Thread: Syria: Not as important as Libya.

what Syrian opposition ? a bunch of illegal rebels who wouldn't be able to hold the country together if there was a regime change ? sounds familiar ?

short attention span by some supporters ?

Western and Arab countries have responded with outrage after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the veto a "travesty". The vote came a day after activists say Syrian forces bombarded a district of Homs, killing more than 200 people in the worst night of bloodshed of the 11-month uprising.

Russia said the resolution was biased and would have meant taking sides in a civil war. Syria is Moscow's rare ally in the Middle East, home to a Russian naval base and a customer for its arms. China's veto was widely seen as following Russia's lead.

Russia, China 'responsible for Syria's genocide' | Stuff.co.nz

Sky correspondent live from Syria: Shelling started in Homs in the early morning and carried on for 5 hours. Aleppo also under heavy fire.

Assad has been given a green light by the Chinese and the Russians, and he's trying to wipe out opposition strongholds.

That's about it.
If that doesn't work, then China and Russia will back the opposition.

"China does not have its own selfish interest on the issue of Syria. We don't shelter anyone. We uphold justice on the Syrian issue."

yes mate, we know your views on people asking for democratic rights. We saw them at Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Lots of parallels to last March:

Following 4 June, the government conducted widespread arrests of protesters and their supporters, cracked down on other protests around China, banned the foreign press from the country and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the domestic press

Perhaps China gave Assad their "how to deal with protests" manual.

Harry/B, your surmization in post #331 makes sense.

The situation in Syria looks increasingly likely to escalate into full on civil war which will undeniably domino around the ME.
The price of oil will go up, profiting both Iran and China.

UNO has degenerated into a bunch of codswallop.

This is a result of USA undermining of UNO.

USA wanted to be boss, as USA could not handle equality for all people.

I've opened a new thread in "Thailand and Asia News" so you can put unedited news and editorials in there.

It can be found here.

https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asi...ml#post2010334

Hilarious. Thanks to Anonymous we now know Assad was coached on what to say in his now infamous Barbara Walters bullshit, er sorry I mean interview.

The last two paragraphs can only increase support for Clinton from her countrymen.

I hope that's enough, otherwise I'll have to post it in the News forum.

Bashar Assad emails leaked, tips for ABC interview revealed In memorable interview Assad tells Walters 'We don't kill our people ... no government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.'

By Barak Ravid Tags: Bashar Assad Syria Arab Spring

Hundreds of emails from Syrian President Bashar Assad's office were leaked on Monday after an attack by the hacker group Anonymous. One of the email files, which Haaretz has obtained, was a document preparing Assad for his December 2011 interview with ABC's Barbara Walters.

The target of the attack was the mail server of the Syrian Ministry of Presidential Affairs. Among those whose email was exposed were the Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Fadlallah Azzam and Assad's media adviser, Bouthaina Shaaban.



Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks with ABC News Anchor Barbara Walters
Photo by: AP


Assad's TV interview with Walters was memorable for his repeated denials that Syrian citizens were being killed. "We don't kill our people ... no government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person," Assad told Walters.


About 10 days before the interview, Sheherazad Jaafari - a press attache at the Syrian mission to the United Nations - sent a long email to former Al Jazeera journalist Luna Chebel, who now works in Assad's bureau. She also sent the email to an aide of Shaaban's. Jaafari, who was involved in arranging the interview with Walters, also happens to be the daughter of the Syrian ambassador to the UN, Dr. Bashar Jaafari.


Jaafari Jr. wrote: "The major points and dimensions that have been mentioned a lot in the American media are: The idea of violence has been one of the major subjects brought up in every article. They use the phrases 'The Syrian government is killing its own people,' 'Tanks have been used in many cities,' 'Airplanes have been used to suppress the peaceful demonstrations,' and 'Security forces are criminals and bloody.'"


She advised: "It is hugely important and worth mentioning that 'mistakes' have been done in the beginning of the crises because we did not have a well-organized 'police force.' American psyche can be easily manipulated when they hear that there are 'mistakes' done and now we are 'fixing it.' It's worth mentioning also what is happening now in Wall Street and the way the demonstrations are been suppressed by policemen, police dogs and beatings."

Jaafari also recommended that Assad say: "Syria doesn't have a policy to torture people, unlike the USA, where there are courses and schools that specialize in teaching policemen and officers how to torture."

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

So both Russia and China have vetoed the resolution. Both looking after their own interests, and fuck the Syrian people.

Shame on these both of these scum. Perhaps they are frightened of encouraging their own pro-democracy groups.

ye that's what i thought
ssspecially russia.