"On behalf of entire Syrian people," Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad thanked assembled Russian military for what y did. We will not forget it ". He met Vladimir Putin at beginning of week in Sochi, who embraced him for his welcome: human warmth between warlords.
There was still a long way to go before "complete victory over terrorists" had been achieved, Russian president had told him – once again all opponents of regime were meant once again without exception. With common ideas of terrorism and its combat, war of annihilation that Assad and his allies in Syria are also waging against civilian population cannot be confused. So what is to be kept from announcement, joint military deployment is in fact close to its end? Perhaps this simply means that Moscow is satisfied with status quo and leaves remaining massacres to ors.
There has long been a military solutionFor more than two years, Russia has bombed for Assad under pretext of ANTITERRORKAMPFS, along with illusion of a peace process that has always been so far alive that all those who could not or did not really want to act on formula of diplomacy Parenses were allowed: "There is no military solution in Syria" – while or precisely mercilessly drive side of regime alongside Russia in first place Iran.
If Russia again and again blocks UN Security Council for benefit of its protégé – most recently with veto of an extension of investigation into poison gas attack by Chan Scheichun – that has almost no news value. If Geneva peace talks under UN mediation, which are to be resumed next week, are being considered far from reality over a new constitution and elections, this is actually just a sad event without impact.
Involuntary cynicismWhat happens in Syria has been decided by ors, and y will also determine how to proceed. In professional naivety of news agencies, this is what this day says: "Russia, Turkey and Iran have been striving for a deescalation of conflict since beginning of year." And now Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Hassan Ruhani would be discussing a "political solution to civil War."
In face of hundreds of thousands of deaths, millions of refugees and countless people still being besieged, starved and wiped out, this is hard to bear. But, at start of joint summit on Wednesday, Putin surpassed any involuntary cynicism: all three states had averted a humanitarian catastrophe and prevented Syria from decaying and being overrun by international terrorists, he said.
Date Of Update: 23 November 2017, 12:02
