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Showing Original Post only (View all)Putin published an op-ed in the NYTimes cautioning US against military strike in Syria [View all]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has published a an op-ed in the New York Times cautioning the US government against a military strike in Syria. "Events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders," the president wrote. "It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies."
Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated the Nazis together. The universal international organization the United Nations was then established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again.
The United Nations founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with Americas consent the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades.
No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.
The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders, including the pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syrias borders. A strike would increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism. It could undermine multilateral efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and further destabilize the Middle East and North Africa. It could throw the entire system of international law and order out of balance.
read the rest at the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html?src=twr&_r=1&
Spencer Ackerman ?@attackerman 17m
Putin's only suggestion to the NYT op-ed editor: "Cut what you need to cut. Just please post it on 9/11."
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Putin published an op-ed in the NYTimes cautioning US against military strike in Syria [View all]
bigtree
Sep 2013
OP
Isn't Putin wonderful? I think he should be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#15
Putin says there are reports the rebels are planning a chemical attack on Israel.
ProSense
Sep 2013
#8
I've been saying there are atrocities on both sides of the civil conflict there
bigtree
Sep 2013
#11
Because it's easier to sit on your hands can continue to supply Syria with arms
davidpdx
Sep 2013
#14