Russia and China both vetoed a UN Security Council vote on Friday that was meant to guide cross-border aid transfer into Syria. The previous version of this authorization expires Friday night.
This was yet another East vs. West vote at the UN Security Council, reflecting the split on the future of Syria, and there was more to this language than initially meets the eye. At issue was the number of border crossings from Turkey into Turkey-controlled Syria.
Because Syria is still fighting Turkish-backed rebels, Syria’s allies would like to see the opportunities for cross-border shenanigans minimized, and that means keeping aid limited to just one crossing. The UN mandated two in their bill, which is why Russia and China vetoed it.
Western officials, who are pro regime-change, uniformly supported the UN plan, and followed up the veto by loudly condemning Russia for the humanitarian impact that the veto might conceivably have. They emphasized the risk of Covid-19 in Syria, and suggested not enough is being done for the health care system.
I hope somebody will clarify this article. The issue is NOT crossing from Turkey into Turkey controlled area, but from Turkey into North East where US and West are trying to put their roots down on Syria, Turkey and Iraq border. All the crossings mentioned there would TREAT KURDISH AREA AS REBEL CONTROLLED. But ever since Turkey entry into Syria, Kurds took protection from Syrian forces and Russian police. Kobane, former capital of secession minded YPG is under government control. The fiction is maintained that northern part is under Kurdish control — so US wants delivery INDEPENDENTLY not through Syrian government. Russia and China are telling them — Government has access to the area population and will deliver — just will not allow UN to deal with faction that US is trying to prop.
None of them are isolated and without food or medicine. Russia, China or Turkey for that matter — do not want open border there for infiltration of PKK to Syria. Turkey fought YPG around Tel Abyad and Ras Al-Ayn — formerly majority Arab towns taken over by Kurds — and will not want to see that border become porous AGAIN. NATO faction in UN is just wasting everyone’s time and money — time to stop angling on how to infiltrate troublemakers back into Syria.
Russia and Turkey are JOINTLY patrolling most of the border there except close to Iraq border.
Russia would allow one crossing for six months — but NATO block is insulted. Not enough time to smuggle in arms and PKK fighters.
Turkey will have Russia and China deal with that.
Wow, Bianca pulls back the curtain on more deadly mischief by the usual suspects… I think we all know WHO, but the how & why are vital to understand this seemingly innocent ploy to reinforce the oust Assad effort.. No one ever says or seems to know what would come next. Just like in Libya!!! So when the slave markets open, selling women and children at auctions, everyone just wrings their hands and says “How could we know”??? Like its some kind of mystery what government by mercenaries ends up! 1000s of thanks to Bianca for once again telling us the real facts & story!!!
Unfortunately, they are practicing the process at home. We must be blind not to notice the privatization of Congress and the Party scripted lines, where the lowest ranging politicians like in a good theatre perform at once to advance private interests and make pleasing noises for their home electorate. Senators no longer have to work hard — nobody expects them to care for the interests of their states in the least. Pentagon privatized long time ago. Various branches of administration, CIA and other secret factors, ditto.
Governments had their IT privatized long time ago — private sector knows more about what government does then the government. Now clamoring for privatized police. We know how that worked in England before professional police force was established. Slave markets under some more progressive name are around the corner.
As for goings on in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan. Tell Trump that he will look like a loser — is equivalent to red flag to a bull.
He cannot stop poking at Syria, finding new losers to arm and fund — or else Russia wins!
In Afghanistan — can he pull back and let Russia get away with interfering? It natters nothing that it is rubbish — it will be repeated, queried, forever.
In Iraq, Trump cannot pull back and let Iran win — can he?
In Libya — Egypt and Turkey are trying to end the conflict by supporting opposite sides and having influence over both. Russia supporting Egypt from the start — but when US leaned on Hefter to cede influence to US (veiled threats to his US family), Turkey with Russia’s help took the side of abandoned UN recognized government — easing the pressure on Heftar.
We are now after them — but Tripoli is free to make deals internationally as it is recognized!
Peace in Libya can be achieved a number of ways so they can move on.
But no — remember, Trump has been told he cannot lose — which today it means preventing peace, lest somebody else gets credit.
Lavrov said the other day — US wants to win nuclear war, and that there is no chance the Nuclear accord will be reached. We are blind not to see where it leads. All Trump’s good intentions crashed in the “Must be Winner” rock.
Winning or at least not losing is THE obsession.
It just HAPPENS that it so neatly dovetails with fat private interests driving our “defense” spending. Happy neocon days are back again. The formula works.
Bianca, have you seen this stuff about Epstein and Robert Maxwell, how Jeffrey was hanging around Maxwell office in London alot in the 80s between his Mideast trips on his fake Australian passport. It’s been reported by Mint Pres’s along with other details and links that the blackmail was “State Sponsored” and Billy Boy was their first proirity. And Gee, didn’t he take quite a number of cruises on Jeffe”s love ship to his private harem island.. Seems that the MSM doesn’t think it’s even worth a mention, & certainly not political dynamite. Just a boring highest end child honey trap…??? I’m telling you this stinks like a dead pedo… Or 1 quietly relocated by some of our three letter boyz!
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