MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
has warned the West not to take unilateral action on Syria, saying that Russia
and China agree that violations of international law and the United Nations
charter are impermissible.
Russia and China have opposed military intervention in Syria
throughout 17 months of bloodshed and have vetoed three U.N. Security Council
resolutions backed by Western and Arab states that would raise pressure on
Damascus to end violence.
Lavrov, cited by Russian news agencies at a meeting with
China's top diplomat, was speaking a day after U.S. President Barack Obama, in
some of his strongest language yet, said U.S. forces could move against
President Bashar al-Assad if he deploys chemical weapons against rebels trying
to overthrow him.. . . . . .
Editor’s notes: three
considerations come to mind. First,
one wonders what a broken down military might (Russia) and a nation with
a navy that is not ready for blue-water combat (China) have in mind, with news of their warning to the US. But, speaking of "broken down" and "not ready for combat," does anyone know just how weak our military force is, after four years of Obama?
Secondly,
there should be concern that the Obama Administration in not in
diplomatic negotiations with these two countries, at some level On June 3,
of 2012, a Chinese news service gave us
this insight into the developing relationship between Russia and China.
"During
Putin's visit, officials from both Russia and China are going to sign a joint
communique on relations and their entrepreneurs will sign a number of
agreements," Lavrov said. The two
countries will also explore ways of further promoting their trade and economic
relations, including how to optimize their bilateral trade structure, ensure
rational use and protection of cross-border water resources, and conducting
joint border inspections, he added.
Understand
that the world is filled with evil and if Obama’s foreign policy does not
include an aggressive and ongoing diplomatic effort on all fronts, and it clearly does not, our future as relates to national security, is in grave danger. This nation's last effort at world leadership, traditionally an extension of our military might, was a failed "Cap and Trade" summit in Copenhagen (November of 2009), nearly three years ago. Since that time, Obama has gutted our nuclear arsenal, drastically cut our military to the point that we can no longer fight a multi-front war, and destroyed our image as a world power.
And
finally, why the red line in the sand
over the use of chemical warfare in Syria?
I really do not get this restriction.
Apparently, it is “o.k.” to kill
30,000 innocents and more, just as long as the Syrian Government does
not use chemicals to get the job done. Is that what this Know Nothing in our White House is saying?
Geeeeesh.
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