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02-05-2012, 08:22 PM
Russia’s Concern over the West’s Alliance with the Islamists (http://english.alarabiya.net/views/2012/02/05/192648.html).
This is a very good piece in Al-Arabiya. Written before Russia and China vetoed the proposed Security Council Resolution on Syria, it contains interesting details and analysis that are superior to simplistic American
propaganda.
Several key excerpts are below. Bold font is mine:
… Russia’s escalation has come to demonstrate to the United States, Britain, France and the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) that what it considered to have been deception and disdain for it in the experience of Libya through a Security Council resolution, would never happen again under any circumstances.
… Moscow has engaged Arab countries over the details of the transitional process, even as it was publicly stating that it absolutely rejects any reference to Assad stepping down in a Security Council resolution.
… In other words, Russia seems as if it had entered the line of the formula of departure in order to be party to it, not just to provide asylum and immunity, but in fact also in order to be a main partner in decision-making on the issue of Syria after the current regime. This way it would not be excluded, deceived or disparaged, as it was in the issue of Libya.
… One of the sources of Russia’s fears from the change that is taking place in the Arab region is the rise of Islamist political parties to power, in the places where the change known as the Arab Spring has occurred.
… Russia has many doubts at this level, most prominently: what is behind redrawing the map of the region on the basis of the Islamists, and in particular the Muslim Brotherhood, being in power? And why are Western countries, headed by the United States, rushing to roll out the red carpet for them?
… There is indeed a solid logic behind Russia’s doubts regarding the West – and in particular the United States – adopting the Muslim Brotherhood…
… Today, Russia finds itself in a state of calculated siege, emerging through the new semi-alliance between the Americans – and the West in general – and the Islamists. The Barack Obama Administration seems to be at the forefront of this new alliance.
This is a very good piece in Al-Arabiya. Written before Russia and China vetoed the proposed Security Council Resolution on Syria, it contains interesting details and analysis that are superior to simplistic American
propaganda.
Several key excerpts are below. Bold font is mine:
… Russia’s escalation has come to demonstrate to the United States, Britain, France and the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) that what it considered to have been deception and disdain for it in the experience of Libya through a Security Council resolution, would never happen again under any circumstances.
… Moscow has engaged Arab countries over the details of the transitional process, even as it was publicly stating that it absolutely rejects any reference to Assad stepping down in a Security Council resolution.
… In other words, Russia seems as if it had entered the line of the formula of departure in order to be party to it, not just to provide asylum and immunity, but in fact also in order to be a main partner in decision-making on the issue of Syria after the current regime. This way it would not be excluded, deceived or disparaged, as it was in the issue of Libya.
… One of the sources of Russia’s fears from the change that is taking place in the Arab region is the rise of Islamist political parties to power, in the places where the change known as the Arab Spring has occurred.
… Russia has many doubts at this level, most prominently: what is behind redrawing the map of the region on the basis of the Islamists, and in particular the Muslim Brotherhood, being in power? And why are Western countries, headed by the United States, rushing to roll out the red carpet for them?
… There is indeed a solid logic behind Russia’s doubts regarding the West – and in particular the United States – adopting the Muslim Brotherhood…
… Today, Russia finds itself in a state of calculated siege, emerging through the new semi-alliance between the Americans – and the West in general – and the Islamists. The Barack Obama Administration seems to be at the forefront of this new alliance.