Syrian refugees!

With the increase of violence in Syria comes more refugees and a hastier need to leave the conflict. People smugglers are taking advantage of this and are picking up people from Lebanon to take to other countries. But the real issue here is going to be the boats travelling to Australia especially with the horrendous new policies we are putting in place. Supposedly there will an increase in the coming months of Syrian refugees arriving by boat. Lebanese security forces which are obviously minimal have tried to put a stop to "illegal" seeking of refuge. But contrary to popular belief seeking asylum even on boats is NOT illegal according to the Convention we signed in 1948. The media has created and escalated this 'problem' when truly there is no movement to "stop the boats". The increase in global conflict means we have to increase our resources. It is hard to imagine the Australian Government treating Syrian refugees with respect, and the past speaks true to what sort of country we have become. And also want to point out that Syria, Iran and Pakistan host over one million refugee's, where are all these 'big and "powerful countries? What are they doing to support people fleeing from conflict. I wish good luck to any Syrian refugee trying to find someplace that they can feel safe even if it's for a little while. Lisa.

Lavrov saying US wants to wreck Syria deal.

On Sunday Lavrov accused Washington of trying to sabotage the deal with Syria, doing so would allow them to take military action against Syria. “Our U.S. partners are beginning to blackmail us," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday in an interview with the First Channel, a state-owned television network. He charged that the United States was threatening to "fold up the work" toward securing the chemical weapons if Russia won't back a United Nations Security Council resolution based on Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which allows the use of force against nations that threaten international peace. Basically the US is saying they will agree to the deal if they can use aggressive force on Syria. This is absolute stupidity and frankly desperation, Washington's rush full need to take military action on Syria was never to "punish" Assad it was clearly because they want to Syria to be completely destabilized. Lavrov said. “Our partners are now blinded by the ideological task to replace the regime because they said a couple of years back that President Assad has no place on this Earth and he must go.” Lavrov further charged that the United States and its allies are not seeking a peaceful solution in Syria but trying instead to sabotage the plan for Syria to abandon its chemical stockpiles because “they want to prove that they will be ordering the music in the Middle East.” Washington, you no longer call the shots in the Middle East. In fact the reason you want to take military action is to prove in some sick way that you control Syria and Iran even if they have said no to the West time and time again. Lisa.

Syrian Support

Latest news shows that the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has came out with a statement basically outlining his support for Syria and Assad. Maduro said "We condemn the campaign hatched against Syria which aims to justify the aggression on Syria and the threats against the Syrian people." By doing so Maduro has said to the world what America is really doing with Syria and how they aim to destabilize it, this is great for Syria. Putin has always supported Syria and recently said that "I wont give up on Bashar Al-Assad even if war reaches the streets of Moscow". The fact that Obama is hesitating to go into Syria even after their desperate attempt at faking a chemical attack by Assad just proves that Syria is not weak and will not succumb to America like all the other Middle Eastern countries have had to. The simple truth is Obama was not betting that Russia, Iran and now Venezuela would stand against him, to wage war on Syria would now create a world war. Lisa.