The first day of what is expected to be a protracted struggle at the UN Security Council for a resolution against Syria has passed, with hours of deliberations showing very little progress.
The Arab League is pushing a resolution demanding Syrian President Bashar Assad immediately step down. The resolution is eagerly backed by NATO member nations, but is almost certain to be vetoed by Russia.
Russia’s concern centers around fears that NATO or the Arab League would use the resolution as an excuse to invade Syria if Assad doesn’t step down. Most of the speeches from NATO and Arab League members consisted of mocking Russia and insisting this was a “conspiracy theory.”
And while everyone was insisting today that the threat of war was a myth, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have both been pushing for debate on putting Arab League troops on the ground in Syria, and NATO member Turkey is also seen to be considering an invasion to create a “humanitarian corridor” in the nation’s north.
Those pushing the UN resolution point to the growing civil war between the government and the defector forces loyal to the Free Syrian Army (FSA). There is significant doubt, however, that the resolution would settle anything between the two factions, even if it did convince Assad to transfer power to his deputy.
Russia, for its part, has sought to start negotiations between the Assad regime and opposition forces, but the interventionist elements in the international community seem to be averse to it, and the Syrian National Council (SNC) has ruled out any negotiations under any circumstances.
Enfant brulee craint le feu. That is why Russia and China have voted no. The case of Libya has probably forever ended any cooperation from the two with regards to meddling in other country's affairs. Good.
perhaps the resolution should also have a clause demanding Saudi Arabia to stop sending saboteurs and terrorists there
Damn those unreasonable Russians. What would get them to believe that a small resolution like no fly zone would lead to total attack with "rebels" imported happen? This is no Libya. There is a real need to save those suffering individual. Why else would Israel fund the rebels in Syria. NATO will have its way even if Syria is a really long way from the North Atlantic area. NATO is an example of why you do not want to create useless defense organizations. NATO has no mission other than it has no restrictions on using force while the United Nations has veto by the major powers. I do get a kick out of Hilary getting her panties all ruffled after all the vetoes by the United States to save Israel.
I suspect the major reason NATO still exists is to justify positioning the US military, in large numbers, closer to the areas the USG wants to meddle in. And countries such as Germany like having large numbers of Americans in towns such as Baumholder and K-Town where their respective economies would suffer greatly if the Amis were to suddenly disappear. All those slum lords would have to renovate to meet German housing standards (Germans would never live in these houses in their current conditions) and lower their astronomical rental rates (Germans would never pay that much for what is offered). Of course, let's not exclude the rent paid by the USG to the German government to station troops there to begin with.
Look, all these wars are calculated wars, orchestrated dictated by US – EU among others to Saudis and UAE therefore they are rushing it to UN because of time limitations that they have agreed upon, these wars are about regime change not negotiation or a democratic change a time that has been set calculating for removal of any regime in question and it's not to be more then a year. Look if they truly wanted to have a democratic change then would start talking in the first three month. If these war mongers from Hillary Clinton to Kozi/Markel and Cameron were able to start the Iran war then they would have given it a year to finish the war, Libya and its situation were difference because of lying NATO, US and EU governments. Libyan government always were looking for a political solution rather to fight its people. Syria however is not Iran nor is Libya and it will have the upper hand against the Saudis and UAE and Turkey illegitimate terrorism actions against the people of Syria. Everyone knows that if Syria going to be lost in the hands of these bandits then the entire region will be in hand of Israel and they will have an upper hand on everything and everyone in the region dealing with a weaker government and a ruined country. Hillary Clinton she knows that time limit, therefore she wants a quick fix without having another Iraq on their hand. There is no democracy or a functioning one both in EU and USA, but there is this falsified democracy under the control of US – NATO militarized regime.
Strong worlds from the Secretary of lies and hypocrisy. Perhaps we should change the word "Syria" to "bahrain" and see what she thinks of it then
I wonder what the hidden interest of Turkey in all of this is. They play their cards very well ,and they are extremely pragmatic. Whenever it suits them, they play the Muslim card, but only to an extent. In this case, they are siding with the west sniffing the corpse and the vultures above. In this context, the Turks seem to me the hyenas.
One of the things that Turks are thinking about is be part of EU, they have applied for the membership but thus far they been rejected, reason for Turkey is not “democratic enough” as rest of the EU countries are “democratic”. In that regard and questioning the democracy itself where that might be or where you can find that democracy in EU and US is the question, Turkey is in game playing mode, one day they are friend with Israel, next day with Iran and wanting to invade Iraq or Syria, showing themselves loyal to NATO and wanting to become part that emporium yet fooling around with everyone to keep the Saudis and UAE happy for it is them who have invested in Turkey infrastructure for last 10 − 15 years, so they play what their masters are telling them to play.