As leaders of countries making up half of the world’s population firmly opposed military action against Syria without a UN mandate, the US kept pushing for a strike, claiming that many countries represented at the G20 summit were “comfortable” with it.
Although discussion of the Syrian conflict was never officially on the G20 agenda, world leaders used their statements and speeches to outline their stance on a possible US-led military strike against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the notion that there was a 50/50 split of opinion on the issue, alluding that leaders of the majority of the world’s largest economies clearly stated their opposition to military intervention in Syria.Russia, China, India, Indonesia, Argentina, Brazil, and South Africa were among the countries that openly spoke out against military action not authorized by the UN Security Council, Putin revealed.Putin himself said that he believes the alleged chemical weapons attack was nothing more than “a provocation on behalf of the armed insurgents in hope of the help from the outside, from the countries which supported them from day one.”
Taking a stand against a US-led strike
During his closing speech at the G20 summit, the Russian President pointed out that the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation – Indonesia – was among those “categorically opposed” to a strike against Syria.Indonesia has been calling on the international community to refrain from extrajudicial justice on Syria, and to wait until UN investigators publish the results of their work.“Indonesia’s stance is clear. President Yudhoyono has said that, while affirming that the use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians cannot be accepted, we need to ensure who actually carried out the attacks. In this sense, we should wait for the UN’s inspection team to announce the result of its investigation,” Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said in a statement published on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s official website.“International responses should not lead to more and worse humanitarian problems. The misery of the Syrian people has been too long and we need to ensure there is no military approach used, but instead peaceful diplomatic measures must be utilized to settle the problems,” Natalegawa added.
China has consistently opposed a military solution for the Syrian crisis, joining Russia in its belief that any action must be based on the UN investigation and authorized by the UN Security Council.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang told RT at the summit that it is “vitally important” that any move on Syria be based on the UN investigation, stressing that China is “against the use of chemical weapons by any countries or organizations.”“China and Russia are both appealing to the countries concerned to be serious about the possible consequences of the use of military means without the mandate of the UN Security Council,” Qin added, reminding that recent history has shown that such means “can’t solve a complicated issue like Syria.”Meanwhile, China’s vice finance minister, Zhu Guangyao, has warned that a strike would have a negative impact on the global economy and “cause a hike in the oil price.”
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we all can have a voice IF WE KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE and the price EACH PERSON HAS to pay to express our opinion to others who are among them.
so the part of the earth you live in: is if you will be and are labeled a terrorist, crazy huppie, naive person who still believes that their statements have no recourse from the rulilng class in that section of earth and are safe from harm just being one person standing with one's truth to share with others, i don't mean nagging, even jesus paid the price of showing the tactics of the ruling class, with his life, many others have had the same fate as well.
the truth is harm happens all the time to the so called rightous ones, when the person gets to close to the exposures of tactics and gloals of the ruling class, history of mankind has shown this time and time again, no matter how just the written rules were of that goverment framework, some small groups of high I.Q. still think they are above the law and do as they please, and use the rules of those laws get twisted and used as an excuse to punish others who expose them or get in their way.
i ponder of the timing between the talks of wars and the top national security status of the exposed N.S.A. spying program that has the WHOLE WORLD POPULATION watched very closely now, and proven to exist.
why now is the n.s.a. tactics are being treated as old news, no big deal, what is that about, covered up with b.s. slogans of fear porn all over the news media, keeping the mind of all of us to ponder the value of the n.s.a. tools for spying not just the evil ones but all of us, all the time.
the extreme control programs of the goverments of any groups of people is not freedom, for instance in big prisons that the whole population in there is watched very closely, they say for secuity purposes for the safetly of the same populations, so was this hitler's excuse to have spies all over the towns gathering informantion on every single persons: what where when why. then the descision is what value each person has, to be left alive and for how long.
The seven rays are also expressed through nations, as well as individual persons.....
Russia's esoteric potency at this high energy time, is being made ever more effective, by the incoming seventh ray of Aquarius...noting that as a nation, Russia is increasingly expressing it's soul aspect.....Let us hope that the world takes heed....and steps back from the brink of war.....
The seventh ray soul of Russia is creating a united front which seeks to bring synthesis....and acknowledge the truism of the one humanity..united in PEACE.
If the UN gets the facts and it fingers Syria then I think they should put a shot across the bow so to speak. Otherwise it is not clear who is the bad guys their and NO boots on the ground.