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Czech
President Miloš Zeman has commented on the April 14 missile attack on Syria,
carried out by the United States, France and the United Kingdom in response to
the alleged use of chemical weapons by Damascus.
Western countries have "stirred up a
hornet's nest" of geopolitical tension in the Middle East, the
president of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, said Sunday at the
Prague F1 radio station, commenting on the latest missile strikes
on Syria.
"The West has eminently stirred the Middle
East. Firstly, they invaded Iraq, claiming that its authorities have
weapons of mass destruction, though, in the end, they found nothing.
This military operation brought enormous people losses, including the lives
of American soldiers. Now, Kurds fight with the Iraqis, while the
Iraqi Shiites fight the Iraqi Sunnis. I don't even mention large financial
losses," Zeman said.
Rather than accepting the senselessness
of the war, the West made another mistake — the operation
in Libya, Zeman noted.
"Thanks to the 'splendid' intervention
of the European Union, headed by France, Libya now not only
lacks an ordinary government, but it's also used as a transit
point for thousands and thousands of illegal immigrants, who head
to Europe," Zeman said.
"A clever person won't repeat a mistake. An
unintelligent person, with a mental debility, makes two mistakes, one
after another. What can we say about people, who make the same
mistake three times in a row? I won't tell you, in order not
to use bad words on air. 'Stupidity' is the most polite word that I
can choose," Zeman underscored.
A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution
is the only possible way for a military operation in any country, the
Czech president thinks, adding though that the only
exception was an operation in Afghanistan against terrorists.
"Syria, however, is not the case. Firstly,
because Islamic terrorists fight against the country's president Assad and
not on his side. Secondly, they are being trapped in a corner.
Moreover, first refugees have been returning back to the country. So,
if any 'cowboy's project' impedes the situation, this is a mistake," Zeman
noted.
Last Saturday, the United States, France, and the
United Kingdom launched
strikes on a number of targets in Syria
in response to an alleged chemical attack in the Damascus suburb
of Douma.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the
three countries fired over 100 cruise and air-to-surface missiles, most
of which were shot down by Syrian air defenses.
The attack came the same day that the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) mission
was set to start
the probe into the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma,
which the West had immediately blamed on Damascus.
Following
the accusations, the Syrian government has strongly denied being
behind the alleged attack and stated that the missile strike was
"brutal aggression."
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