The violence perpetuated by Arab rulers during the continued reform movements of the Arab Spring has reached an all-new high. Reports suggest that over 3,000 people have died during the ongoing clashes between protestors and military forces in Syria.
Embattled Syrian President Basha Al-Assad now faces calls from the international community to at the least pull back military forces and begin a discussion with protestors.
The greatest blow thus far seems to stem from the Arab League, suspending Syria several weeks ago and recently imposing crippling sanctions against the country.
While Western powers hail the move by the Arab League as a unified effort to help stop civilian bloodshed amongst the Arab community, regional secrets paint a much more morbid picture.
So far the Arab League has moved to condemn two governments involved in violent civilian oppression: Libya and Syria. The Arab League has remained silent on the violence perpetuated in all of these countries.
In the case of Libya, the government of Muammar Qaddafi was largely unpopular and held little political sway in the Arab world.
The government of Bashar Al-Assad faces a different dilemma than that of Qaddafi's. Assad maintains control of a Shiite government in a largely Sunni country and has allied himself with Iran, one of the most influential countries in the region.
The Arab League is dominated by Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia and its own allies in Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and even Egypt.
During the Egyptian revolution, hundreds of people were brutalized by police forces; in Bahrain, hundreds were murdered by the military forces of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and yet the Arab League remained silent.
The actions of the Arab League are not aimed at helping the people of Syria find freedom but are meant to damage the government of Bashar Al-Assad hoping that a Sunni controlled, pro-Saudi government takes its place.
The United States and British governments likewise are guilty in this dark association as much as Saudi Arabia is.
The United States stayed mute over the violence in Bahrain and it took nationwide unrest to finally spur President Obama to ask Hosni Mubarak to consider giving up power.
The main reason the United States and Britain are so adamant in stopping the government of Bashar Al-Assad is because they seek to weaken Iran.
Syria serves as one of Iran's most important regional allies and Iran's adversarial relationship with the United States and Britain puts Syria at odds with the Western powers.
The most morbid detail of this entire account is that the people of Syria are true victims of the most brutal and violent form of oppression.
Unarmed civilians have become the targets of heavily armored tanks and soldiers with automatic weapons that open fire at will on the people.
While thousands of people die and millions more live under an iron fist, regional powers scramble to play kingmaker in the land of god.
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