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Syria: Nobody talks About it

SweetChildofMineSweetChildofMine Posts: 842
edited February 2012 in A Moving Train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle- ... um=twitter

Just the latest, if you have been trying to follow genocide occuring there.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    russia and china vetoed any intervention there. just like the us vetoes every suggestion of action to sanction israel in the israeli palestinian conflict.

    there should be no permanent veto powers. if your country commits war crimes, like the us did in iraq and afghanistan, or looks the other way while human rights are being violated like russia and china have for decades, then you automatically lose any moral high ground. and as such, you should lose your veto power too...

    but unfortunately, the more power your country has, the more they get to dictate what happens in any specific conflict in the world.. some get addressed while others get ignored...

    syria has oil so of course the us wants to intervene, but that is not in the interests of china and russia...

    i guess it all depends on your country's interests..

    sad world we live in here...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • blueandwhiteblueandwhite Posts: 662
    The UN veto power is one of the biggest travesties of modern justice. It's kind of sad that to be in this club you have to be a nuclear superpower. As usual, the guy's with the biggest sticks are the only ones that get to ignore the law.

    Of course, it's pretty ironic that the United States is criticizing Russia and China for using their vetoes when the US has used the veto power more than every other nation combined in defence of Israel's occupation of Palestine.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    blueandwhite wrote:
    The UN veto power is one of the biggest travesties of modern justice. It's kind of sad that to be in this club you have to be a nuclear superpower. As usual, the guy's with the biggest sticks are the only ones that get to ignore the law.

    Of course, it's pretty ironic that the United States is criticizing Russia and China for using their vetoes when the US has used the veto power more than every other nation combined in defence of Israel's occupation of Palestine.
    i agree.

    and in a nutshell, the underlined part is why the united states is so disliked around the world. our government fails to recognize that. you want to stop being a target for terrorists, be more evenhanded and stop looking out for only your own interests. it is a simple solution really...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • blueandwhiteblueandwhite Posts: 662
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i agree.

    and in a nutshell, the underlined part is why the united states is so disliked around the world. our government fails to recognize that. you want to stop being a target for terrorists, be more evenhanded and stop looking out for only your own interests. it is a simple solution really...

    It would be interesting to see the US's reaction if they were asked to give up their veto power in response to their complaint. For all the whining about the atrocities in Syria (and they are atrocities), I can't imagine the US even entertaining the thought of giving up the veto. Then again, I don't think anybody on the security council would be that quick to give away such an underhanded privilege.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Two threads about Syria on the first page of the AMT now. One thread asking where the outrage is, and this one claiming that nobody talks about it. Yet not thread created simply to discuss the matter at hand. So many people wielding ulterior motives. Weird.
  • SweetChildofMineSweetChildofMine Posts: 842
    Sorry, I did not know there was another thread. I did search. Must have missed it in these pages of ________ . If it isnt on the front page, I assume it is something we are not talking about.
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