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Amid fresh bloodshed in the Syrian city of Homs, the U.N. Security Council on Saturday failed to pass a resolution calling on the Syrian president to step down.
Russia and China vetoed the resolution endorsing an Arab League call for Bashar Assad to leave power. The other 13 council members, including the U.S., France and Britain, voted in favor of the resolution.
Originally posted by CottonwoodStormy
reply to post by Ralphy
It sure shows where the likely stances will be with regards to Iran too. Sad day when world leaders cannot agree onn a road map to peace, what does that leave the international community with...covert operations.
Originally posted by PrinceDreamer
The US are not interested in stopping the violence, they are interested in having a puppet regime installed and lessening Russia's influence in the ME, both Russia and China know this and that is why the veto, it was obvious from the start this would happen and it is no surprise especially how the US, UK and France mission creeped and went well beyond the last resolution
In all, anti-Assad demonstrators stormed at least five embassies in Europe and the Middle East.
Originally posted by Ralphy
Looks like China and Russia are trying to assert their control in the world through the U.N. at the moment. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the west worked around the U.N. to accomplish their goal of stopping the violence in Syria. Who knows, I'm interested in where this situation goes from here.
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Originally posted by Ralphy
Looks like China and Russia are trying to assert their control in the world through the U.N. at the moment. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the west worked around the U.N. to accomplish their goal of stopping the violence in Syria. Who knows, I'm interested in where this situation goes from here.
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71. The Mission determined that there is an armed entity that is not mentioned in the protocol. This development on the ground can undoubtedly be attributed to the excessive use of force by Syrian Government forces in response to protests that occurred before the deployment of the Mission demanding the fall of the regime. In some zones, this armed entity reacted by attacking Syrian security forces and citizens, causing the Government to respond with further violence. In the end, innocent citizens pay the price for those actions with life and limb.
Looks like China and Russia are trying to assert their control in the world through the U.N.