Dotting the I’S & Crossing the T’S
Damascus & Moscow: a strategic military oil partnership for the coming century
Written by Nasser Kandil,
During the four years, the opponents of Syria have exhausted in trying to explain the supportive Russian attitude towards Syria, especially because it stands steady against any foreign military intervention that violates its sovereignty, and which tries impose a regime that meets the interests of the West, its followers in the regional governments as well as Israel, towards the steadiness of Russia in using the veto in the Security Council against any draft resolution that paves the way for such an intervention.
The explanations range between the talk about the Russian oil interests in the oil production market that does not reach to half million barrels per day, since Russia is the first country in the world of the oil market in producing eleven million barrels daily, and a basin in Tartous which the Russian battleships will use when they pass across the Mediterranean Sea, in addition to, the trade weapons which does not exceed its average of one billion dollars annually.
Hamad Alqatari and Saoud Al-Faisal have tried several times, till the offers reached the understanding package, which its value was one hundred billion dollars that includes investments, commercial exchange, and weapons contracts. They pledged to grant the Russian fleet a permanent cooperation contract with any new reign in Syria in return of Russia changes its attitude, but the attempts have failed.
Bandar Bin Sultan, the Americans, and the Israelis have reached at intelligence levels, they threatened Russia once by Sochi games and its attack by Al-Qaeda, and once by manipulating with its security by suggesting the danger of Chechnya once and Ukraine several times, all the way towards Saudi financing and Israeli moving in front of the Ukrainian fire and exploded it against Russia, but again the Russian attitude did not change, but it persisted on its insistence and steadiness more.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has talked about the strategic background in approaching Russia the international issues and its position in it, where the most important of it was before the Russian diplomatic corps at a conference in the last July, in which he said the rank of Russia, its history, and its geographic and strategic position, in addition to its human and economical resources are elements that force it to behave as a superpower country in the world. The abandonment of this responsibility towards the dignity of Russia and the Russians is an acceptance of insulting, humiliation and a giving up of the rights, because there was who has threatened, imposed and asked the Russians to accept the behaving as a second-class country.
Putin explained to his ambassadors that Kremlin decided to go into a war of proving the international position which suits Russia as a country and a people, and that it has an extent that it will not depart from the defense of the diplomatic values which their center is the adherence to the international law, and attacking any attempt to depart from it or to monopolize its explanation and imposing administrative individual applying. And that Washington was the interested party of this fancy which it will not deterred from and return to behave as a Great country and not as a tyrant country only if Russia stands against it despite the cost of this attitude. But it is a moral responsibility and a historical opportunity for a leading role. Putin added the country which is defending of its independent decision in the world is the natural ally of Russia and not the magnitude of the common interests. The interest of Russia is achieved by just imposing its presence as a Great Country even if it loses its actual interests, and the major interests would be lost and Russia will remain under the mercy of what Washington leaves, if it follows the narrow current interests and abandons of its leader role and its responsibilities in overthrowing the policies of dominance and appropriation.
The steadiness of Syria and its experiences have facilitated the presenting of the hidden international facts of attacking it, which are enough for Russia to see the matters in a different way like the Revolution of October in the year 1917 so either now or the opportunity is no longer available. Syria is steady by its own capabilities; the cost of its support is just by taking attitude, like when the Russian delegate has raised his hand in the Security Council refusing when in need the veto. The overthrowing of Syria will be an end of a phase and a starting of another; the losers will be many by its overthrowing and Russia will be the first of them which it has to prepare itself directly for the war. But Syria has stood still and resisted and the scene started to change, Iran was the same, an independent country that does not cost Russia just only the political attitude. China has understood the importance of the Russian movement so they met, it was proven to Russia that Syria and Iran are two countries that have the basic factors of strength, cleverness and the flexibility of the negotiation, maneuver, and the preparation of the papers, thus the Syrian chemical understanding was a paper of strength that Syria has granted to Russia, so the result was a triumphant; the American fleets have retreated and the limits of the American strength game have revealed, then Ukraine’s crisis came. Vladimir Putin has captured the Crimean Peninsula from Barak Obama, which was of a high value strategy then it becomes a fait accompli of Russia that is not subject to search despite the American intimidation. The Russian experience has repeated, and now it is the strength limits, the expectations of the Syrian President were in their places. Whatever the world has denied the threat of terrorism which they have supported in Syria to overthrow it, they will find themselves even if late, that they are in front of a danger that they themselves created, this has happened, the situation of the world seemed to be changed, as well as the process of the war, the alliances, and the accounts.
The year enters its last quarter of the war of the twenty – first century. After few months Russia, China, and Iran will be for the first time since the overthrow of Shah Iran on a direct geographical connection across Afghanistan, Syria regains its strength sources, Iran obtains its position as a first regional country, and the admission of the full partnership with Russia becomes very close.
This time the Syrian – Russian Meetings in Moscow have not any similar function as the previous ones, in explaining the misunderstandings or proving the attitudes, the mission is historical; the establishing of strategic powerful nucleus in the Middle East, which its base is Syria through its distinguished unconquerable army among the armies of the Middle East, its oil and gas wealth in the Mediterranean Sea which is ready to be put in the refineries of the Great Countries in the international gas and oil market, it will have an exceptional geographical position, and a visionary historical leadership, the strategic partner is Russia.
Now Russian knows the meaning of its attitude, it starts to gain the outcomes of its resistance. Moreover, the Middle East is entering a new phase.
Russia, Syria, and Iran are the alliance of the coming century.
I will continue publishing my testimonies against the testimony of Marwan Hamadeh and its sequence series with the retune of Hamadeh’s testimonies before the International Court.
2014-11-29 | عدد القراءات 1967
