This is what confuses me because they both (Russia and China) have veto power on the UN security council. If either of them really opposed military action they would have vetoed it.revhappy wrote:Interesting. US, UK and France have conducted air strikes on Libya. Russia and China are opposing it.
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There is a slight reason why they do not veto, when it comes to choice of radicals V's moderates in power. Russia & China have their own problems with far left groups and most of the groups around the world collaborate and share information to reach their goals, so I don't think it is unusual if they can utilise others to step in and counter the problem. Russia & China also supply weapons to many of the radicle countries involved too, so it would also be bad for business both ways. So better to stay neutral.Calmday wrote:This is what confuses me because they both (Russia and China) have veto power on the UN security council. If either of them really opposed military action they would have vetoed it.revhappy wrote:Interesting. US, UK and France have conducted air strikes on Libya. Russia and China are opposing it.
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I also think they abstained because military action would have happened anyway.
Russia is putting on a bad face though they desperately *want* military intervention to take place.
And China probably doesn't want to be seen as being supportive of a dictator about to launch a siege on a city, and as mentioned above does not want to get relegated to the role of an insignificant member of the Security Council whose veto did not stop the rightful course of action from taking place.
Russia is putting on a bad face though they desperately *want* military intervention to take place.
And China probably doesn't want to be seen as being supportive of a dictator about to launch a siege on a city, and as mentioned above does not want to get relegated to the role of an insignificant member of the Security Council whose veto did not stop the rightful course of action from taking place.
Of course I believe the conspiracy has always been there, that is what counter insurgency measures are all about Libya is a large prize for the taking for both sides, one by one, it will be an effort to get moderates in power.aster wrote:I also think they abstained because military action would have happened anyway.
Russia is putting on a bad face though they desperately *want* military intervention to take place.
And China probably doesn't want to be seen as being supportive of a dictator about to launch a siege on a city, and as mentioned above does not want to get relegated to the role of an insignificant member of the Security Council whose veto did not stop the rightful course of action from taking place.
This is not only about al qaeda but also a degree of socialist rules, tribal power, against moderates, the holy warriors are mostly raised on socialist theories, though the tribes are quite split and opinionated.
Exactly they both have their own interpretation of communism too, funnily enough they are making headway on market economies, but still rule with Iron fists, a little like the mafia in a wayJR8 wrote:Russia and China, as tyrannical dictatorships are hardly in a position to start posturing against another country on the basis that it is a tyrannical dictatorship.

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