Russia Blocks Western Calls for Syrian Regime Change
by Jason Ditz,
January 29, 2012
In move that is in some ways a product of NATO’s dramatic overreach in turning a no-fly zone declaration into a full scale war in Libya, the Russian government remains determined to stave off Western calls for similar “solutions” in Syria, with any resolution that includes repercussions against the Assad government being rejected out of hand, for fear that NATO will use it as an excuse to invade.
In some ways this reflects Russia’s growing willingness to challenge NATO at the UN Security Council, but it is also a product of NATO’s increasing eagerness to use the council to rubber stamp its operations.
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MoT
January 30th, 2012 at 2:40 am
NATO is screwing around too much near the bear's den. Better watch out boys.
Valerianus
January 30th, 2012 at 4:28 am
And slowly Moscow learns the tactics of its enemy . . .
Walter Cole
January 30th, 2012 at 4:49 am
Isn´t this all hilarious: During the days of the Soviet Union the US and Europe held the moral ground, but today it is Russia and China who are on top of the hill. Those same criterion we use to accuse the Soviets of, are our SOPs.
Jaime
January 30th, 2012 at 5:14 pm
But even in the worst times, the Soviet Union was never so murderous in its foreign adventures.
carroll price
January 30th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I don't think Europe and the US ever actually held the high moral ground, although it appeared to at the time. When you look back at various incidents and issues that occurred during the Cold War years you will see that Russia's account of events (via Pravda) was almost always more open and accurate than what was reported to us by the Western press. The downing of the U2 spy plane over Russia in 1960 serves as a good example of which side told the straightest story. Like most Americans I used to accept without question everything I read in the MSM. Now I know that most of what I read was nothing but propaganda designed to keep naive and uninformed individuals in a perpetual state of ignorance and confusion.