Geopolitical Games

Using weapons of mass destruction as a tool in geopolitical games prevents an honest investigation of their alleged use in Syria, underlined the veteran Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, asserting that there are states and external players who think that all means are good if they lead to displacement of the Syrian regime. But the issue of the use of weapons of mass destruction is too serious and no one should play with it. I consider it inadmissible to use this issue and speculate on it.”

“The blame for the fact that no one investigates the particular incident that took place on March 19 and that still causes universal concern should be put on the nations that attempt to prevent the UN Secretary General from a simple and direct answer to a simple and direct question,” added Lavrov, pointing out that no one has presented any proof for claims regarding  a chemical attack near Homs and the intelligence agencies, including Western ones  said that such claims these statements lacked any detailed proof whatsoever.

Meantime, anti-war activist Lindsey German told Russian TV that the US and UK are using the possibility of chemical weapons in Syria to increase the prospect of intervention in the country, labeling  the so-called  the latest piece of evidence against Syria’s chemical weapons use “dubious”, citing US Obama’s assessments of intelligence reports in this regard as “preliminary.”

Lindsey pointed out that the same sort of story is being repeated and of course many people didn’t believe it ten years ago and many more now realize they were told lies. I think this latest piece of evidence is very dubious, even the US and British authorities are saying they’re not certain…they’re not certain at all what quantities have been used but of course they’re using the fact that supposedly chemical weapons have been used in this way to increase the prospect of intervention in Syria.

 I think this is a move where they’re trying to amass more and more reasons going to war. We already have US and British troops training in Jordan near the Syrian border. We already have money coming in from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to fund the opposition. We already have the Turkish government who has provided facilities for the Free Syrian Army. And I think this is a further ratchet up towards the possibility of war.

Dr. Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim