syria Crisis: the response

"UN political chief says 'well over' 7500 people have died in Syria violence", this is a tweet posted by Associate Press which has about 824488 followers at about the time of that post and I wondered how many of these followers were shocked when they saw the number of those that have died or felt sad about the continuous killing of Syrian demonstrators by the Syrian government. I am sure majority of these followers do not care. The Associate Press twitter community is an example of the big picture (the global community) though as it has always been known that the global community is a far more complex community with a lot of selfish and conflicting interest.

While killing is still going on in Syria, the number of dead people are increasing daily and the news of the increased use of military forces on armless civilians is now been widely known, it is interesting to know that more people, NGOs and countries are showing concern. More people are giving in the form of charity; more NGOs are getting involved in their own corporate capacity and more countries in their own sovereign capacity but sadly even more people, NGOs and more especially countries are been indifferent to this issue.

Sympathy for the Syrians or empathy towards their struggle; love for equity, justice, peace and mankind should be the core reasons to show concern in this crises but as the game of international politics always go national gain always dominates. The majority of people, corporate bodies and countries that are involved got involved to protect and/or to pursue their personal interest. This can give a good reason for one to say the apathy of some in this crisis does not make them all less their brother's keeper than others as it may seem. The position of China, Russia and America who are some of the big players in this crisis and other world issues is a clear indication that the cold war between the west and the east is still on.

The Arab world which for decades has been battling with insurgency, militancy and religious extremism already have their hands full with internal problems and so are not putting much in the crisis. The United Nations which in itself is powerless is only playing diplomacy pending when the big players come to a consensus which I do not think is close by. The systems that man created around himself and the selfish ways of man has always been a barrier in conflict resolutions which this Syria crisis is not different. While the big players are busy playing the game of international politics and the United Nations is busy doing nothing and the others minding their own business, the big question is how many more people will have to die before president Al Assad will be forced to step down and reap what he has sown.