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Sino-Western conflict on the U.N. Syrian resolution : Comments

By Chin Jin, published 10/2/2012

China will continue to vote against Syrian sanctions even if Russia submits to world pressure.

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China's decision to veto the UN resolution had as much to do with its "self-survival" and "rescuing its 'Holy Alliance' of autocracies" as America's decision to invade Iraq had to do with "weapons of mass destruction". It doesn't seem to occur to Mr Jin that maybe China's decision was based upon a desire to not take sides in an ARMED conflict that is seemingly morphing into a civil war. To do the contrary and intervene would only result in another Libya-type scenario playing out, in which NATO's airforce was given free reign to the end the lives of pro-government supporters (including thousands of civilians) behind the pretext of "protecting the Libyan people." As was the case in Libya, the Syrian government is not massacring its people as the Western media is portraying it to be. This is a war. Why is that in excess of 2000 Syrian government soldiers have died hitherto? It seems implausible that they all committed suicide. By ignoring this information which is contractory to his "just world" worldview, Mr Jin, along with the plethora of Western journalists who continue to misreport the conflict as a massacre, are merely inciting violence worldwide, as has been evident in the spate of attacks on Syrian embassies in recent days.
Incidentally, it is morally reprehensible for Mr Jin to have insidiously hijacked the current conflict in Syria to advance his anti-Chinese agenda.
Posted by Moqtada Al-Asaad, Sunday, 12 February 2012 3:51:24 PM
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Well said, Moqtada. Tragically, as a result of the arms supplied from outside, it has already morphed into a civil war, and by definition that involves a government killing its own citizens- an outcome Russia and China had tried to head off( what ever their range of motives).
Though I have reservations, for a rare alternative opinion see:
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29221

It is only a relatively minor issue , but American hypocrisy is awful: Syria has long had a tolerant attitude toward religious minorities, but, now, interventionists are ignoring warnings by Catholic bishops and other Christians that if the Assad regime falls to Islamists, there may well be a massacre of Christians.Leslie.
Posted by Leslie, Monday, 13 February 2012 5:49:40 PM
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