Arab League suspends Syria membership. I have two comments - both sarcastic:
1. Arab Leaders cannot tolerate among them a weak dictator, unable to suppress a rebellion. This may be not as ironic as it seems - of all the Arab Spring revolutions, the rebellion in Syria is the greatest show of strength by the opponents of a dictatorial regime. Unlike in Libya, where the revolution was aided by the NATO, the rebellion in Syria has been going on for many months unaided (at least not openly), and the end of the Bashar Assad's rule seems quite probable. This sends a signal to all the Arab people - even the harshest dictators might not be able to keep their power.
Thus, Arab leaders a likely to benefit more from quickly ending the Assad's rule and quieting tensions, than from him giving an example of being able to stay in power.
2. Arab League seems to be almost as good a defender of human rights as the United States and the European governments, all of which limited their involvement to calls to end violence, and only recently resorted to recalling their ambassadors from Damascus. These are however, the very steps that the Arab League now undertakes.
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