Submitted by: Donald Hank
Quote:
“What we are concerned about is
Syria’s future. We don’t want the same mistakes to be repeated in the near future. We shall remember how some regimes supported the militants in Libya and how the situation ended with the killing of the
American ambassador [in Libya],” Putin said.
Putin also warned Turkey that if Syria's Assad falls, there will be tens of thousands of refugees heading into Turkey.
Notice how the Turks fear a nuclear threat from Syria, which has no nuclear capability. In addition, a Debka file report mentions fears of other nations that Syria may be planning to use deadly sarin gas on its own people -- very far-fetched indeed, since 1) no one can control where the gas would drift to and 2) Assad probably is not stupid enough to draw any more international fire by such a desperate move. This all raises the suspicion that various countries are grasping at straws to manufacture an excuse to invade Syria or send arms.
We desperately need to stay out of any more Middle East conflicts, and Putin's reminder about the murdered ambassador in Libya is an apt warning. Will it suffice?
Don Hank
ISTANBUL
Russia is not protecting the government in Syria and is not its advocate, Russian President Vladimir Putin says while acknowledging differences with Turkey over how to achieve to end the crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that
Russia and
Turkey cannot agree on how to respond to the conflict in Syria, adding that his country is not the advocate of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
