http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html
Op-Ed Contributor
A Plea for Caution From Russia
What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria
by Vladimir Putin
Moscow - RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to
the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a
time of insufficient communication between our societies.
Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against
each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated the
Nazis together. The universal international organization - the United Nations -
was then established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again.
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The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong
opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders,
including the pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation,
potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria's borders. A strike would
increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism. It could undermine
multilateral efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem and the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and further destabilize the Middle East and North
Africa. It could throw the entire system of international law and order out of
balance.
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Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
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