West Could Sleepwalk Into A Doomsday War With Russia – It’s Time To Wake Up By Richard Sakwa
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In his speech to the UN General Assembly on September 28 2015 Putin asked of the West, surveying years of failed military interventions that have devastated countries and destabilised whole regions: “Do you realise now what you have done?” Russia is undoubtedly a difficult partner, but on some of the most pressing global issues of our time, including Syria, the Russian analysis has been correct.
The deal offered in 2012 whereby Syrian president Bashar al-Assad would go but the secular regime in Damascus would stay was peremptorily dismissed by the West, assuming that Assad would soon fall and the “moderates” triumph. The result was years of civil war that has now spilled over into a refugee crisis that threatens Europe in its entirety.
I learned a new word reading this article "peremptorily" and thanks to Google it corrected me from using learnt for learned.
Google doesn't even think "learnt" is a word. Well I'll be?
Anyway, the destruction of Syria and the deaths of hundreds of thousands has been deliberate and criminal. The secular Syrian government needs to remain so that in the future a prosecution can be filed.
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West Could Sleepwalk Into A Doomsday War With Russia – It’s Time To Wake Up
By Richard Sakwa
Portion of article below
In his speech to the UN General Assembly on September 28 2015 Putin asked of the West, surveying years of failed military interventions that have devastated countries and destabilised whole regions: “Do you realise now what you have done?” Russia is undoubtedly a difficult partner, but on some of the most pressing global issues of our time, including Syria, the Russian analysis has been correct.
The deal offered in 2012 whereby Syrian president Bashar al-Assad would go but the secular regime in Damascus would stay was peremptorily dismissed by the West, assuming that Assad would soon fall and the “moderates” triumph. The result was years of civil war that has now spilled over into a refugee crisis that threatens Europe in its entirety.
I learned a new word reading this article "peremptorily" and thanks to Google it corrected me from using learnt for learned.
Google doesn't even think "learnt" is a word. Well I'll be?
Anyway, the destruction of Syria and the deaths of hundreds of thousands has been deliberate and criminal. The secular Syrian government needs to remain so that in the future a prosecution can be filed.
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