How we'd cover Ferguson if it happened in another country

[BainsBane]

Last edited Wed Aug 20, 2014, 10:30 AM - Edit history (1)

FERGUSON — Chinese and Russian officials are warning of a potential humanitarian crisis in the restive American province of Missouri, where ancient communal tensions have boiled over into full-blown violence.

"We must use all means at our disposal to end the violence and restore calm to the region," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments to an emergency United Nations Security Council session on the America crisis.

The crisis began a week ago in Ferguson, a remote Missouri village that has been a hotbed of sectarian tension. State security forces shot and killed an unarmed man, which regional analysts say has angered the local population by surfacing deep-seated sectarian grievances. Regime security forces cracked down brutally on largely peaceful protests, worsening the crisis.

"we can and should support moderate forces who can bring stability to America"

America has been roiled by political instability and protests in recent years, which analysts warn can create fertile ground for extremists

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violence could spread to oil-producing regions such as Oklahoma or even disrupt the flow of American beer supplies

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Xi's comments were widely taken as an indication that China would begin arming moderate factions in Missouri, in the hopes of overpowering rogue regime forces and preventing extremism from taking root. An unknown number of Kurdish peshmerga military "advisers" have traveled to the region to help provide security. Gun sales have been spiking in the US since the crisis began

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/15/6005587/ferguson-satire-another-country-russia-china

[underpants]

1. Very clever and accurate

Rec'ing

[BainsBane]

2. It really is, for example "advisers"

Xi's comments were widely taken as an indication that China would begin arming moderate factions in Missouri, in the hopes of overpowering rogue regime forces and preventing extremism from taking root. An unknown number of Kurdish peshmerga military "advisers" have traveled to the region to help provide security. Gun sales have been spiking in the US since the crisis began

[KoKo]

3. Ohhhh....our hypocrisy...

It's so true.