Russian officials protest that the new watered-down UN Security Council resolution on Syria is still not acceptable, saying it has answered “some” of the concerns but not all of them, and leaving open the possibility of a veto.
The new resolution saw a number of significant changes, including an explicit clause rejecting the “use of force or the threat of force” by the international community and calling for a resolution “without foreign military intervention.”
Russia had expressed concern that the original version of the resolution, which included vague references to “consequences,” would leave open the door for NATO to launch another Libya-style war of regime change claiming UN imprimatur.
The exact problems with the new resolution aren’t entirely clear, but reportedly the language affirming that all members of the Security Council “fully support” the Arab League’s plan is one sticking point, with Russia saying it does not want the resolution to “predetermine” the outcome of any internal negotiations on a settlement.
FOOL me once, shame on you…. FOOL me with the same TRICK again, well ….Shame on me…….
Overplaying the Libyan "hand" gets it's consequences NOW…. Fools ALL…!!!
Get rid of that HORRIBLE Clinton wo-mam…… I nominate Rodney King… Can't we all just get along…???
Russia is learning. Remember that this whole loop played out before the start of the Iraq War. Dubya and Blair were pushing the UN Sec Council for a very warlike resolution against Saddam that would have provided justification for war. Russia and France and others opposed this. There were long negotiations that resulted in a watered-down resolution (in corporate media speak terms) that the other members finally approved thinking that it did not provide a justification of war.
Then, Dubya and Blair basically stood up and lied to the world and claimed that this language did give them justification of the war, despite the long diplomatic record to the contrary.
Russia is learning not to play this game and thus give US/NATO yet another phony justification for yet another war. Good!
Can we drop the pretence that it is the Arab League's proposal. It is really a proposal from the despotic absolute rulers of Qatar and Saudi Arabia and according to Ban Ki-Moon "the "old order" of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East .