Moscow has better arguments in Syria conflict

The protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began with student rallies in Damascus on March 15, 2011. A year later the country is caught up in a civil war that according to the UN has already cost 8,000 lives. The international community is vacillating, Washington issues threats and Moscow warns of the danger of the internationalisation of the conflict, whereby paradoxically Russia's stance seems the most convincing in the present situation, writes the Catholic daily Avvenire: "The problem is that Moscow - unfortunately - is right. Russia, which despite defending Syria doesn't dispute Assad's excesses, seems to have better arguments than the US and the West, even if its motivations derive from an anachronistic, 19th century view of the world and a blatantly callous pursuit of its own interests. The surprising thing about the explanations of the White House and the Foreign Ministry is how they always relapse into monotonousness every time a crisis escalates beyond a certain point. At that point America seems no longer able to withstand the pressure. It loses its patience and starts nervously stroking its revolver." 

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