Hollande and Johnson …. Is the response to Moscow…by demonstrations?

Written by Nasser Kandil,

If the Russian President Vladimir Putin said or did in confronting the war which was directed by Washington and its allies in Syria what the French President Hollande and the British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said and do in confronting the Russian role of the same war, then the President Putin would become a source of ridicule and laughter, because the French President decided to anticipate the confirmed visit of the President Putin to Paris by coddling, thinking about the feasibility of his receiving, he prepared demonstrations that accompany his visit to Paris. The British Foreign Minister announced in front of the British parliament the importance of thinking of making demonstrations in front of the Russian embassy, in response to the parliamentary demands of an active behavior  as long as the way of diplomacy is impasse.

The matter is not a belittlement of the importance of the role of the public opinion in politics at all, but through discussing and evaluating the equation of proportionality between the act and the actor on one hand, and the act and the opposite act on the other hand. As the groups of Syrian opposition make a comparison by evaluating the reaction of a surgeon to a bleeding wound by a recipe that can be offered by a housewife instead of surgery and stitching the wound, or by ordaining sedative pills by a cardiologist to treat an incurable disease, as the comparison is made by evaluating the treatment of who claims the youth but carrying a pistol, with a burly young man who can catch him with a slap but he advices him to be prudent and invites him for a cup of coffee or by threatening him by calling his family. If the President Putin called for demonstrations against the wars on Syria and wondered about the feasibility of his meeting with the US President Barack Obama, then it would be said regarding the same speech on the two banks but with the exchange of roles in the comments of the allies on their allies and opponents.

Certainly neither Hollande nor Johnson do what they always do, neither say what they always say; a political wisdom and an appreciation of the popular action as well as a belief in the effectiveness of what they say and do. Usually the countries which have colonial history always threaten through deterrent decisions, the least of them is to end the diplomatic relations and to consider Russia in a state of war because it affects the deep interests of the west countries by turning the Mediterranean Sea into Russian lake, because no one believes the words of Francois Hollande and Boris Johnson  about the humanitarian aspect in Syria, where each one of  France and Britain has a history full of crimes against civilians, and it is enough to see what has happened in the Yemeni tragedy by the Saudi crimes and most recently the crime of killing hundreds in a cold blood by air raids on the condolence hall where no official at the level of ambassador in the governments of Britain and France dare to say any word of admonition.

It seemed that the governments of Britain and France were devoid of every strength, from the courage of bravery, and have moved to make policies by the force of  ignoring, releasing of deed, the recognition of the inability, and searching for something that fills the spare time of the public opinion by beholding it the responsibility to respond to Moscow instead of bearing it themselves, as well as they present their bills to Saudi Arabia which holds the responsibility of repaying the maturities of the participants in the war, just in order to say that they did not keep silent toward  Russia and they can do the possible, as they receive the cost of their shameful positions by keeping silent toward the Saudi crimes in Yemen.

When the colonial empires become old, they remember the peaceful expressions, as what happens usually with the major parties which get out of rule and decline, so they remember their ancient history by the movements of demands after they had responded to the demands of their groups by a decision from the government or by an order from an administration. Boris Johnson responded to one of the deputies of the British Parliament who asked him; will the government offer qualitative weapons to the armed groups in the eastern of Aleppo, in a way that they can withstand against the attack waged by the Syrian army which is accompanied by the Russian fiery support, by saying that his government does not think of that, because it behaves according to the NATO assembled, it does not monopolize decisions that are not shared with the allies, while it can organize demonstrations without returning to the allies!

Translated by Lina Shehadeh,