Nobody wants to create a martyr, especially not the Syrians. Killing a hero hurts the cause of the murderers. In Syria a lot of murdering is going on and we seem happy to sit back and ignore it. Why?
We see the courage of those on the streets, unarmed against a merciless regime that is determined to mow them down in their thousands. Still they keep coming. Now a saviour is dead. Dr Ibrahim Othman, 26, set up secret clinics to help the wounded. They had to be secret, because troops would invade hospitals to kill protesters in their beds.
Ibrahim knew he was a wanted man, so he tried to flee to Turkey and was shot on the border. How they will have celebrated! Did president Bashar al Assad raise a glass of champagne, or is he still insisting that the government forces are nothing to do with him? As he said, "only a crazy person would kill his own people." Condemned by his own words. Can he be put down like a rabid dog for his crimes against the Syrian people? Probably not.
Yet a brave medic can be executed for his compassion. Friends say:"This hero devoted his life to the oath he took. He saved lives, then left us with a wound that won't heal." It's time for the rest of us to say, enough. Too many are dying for a cause that is just.
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