Obama takes small majority against Assad at G20

U.S. President Barack Obama is on the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia managed to find that the international community should take action against the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Measures found a narrow majority of countriesBut that victory, Obama has not much because Russia still opposed.

That is the economic summit, despite the creation of a joint statement, yet at a deception anticipated for the U.S. president.

Namely who had hoped to convince of the need for Assad his Russian colleague to learn a lesson after the use of chemical weapons. This would Syrian namely a limit set by the international community have gone.

Allies

But Putin is reluctant to his friendship with Assad to jeopardize. Indeed, if Obama gets it into his head to attack, Syria Putin will protect the country with a missile shield.

As the Russian president Thursday left all no doubt about that and Friday at aflsuiting the top he reiterated that position yet again. Putin says only if there is evidence to support the use of chemical weapons. An international action against Syria Such evidence does not say to have seen. The Russian

Resolution

Eleven of the twenty countries signed Friday‘s statement calling for a strong international response to the serious violation of the global rules.

According to the countries, including Britain, France and Turkey, it is clear that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons. Also recognize the countries that the Security Council of the United Nations for two and a half years is completely paralyzed. The same frustration was Thursday already expressed by the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.Among the voters are, in addition to Russia, China , India and Indonesia, Argentina, Brasil e South Africa.

Iranians emotional for Palestinians stand, silent about war crimes in Syria. It is a painful truth: the heroic Iran is complicit in the Syrian horrors.

The blame Assad

Obama decided Friday the G20 with the observation that he was nevertheless satisfied that at least the majority of the countries represented Assad appoints as guilty of using chemical weapons .

Something, as Obama said wronged, Putin can not get. Across his lips Next week, the U.S. Congress is expected to vote on the issue.

Obama takes small majority against Assad at G20