The following op-ed by Graham Fuller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
ADULT SUPERVISION FROM MOSCOW AND BEIJING?
by Graham E. Fuller
6 February 2012
Has it come to this? Are Moscow and Beijing now providing adult supervision over Western-generated crises in the Middle East?
Those of us over forty had long been socialized into viewing Moscow and Beijing as constituting a Deadly Duo in our global geopolitical struggle against communism. Yet today we are confronted with the spectacle of Russia and China now providing the necessary caution and prudence to prevent yet another Western rush into disastrous war in the Middle East. Most recently both Beijing and Moscow have made clear their lack of support for increasingly draconian Western or even UN-sponsored sanctions against Iran or Syria. And they more firmly oppose military intervention.
ADULT SUPERVISION FROM MOSCOW AND BEIJING?
by Graham E. Fuller
6 February 2012
Has it come to this? Are Moscow and Beijing now providing adult supervision over Western-generated crises in the Middle East?
Those of us over forty had long been socialized into viewing Moscow and Beijing as constituting a Deadly Duo in our global geopolitical struggle against communism. Yet today we are confronted with the spectacle of Russia and China now providing the necessary caution and prudence to prevent yet another Western rush into disastrous war in the Middle East. Most recently both Beijing and Moscow have made clear their lack of support for increasingly draconian Western or even UN-sponsored sanctions against Iran or Syria. And they more firmly oppose military intervention.
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