Ukraine and Syria: May Allah Make Russia's Pain Severe! (Al-Madina, Saudi Arabia)
"The sense of a united Europe is that the east is
threatened, and that there is a need for tight collaboration on an issue so
vital there is no room for hesitation or trickery. That was not the case for
the sanctions against Iran, which were so regularly circumvented! ... Will
China stand on the sidelines, or will it be quick to take advantage of one
locked door to open its own even wider? ... To what extent will economic
sanctions weaken Russia's criminal role in Syria? Oh Allah, make their punishment
severe, and bestow comfort on the Syrians soon!!"
Who
will blink first? Last week, during his meeting with Ukraine's prime minister designate
ArseniyYatsenyuk, Obama warned Putin of the economic
sanctions Russia would face if the Ukraine crisis continued, either with
Russia's annexation of Crimea, or its declaration of independent statehood with
the consent of no one but Russia's. The referendum last Sunday paved the way
for Moscow to begin meddling in the affairs of an independent sovereign state.
It
isn't yet clear how deep U.S. and European sanctions on Russia will be, which is
a superpower militarily, but not economically.
What
can the allies do in their confrontation with Russia? Will Russia fail to bear economic
sanctions, when even Iran managed to survive every form of sanction the U.S.
and its allies managed to impose for years on end? Isn't the situation for
Russia today different? Indeed it is, because the sense of a united Europe is
that the east is threatened, and that there is a need for tight collaboration
on an issue so vital there is no room for hesitation or trickery. That was not
the case for the sanctions against Iran, which were so regularly circumvented!
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By Worldmeets.US
Will
Russia’s geography help it better withstand a blockade by land and sea? Will
all financial dealings to and from Russia be prohibited, meaning the global
banking system will be closed to all investment to Russia and capital flowing
from it?
To
what extent will Russia's currency collapse against the euro and dollar? Since
the crisis began, the ruble has lost nearly 20 percent of its value! And to what
extent will Russian oil products, mainly crude oil, be boycotted? And how will the
market compensate for such losses! There is no doubt that in adopting comprehensive
sanctions, Russian gas will be of great concern to European politicians.
What
about the role of other major countries, particularly China, which will
certainly not hop a ride with the American cowboy, unless of course it serves
its own interests! Will China stand on the sidelines, or will it be quick to
take advantage of one locked door to open its own even wider?
One
last important question: to what extent will economic sanctions weaken Russia's
criminal role in Syria? Oh Allah, make their punishment severe, and bestow
comfort on the Syrians soon!!
