Facing growing US anger, the United Nations has done a complete about-face on yesterday’s invitation for Iran to attend the Geneva talks. The UN has now officially uninvited Iran.
Russia had been pushing for Iran’s inclusion in the talks for months, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon offered the last second invitation more or less out of the blue yesterday, leading to furious US State Department reactions and a threat from what few Syria rebels were planning to attend in the first place to withdraw if Iran wasn’t uninvited by 2 pm today.
The UN, apparently unwilling to live with the egg that’s plainly on their face after the past 24 hours, followed up their uninvitation with an feigned condemnation of Iran for refusing to endorse the US calls for regime change in Syria.
Iran had never suggested they were going to accept the US calls in the first place, and that was a chief reason the US opposed their invitation, insisting that the only people who could attend the talks were those who had accepted regime change as the goal, and also the Syrian government itself and Russia, who both oppose the plan. The US cheered their disinvitation as a chance to get the talks “back on track,” by which they mean centered on regime change.
It isn’t clear if the UN met the 2 pm deadline imposed by the rebels, though the SNC still says they intend to attend the talks with Iran out of the picture. The talks are not expected to accomplish much of anything, with the US and friends insisting the goal is regime change and the Assad government suggesting that maybe the growing takeover of al-Qaeda was also worth discussing.
As I said before,”the UN is bought and paid for by Uncle Sam,” it’s objective and principles to the international community is dictated by the US. Ban Ki-Moon should be a shame of himself, and do the right thing….. Quit, you moron.
Maybe Barack Barry Soetoro Obama could replace him, exercising his national oppression for international oppression instead.
bang on Jtt
Ban Ki-moon US stooge.
An "invitation" to Iran requiring it to stab its ally in the back in order to validate the "invitation" was never a real invitation to begin with. Negotiations can not be started requiring one party to accede to all the demands of the other party before actual negotiations start.
President Assad for Life! I think the talks should focus on the eventual replacement of President Assad in a few decades with one of his sons, who will be the next President Assad (not to be confused with his grandfather, President Assad).
Helpful, well-reasoned, intelligent posts from Amir as usual. Let's destroy Syria as we did with Iraq and Libya because dictators we propped up and worked with for years are suddenly no longer a preferable option, nor is a gradual change to some sort of popular elected candidates. Imagine the same deal with Eastern Europe after the Cold War…but nah, those were/are white people, not Arabs or Levantines or whatever, so they get the kid gloves, the brown people, they get genocided.
America said these people prefer bloodshed and chaos and death compared to what they had before, so this is what we give them. By proxy now of course. Smart, Barry.
Surely Iraqis and Libyans LOVE what they ended up with, rather than what they had before.
"…a gradual change to some sort of popular elected candidates". Right, and the Baathists of Syria and Iraq during their decades in power have allowed "gradual change to some sort of popular elected candidates". It's all about racism, well, just because (no evidence or facts required). No need to actually discuss the religious, cultural and ideological reasons behind why the Mideast is such a mess. It's "racist" to do so. Better just to say the Devil (aka the "Great Satan") may them do it. Good to know.
All accomplished with green ink and black on white paper……… But the value of such stuff is not guaranteed or eternal………… !!!
For the record, I won't be attending one of these again without assurance that Uncle Sam won't be wearing the same dress.
UN-invitations are very much like un-birthdays just not so merry. Ban Ki-moon is a sadsack.
Ban Ki Moon is nothing but a SERVENT and a puppet. He did not invite Iran, but US ordered him to announce it so Iran to be discreted in front the Syrians and the people of the region since everyone including the traitor RUSSIA have agreed to topple Assad to partition the country and bring weaker states to benefit Israel. Obama is a zionist puppet and no one should trust him. When Iran refuse to accept and say it clearly in public, then Obama used Ban Ki moon, a petty servant, to uninvite Iran.
who cares about losing crediblity and respect if you can continue to show the evildoers who's boss.
Why bother with talks if you decide in advance what the result is? I suppose it is like the "Israeli peace process" with Palestine.
Look what a fine mess you have gotten me into Ban-ki …….. "Why don't we do it in the road…. No one will be watchen us…. Why don't we do it in D'road……….. Bon-ki… Yer strings R showin……… !!!