The UN is crazy......... Syria

[babette]

Still waiting for when the UN approved the US invasion of Iraq

[babette]

Why some are suggesting that the US was not in a war in Kuwait as well.
The history books must be incorrect.

[IQS.RLOW]

Why some are suggesting that the US was not in a war in Kuwait as well.
The history books must be incorrect.

According to your logic, the US are at war with England if they capture a terrorist on English soil, Aussie.

[Rorschach]

Australia right to back Syria strike: Carr
* by: By Julian Drape, AAP Europe Correspondent
* From: AAP
* September 06, 2013 8:25PM

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has denied Australia was too quick to back a strike against Syria as US President Barack Obama struggles to persuade other world leaders to support punitive military action.

Leaders meeting at the G20 summit in St Petersburg have failed to bridge their bitter divisions over the US plan with Russian President Vladimir Putin steadfastly opposing any intervention.

Mr Putin is supported by China and even the European Union, which argues a strike isn't the answer.

Senator Carr, however, rejects any suggestion Australia is on the wrong side of the argument.

"No these (issues) are all still very much being discussed," he told AAP on Friday in St Petersburg.

"The position we adopted was correct. Chemical weapons use produces mass atrocity crimes.

"If the world doesn't respond in a way that's appropriate and proportionate, then other dictators will think they can gas children." pretty simplistic thinking their Bob.

Eight G20 countries on Friday accepted Australia's plan for a medical pact for Syria.

It would allow medicines to be distributed throughout government and anti-government zones, and protect hospitals and their staff everywhere.

The sick and wounded would be guaranteed safe evacuation from war-torn regions.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon attended Friday's medical pact meeting.

"We look forward to the UN (now) adopting these provisions and getting agreement in Syria for the different forces to adhere to it," Senator Carr said afterwards.

Securing backing for the plan was a win for Australian diplomacy, but more importantly, a move towards humanitarian relief for people suffering in Syria, the foreign minister said. So on the one hand we want to help and on the other we want to bomb... good thing we want to help eh.

Earlier he revealed a late-night dinner on Thursday failed to bring divided world leaders closer to a consensus on possible military action.

"All countries expressed their views, there was no consensus and there was no hope of movement from the UN Security Council," Senator Carr said.

Canberra's assessment of the evidence out of Syria is that President Bashar al-Assad's regime did use chemical weapons against its own people.

Senator Carr has reiterated Australia's in-principle support for a limited US air strike that doesn't involve boots on the ground.

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[Rorschach]

US isolated as France backpedals

THE United States and its allies appear more isolated on their stance over Syria, with France saying it will wait on a UN inspectors report.

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[DaS Energy]

While it is true 70% of Americas economy is geared for war, busted stallion Obama wont capitalise on Syria as he is all piss and wind. Russia and China said no and Obama could not say "yes sir" quick enough!

[Neferti]

While it is true 70% of Americas economy is geared for war, busted stallion Obama wont capitalise on Syria as he is all piss and wind. Russia and China said no and Obama could not say "yes sir" quick enough!

Good.

[babette]

While it is true 70% of Americas economy is geared for war, busted stallion Obama wont capitalise on Syria as he is all piss and wind. Russia and China said no and Obama could not say "yes sir" quick enough!

The US's economy need wars and conflicts to survive

[Chard]

While it is true 70% of Americas economy is geared for war,

Where the fuck are you getting that from? At the height of WWII our economy never went about 47% of output being production of war stocks. That's the highest percentage of our economy on an at war footing in our history. On our current peacetime footing, especially considering we're still drawing down from ill-advised adventures in Iraq and preparing to do the same in Afghanistan, the total US "war economy" is less than 4% of our economy.

busted stallion Obama wont capitalise on Syria as he is all piss and wind.

All Obama can do is authorize air strikes at this point. In order to land ground troops for any length of time he'd need the approval of Congress for both the use of troops and the extra funding needed for operations.

Russia and China said no and Obama could not say "yes sir" quick enough!

The most Russia do is offer to sell more arms to Assad's regime and hope the Republicans in our Congress tell King Barry the Unwise to put it back in his pants. Even if for unfathomable reason Congress were to fully authorize and fund a full invasion of Syria with the intent of pulling an Iraq 2.0 Russia isn't about to start world war three over fucking Syria.

China is in an even worse position considering we're still pretty much their largest single trading partner.

[Super Nova]

Russia is clever they now have a proposal for Syria to handover all chemical weapons to UN to prevent US attack.

Syria has not agreed yet.

Play 1 to the Russians. Round 2 begins.