Sunday, June 10, 2012

Putin + al Assad = alliance


Hi everybody, 

Since this Syrian Uprising won’t be going away any time soon, I might as well write more about the ongoing struggle in the Middle East, and why Russia is even involved. And, I'd also like to show you a video I found moving. 

The US government is now looking more into the situation of Russia intervening with the Syrian Rebellion. There was some news recently about a  Russian cargo ship bringing arms to a Syrian dockyard. We know Syria is using arms to put down civilians (and children) who are protesting the government. 

Russian cago ship headed to Syria

Russia has an alliance with Bashar al Assad. You might wonder why a country like Russia would invest their time and energy in a small country in the Middle East.
Vladimir Putin and Bashar al Assad

1There are four main reasons why Russia is allied with Syria:

    1. Syria buys arms from Russia which gives Russia income. Russia gains wealth selling arms to foreign countries. 

22. Syria is Russia’s only ally in the Middle East. 

  3. Syria holds a Mediterranean naval port for Russia. Militarily, it's important for Russia to have a base in the region. 

44. The current Russian President, Vladimir Putin, wants to look politically strong to his people, and he and the Russians believe it's the Wests fault the Arab Spring is happening. 


It looks to me like Russia is trying to show it's political strength and gain power at the price of innocent children and civilians. 



On another note, I saw a very sad video about the torture of children in Syria on Anderson Cooper.

Warning....It’s very sad and intense (my mom actually cried), but it is eye opening to what is going on in Syria.


I would also like to give a round of applause to the videographer Robert King, for risking his life, and filming this incredible video. I would also like to thank Anderson Cooper for caring about the chaos in Syria!

Thanks everyone!

Emmanuel

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for letting us know why Russia would be involved, or even care about the Syrian uprisings. It's sad to see so many children victimized for political gain.

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  2. Why are the last nazi war criminals hiding in Syria? Ohlig & Puim show Islamic extremism came from Syriac monophysates, products of Chrysustolm trying to consummate the Channukah crimes of his Seleucid forefathers. ("Questioning is the subversion of faith" Homily I on I Timothy I- Such was the dark mind that led Justinian to abolish the universities and Olympics and bring on the palgues.) Nesselrode sent Porphy Uspensky to de-Hellenize the Antiochians which led to Michel Aflaq founding the Nazi Ba'ath party which is why Putin hid Saddam's WMD in Syria! The Ochrafux church is a war criminal organization which must be prosecuted!

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