Western Foreign Policy 'Like a Monkey With a Hand Grenade'
(SHAHZAD SHAMEEM, Abbottabad)
Russian Deputy Prime Minister
finds a creative way to describe the west's diplomatic skills, ahead of attack
in Syria.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Rogozin, compared western nations'
behavior vis-a-vis the Islamic world to a “monkey with a hand grenade,”
according to a report by Russian news agency, Ria Novosti.
His short statement was communicated in the Russian language via his Twitter
page on Tuesday; Rogozin has yet to elaborate or explain his comparison.
Rogozin, formerly Russia’s ambassador to NATO, is now in charge of the defense
and space industry as Deputy Prime Minister, a post to which he was appointed in
2011. Ria Novosti writes that Rogozin has tweeted in the past that "Anglo
Saxons" plan to attack Syrian government forces.
The United States is planning a limited strike in Syria that would “deter and
degrade” Bashar al-Assad's military without dramatically altering the balance of
power between his forces and those of the rebels, according to a report in the
Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, which cited senior defense officials.
Britain, France and Turkey, are also considering an attack on Assad’s forces
over allegations that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against
civilians in Syrian-rebel-controlled areas. Russia has defended its ally,
calling the charges “unproven.”
By Kochava Rozenbaum