‘No one is interested in another World War’ – US ambassador

Gina Abercrombie Winstanley excludes armed conflict between US and Russia over Syria

15 September 2013, 12:00am
by James J. Piscopo

1 min read

Local ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley told Sunday newspaper 'Illum' that neither the US nor Russia are willing to engage in a world conflict over Syria.

"We are now pursuing diplomatic avenues and see how far can we go. But it was through a US government's credible threat of military intervention that forced Bashar al-Assad to admit he had chemical weapons in the first place," the ambassador said.

Asked about the use of atomic bombs in World War II and chemical warfare in the Iraqi war from the US military, Abercrombie-Winstanley said the international community "reacts to different events in different times in different ways", saying the US always did what it thought best in that particular time.

According to the ambassador, the US eyes Malta as a strategic partner with an important role in the post-Arab spring revolutions.

Read more in today's issue of 'Illum'

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But Mrs Ambassador, why does most of the world hates the US Governments? Is it because the US Diplomacy is poor and has a touch of a Hollywood Western cowboy film mentality?

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Abercrombie-Winstanley said the international community "reacts to different events in different times in different ways", saying the US always did what it thought best in that particular time. I beg to differ with the first part of the statement where the international community is mentioned. Was the international comunity in favour of the use of agent orange in Vietnam? Was it in favour of the use of dep[leted uranium in Fallugia? Re that the US always did what it thought best does this means 'best for the US' or best for the World?

Luke Camilleri •

https://www.upworthy.com/why-we-might-bomb-syria-is-explained-perfectly-by-a-dead-comedian-2?c=upw1

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I would suggest reflection on Cicero's first Phillipic, wherein he muses that it is much better to be loved than feared in order to achieve one's ends.

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I would suggest reflection on Cicero's first Phillipic, wherein he muses that it is much better to be loved than feared in order to achieve one's ends.

Joseph MELI •

What a mind-blowing and monumental declaration of intent and observation this banner headline is and why should anyone "be willing to engage in a world conflict" in any event?Come on Madame ambassador as you are better than that so tell us something meaningful and worthwhile that we didn;t already know please!Further more, whilst Assad has finally admitted he posssessed chemical weapons where does it indicate he admitted using them and how can we so sure who used them?

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I would suggest reflection on Cicero's first Phillipic, wherein he muses that it is much better to be loved than feared in order to achieve one's ends.

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Ms Ambassador Abercrombie you are right nobody wants to start WWIII, not the USA and not Russia but as the whole world knows it is not easy to deal with Arab nations. Diplomacy is seldom used or understood and as we have seen from past experience the only diplomacy they know is violence. If anybody is to get involved it would be NATO and nobody else except maybe other Arab Nations and that is unheard of. The USA and Russia have internal troubles of their own and they should tend to those troubles.

Luke Camilleri •

Just in wars, so the arms industry continue to flourish!

Luke Camilleri •

Just in wars, so the arms industry continue to flourish!