Questioning Credibility - By Shibley Telhami | Foreign Policy
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/09/06/questioning_credibility_us_syria?print=yes
“What the Middle East really thinks about chemical weapons and U.S. intervention in Syria.”
The common denominators of regional perceptions of CW use and U.S. intervention are the mistrust of American policy and the ranking of the U.S. and Israel as the two “biggest threats” facing the Middle East. (...)
Similarly, most Arabs have opposed U.S. action in Syria in large part because they see every American move as intended to serve suspicious interests. (Indeed, Arab public attitudes toward the U.S. role in Syria have not coincided nicely with the region’s strong anti-Assad mood.) Even if the U.S. intervenes in Syria under humanitarian auspices, it will be seen as nefarious.