In an interview today with Russia’s Channel One network, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov condemned the US over delays on a UN resolution for Syria’s chemical weapons disarmament, accusing US officials of trying to blackmail Russia and the world into turning the resolution into an authorization for war against Syria.
According to Lavrov, the US has threatened to withdraw from all cooperation with the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) if the UN resolution doesn’t include a Chapter VII authorization for military action if Syria is ever seen as “not complying.”
In practice that’s a blanket authorization for military force, since chemical weapons disarmament is a long, complicated process and deadlines are certain to be missed by the very nature of the process. The US, for instance, has been trying to disarm for nearly 50 years, and is still nowhere near done, and expects Syria to finish the entire process in just a matter of months.
Russia and China have repeatedly blocked Syria resolutions seeking to authorize military action, and the US had seemingly given up on the idea until Syria’s ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) opened up the prospect of a UN Security Council resolution affirming Syria’s intent to disarm and offering international assistance.
Instead of standing on its own, the resolution is being cynically turned into a catch-all authorization for war by US officials, and may ultimately leave Syria disarming without any direct UN support.
White man speak with fork tongue…
It’s as old as America itself
This is the first good article I can remind having read by Jason Ditz.
Typical "bully-boy" tactics by the US.
They did the same in negotiations with Iran over its enrichment program and when Iran agreed to what was on the table they roared in anger and demanded more.
It is not possible to negotiate with the current USG in good faith because they have no honour.
I do not think that this desperate signing of disarmament from Chemical weapons could be a solution, when the US Jihadi terrorists still have Sarin gas and others. They will use it again and USA will say Assad did not really hand over all the poison gas. Thew world leading imperialist power knows very well how to launch a psychological and guerrilla warfare – just check the paper about US Army unconventional warfare which you will find when searching for "unconventional" at http://08oo.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/key-reasons-…
And finally the want to invade – this is only possible when Syria is disarmed !
BTW: the use of poison gas would be an excellent solution to fight those US killer rats and save the houses of the Afghan people.
In those situations where the population had the chance to escape occupied houses, this would help to save lives of innocent people including the troops.
Also currently it takes a long time to clean occupied houses from these looters, rapists and killers, because often it is not clear if the are using civilians as shield.
Syria shouldn't disarm unless they are guaranteed by all parties -including Russia- that they won't be attacked once they get rid of their chemical weapons. In the absence of this guarantee, then they should demand from the Russians a mutual defense agreement so that Russian nuclear umbrella provides security to Syria. In the world of world politics, there is no loyalty nor moral of any kind, only interests in a state of flux.