Syria: Cameron wilts in the face of Putin's withering glare.

Russian President Vladamir Putin's statement before the G8 Summit is particularly refreshing as his voice rings out over the sea of lies by western government and media shills about the war in Syria. For 2 years we have watched Washington, London and Paris dragging out their bloody attempt to overthrow the Assad government via terrorist proxies. For two years Russian President Vladamir Putin has stated clearly that he would not allow them to succeed while arming the Assad government with the latest technology for military defense.

Last week Barack Obama claimed that his "red line" had been crossed when he received evidence that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons. He lied about the evidence just as Washington lied about WMD as a pretext to invade Iraq in 2003 but even if the evidence were real, it would pale in the face of the nearly 100,000 people who have been killed as a direct result of the west's invasion via proxy terrorists. No, it wasn't evidence of chemical weapons that crossed Obama's "red line;" rather, it was the Assad government's defeat of the foreign terrorists at al-Qusayr two weeks earlier. With that decisive victory and the Syrian military adjusting their sights on the vermin in Aleppo, a chorus of war-mongers in the US, France and England began to desperately call for a no-fly-zone and direct military intervention. If they expected President Vladamir Putin to wilt like a flower under their din and roar, he surely disappointed them with his words to David Cameron and the British press before the G8 Summit yesterday.

According to The Guardian newspaper, British PM David Cameron spoiled the savoir-faire of the conference by calling attention to Syria: "G8 summit: Cameron has misjudged by putting Syria on the agenda. Discussing Syria is likely to result in discord between Russia and the west which could sour the atmosphere of the summit."

Well Mr. Putin "soured the atmosphere" all right when he spoke with what British reporter Oliver Wright called, "an air of menace effortlessly." Wright described the scene: "His dead eyes darted around the room – meeting the gaze of journalists and holding it for slightly too long before moving on dismissively." He added that Putin, "somehow managed to convey disinterest and disdain with his body language even though the translated words were ostensively warm."

When another reporter at the press conference reminded President Putin that one year earlier Cameron accused those who supplied arms to the Assad government of having blood on their hands, asking him for his reaction, Wright said that Putin "almost spat" his answer:

“You will not deny that one does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies, but open up their bodies, eat their intestines in front of the public and cameras. Are these the people you want to support? Is it them who you want to supply with weapons? Then this probably has little relation to humanitarian values that have been preached in Europe for hundreds of years.”

Putin referred to the videotaped murder by so-called "rebels" who disemboweled a captive Syrian soldier, tore out his heart and ate it. Wright described what followed: "Standing next to him, Mr Cameron looked distinctly awkward. His heckles raised, Putin did not seem to be in the mood to stick around. Before Mr Cameron had even finished answering the the final question, he [Putin] removed his ear piece, picked up his notes and stood irritably waiting the for the Prime Minister to finish."

Even The Independent, a British "watchdog" that normally reports with the "independence" of a 3 week old puppy could not rescue Cameron or the anti-Assad regimes of the west from Putin's truth and indignation. The newspaper took an unusually clear editorial position: "But ahead of Monday’s G8 summit, Mr Cameron appears increasingly isolated domestically over his enthusiasm for greater British involvement in Syria."

Nick Clegg, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, stated he is opposed to supplying arms to the anti-government terrorists and at least 5 Cabinet Ministers have also stated their opposition to a plan to supply arms or for a direct attack against Syria. In addition, a sizeable number of Ministers of Parliament from both Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have already stated they would vote against the government if it put the vote before the House of Commons.

Following Putin's statement yesterday, Deputy PM Nick Clegg stated on BBC's Andrew Marr show:

"At this point we’re not providing arms. If we wanted to, we would do it. We clearly don’t think it is the right thing to do now or else we would have decided to do it.”

Julian Lewis, a conservative MP warned,

“I have little doubt that the Prime Minister would struggle to get this approved by Parliament because so many of us think it’s not in the British national interest to get involved with this snakepit.... The reason it would be suicidal would be that in taking over Syria, they [the terrorists] would also inherit Syria's arsenal of weapons including in particular the nerve gas which is the centre of so much attention.

''In the past we have gone to war because we feared that weapons of mass destruction might fall into the hands of al Qaida and it would be absolutely crazy to assist al Qaida to get their hands on the very sorts of weapons we must keep away from them at all costs.

''It would be possible but very unwise for the Prime Minister to go ahead and do this behind Parliament's back, for example during recess without recalling Parliament. That would be a shameful thing to do... 'I'm not asking for a veto... I think the Prime Minister probably has the power to go ahead but it would be an extraordinarily unwise thing for him to do.''

Lord Dannatt, former head of the British Army stated that supplying arms to the Syrian opposition could turn into "a much larger intervention” and added:

"I'm very much in the camp of those who would not wish to be involved and intervene in any shape or form. Goodness, if we’ve learned anything in the last few years, it is that we don’t get involved in another intervention without having a very clear idea of what we’re going to do, who we’re going to help, what the plan is, and what the exit strategy is. Surely we’ve not all forgotten those lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan so quickly?”

So for now, it appears that the bellicose British don't have the belly to cross Vladamir Putin's "red line" to join the US and NATO at the behest of Israel to carry on with an invasion of Syria like they did in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. It will be interesting to see how the British, French and US regimes respond in practice to Syria's ongoing military victories coupled with Russian defiance. Axis of Logic has been reporting for nearly two years on the US and European war against the Syrian people and their legitimate government led by Bashar al-Assad. We've never lost sight of two determinants of the outcome of this assault against their sovereignty and independence: (1) The superior strength, skill and commitment of the Assad government and military and (2) the courage and resolve of Russian President Vladamir Putin and the Russian people who support him.

Biography, Essays and Poetry by Les Blough