Putin on Syria

[fschmidt]

In case anyone missed it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opini ... ml?hp&_r=1&

I agree with what Putin says except that I do think Americans are exceptional, exceptionally despicable.

[Teal Lantern]

When asked by a reporter in London whether there was anything Assad's government could do or offer to stop a military strike, Kerry answered:

"Sure, he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week - turn it over, all of it without delay and allow the full and total accounting (of it), but he isn't about to do it and it can't be done."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/ ... BV20130909

Kerry left the slightest of openings, in a single, snarky slip-up, and the Syrians and Russians drove a tank through it. Well played.
Maybe we should go back to only letting ex spies and military become president and other important positions.

[C.J.]

fschmidt,

It's good to see you posting more critical stuff. Even though you won't see this!

When it comes to this Earth, it really says something, when foreign leaders take the time to talk to other countries' people in a heart-to-heart. This is because time is of the essence, one of the key turning points in history, in which humanity has the knowledge and ability to do something about its own destiny, instead of malevolent forces doing it for them.