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The cable adds that US policy in the region is \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093overwhelmed\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d by the violence persisted by Mr Assad\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s government, as it has continuously violated partial ceasefire agreements set with Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich last year.<\/p>\n
President Obama\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s approach to the Syrian conflict amid the state\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0five-year civil war has focused on military action against Isis, rather than unseating the Assad regime. It is the hope of the State officials who released the dissent cable to use military action as a tool to reboot diplomatic talks.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama has shown no indication of straying from his current policy in Syria despite the seeming failure of diplomatic efforts in the region.<\/p>\n
\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093The moral rationale for taking steps to end the deaths and suffering in Syria, after five years of brutal war, is evident and unquestionable,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d the cable reads. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093The status quo in Syria will continue to present increasingly dire, if not disastrous, humanitarian, diplomatic and terrorism-related challenges.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d<\/p>\n
State Department officials who signed the memo were cognizant of the fact that further military response could cause complications with Russia, who have had a longstanding military and diplomatic relationship with Syria for decades. They added they are not \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093advocating for a slippery slope that ends in a military confrontation with Russia.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d<\/p>\n
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he had only seen media reports about the memo, but said: \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093Calls for the violent overthrow of authorities in another country are unlikely to be accepted in Moscow.<\/p>\n
\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093The liquidation of this or some other regime is hardly what is needed to aid the successful continuation of the battle against terrorism. Such a move is capable of plunging the region into complete chaos.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d<\/p>\n
In the US, it is not unusual to see members of the State Department issue their grievances about the Secretary of State or the presiding administration through the dissent channel, established during the Vietnam War. The channel allows for personnel to protest their disagreements with state policy without the fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n
The State Department received a 30-page dissent cable in the 1990s regarding then-President Bill Clinton\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s seeming hesitation with intervening in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After dissent letters were issued – as well as a number of resignations within the State Department – Mr Clinton launched his campaign against Serbian forces.<\/p>\n
But what sets the most recent dissent cable apart from previous others is the sheer number of officials – 51 rank and file members, diplomats, and long-serving officers – who have signed it.<\/p>\n
State Department spokesman John Kirby said that the Syria cable was being “reviewed” but that he added he would not comment on its\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0contents.<\/p>\n
What remains unclear, however, is what the State officials suggest happens next.<\/p>\n
\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093It\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s quite clear that the current military balance favours the [Assad] regime with Russian and Iranian support – and the regime is essentially said to shirk the UN talks,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Daniel Serwer, Middle East scholar and professor of Conflict Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, told The Independent<\/em>. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093So some rebalancing of the military situation is going to be vital in getting the talks restarted. I think they are absolutely correct on that.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d<\/p>\n\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093The question is, \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056d\u009cWhat happens after that?\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d he added. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093How do you go about this? Do you simply bomb and abandon the situation? Do you try to establish a safe area for the opposition to Assad to govern in? What\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s the whole plan? \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u00bb It\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s not enough to simply say, \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056d\u009cLet\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s bomb them.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d<\/p>\n
Still, Mr Obama is likely to remain steadfast in his pursuit of Isis, rather than engage in a conflict with another state.<\/p>\n
But the officials insist that tougher actions against the Assad regime would likely prove to be effective not just in ending the overwhelming violence in Syria, but in tackling Isis.<\/p>\n
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