China Officially Backs Russia On Syria, Warns "Military Action Would Have Negative Impact On Global Economy"
Until now China had kept a relatively low profile on the Syria issue, occasionally issuing veiled support for the Assad regime. That changed at today's G-20 meeting in Russia, when China's vice-finance minister Zhu Guangyao officially launched the Syrian axis of Russia and China, both of which now indirectly support the Assad regime, and oppose US-led military intervention. From the FT: "China warned on Thursday that military intervention in Syria would hurt the world economy and push up oil prices, reinforcing Vladimir Putin’s attempts to talk US President Barack Obama out of air strikes. “Military action would have a negative impact on the global economy, especially on the oil price – it will cause a hike in the oil price,”Chinese vice-finance minister Zhu Guangyao told a briefing before the start of the G20 leaders’ talks."
This follows Obama's humiliating backtracking on his "redline" statement from yesterday at Stockholm, which hardly won the punting president much allies in the "world":
Mr Obama said that he had not set a “red line” over the use of chemical weapons in Syria, saying “the world set a red line”, a reference to a global treaty banning their use.... “We as a country and the world are going to have to take tough choices,” he said. Russia and China have made it clear they will veto action on Syria in the Security Council.
Perhaps Russia and China, two of the most important nations in the world, are not part of it according to the US president?
Indeed, the "world" will have enough opportunities to chime in during the 2 day summit, at which Syria will surely be the dominant topic.
The G20 agenda is dominated by economic issues but Syria threatens to overshadow the meeting, as the US Congress debates Mr Obama’s request that it authorise a limited strike to degrade Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile and deter their further use.Mr Putin said Mr Kerry had misled Congress earlier in the week, when he claimed he denied that al-Qaeda fighters were playing a larger role among rebel groups.“As a matter of fact, “the principal combative unit [acting in Syria now] is the so-called [Jebhat a] Nusra, which is an al-Qaeda unit,” Mr Putin said. “And they know this . . . and he is telling an outright lie, and he knows that he is lying.”UN inspectors examining the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria delivered their evidence to a series of laboratories in Europe on Tuesday, according to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon, though he said it was not clear whether their findings would be published in time to influence the debate in Congress.“Our work is a scientific process, their work is a political timeline” he said in an interview with the FT, expressing a hint of frustration. He stopped short of urging US political leaders to wait for the outcome of inspectors’ report, but said the international community should get proof before acting.“I hope during the G20 the world leaders – Obama, Putin, other members of the security council, and other nations, will be able to discuss this matter bilaterally and collectively” he said.
It is unclear if Edward Snowden will make a guest appearance at the summit. It is also unclear if and how many ships China has dispatched in the general direction of the Mediterranean, uncorroborated media reports notwithstanding.
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=224073
( How long before China or Russia throws this fact onto the table ? )
Obama's BS On Chemical Weapons In Syria
Every time this buttclown, McStain, Graham or the others open their mouths (or McStain plays poker during the Senate hearing yesterday) they continue to obfuscate and ignore the bottom line:
A military strike at Assad's government IS ACTING AS AL QAIDA'S AIR FORCE.
The rest of this debate is arm-waving.
A military strike at Assad's government IS ACTING AS AL QAIDA'S AIR FORCE.
Al Qaida is a sworn enemy of the United States. The United States has ratified their statement of being our enemy through more than 10 years of continual declaration of a "state of emergency" citing the so-called "war on terror."
It is an act of Treason according to our Constitution to provide material aid and comfort to a sworn enemy of our nation.
A military strike at Assad's government IS ACTING AS AL QAIDA'S AIR FORCE.
I am not convinced that Assad's people used the chemical weapons. They would be insane to do so; they are winning the civil war and irrespective of winning or losing there was no political calculus that makes sense for them to use this sort of munition.
There is always, of course, the possibility that Assad is in fact insane, or that one of his field people used the weapons without his explicit consent.
The risk we take if we're wrong on who used the chems, however, is beyond belief; these rebels have a history of videotaping their heinous actions in ways that cannot be refuted later, such as cutting off people's heads, burning churches with people inside and eating hearts.
If, in fact, they used the chems the minute the missiles fly you can expect proof of their action and a loud cheer for the United States to come from them, complete with a video showing them firing the shell into the buildings that had the victims in them, leaving exactly zero doubt who did what and what they did it with.
But let's assume I'm wrong on this and Assad did use them, despite there being no logical reason for him to have done so.
Then it still comes back to this:
A military strike at Assad's government IS ACTING AS AL QAIDA'S AIR FORCE.
We can't get around that reality folks, and it is that reality which were our nation, military and civilian leadership comprised of people who had allegiance to our country rather than a bunch of Muslim jihadists we would not be having this "discussion" and "vote."
America is about to provide formal support to and the military air power for Muslim Jihadists.
And about those " moderate " rebels we support ...... Do we even know who we are supporting over there ? Do we really care ?
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