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Showing Original Post only (View all)BOOM: Obama has been pursuing a peaceful diplomatic solution for weeks behind the scenes [View all]
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Secretary of State John Kerry has been ridiculed in some quarters for having accidentally raised the idea that is now central to the deal being worked on -- if not yet fully worked out -- to turn Syrias chemical weapons over to Russia for safekeeping and prompt destruction under U.N. supervision.
In fact, the idea had been discussed on and off for weeks in a very tight circle, one administration official said -- a circle that included Kerry, the president, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power. It surfaced in public in the Israeli press over the weekend, and Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had talked about it well before that.
And Obama said in interviews Monday night that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed the idea at the G-20 last week. This wasnt an accident, said one top White House official.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/syria-attack_n_3900671.html?1378832543
Bush was absolutely determined to attack Iraq over chemical weapons and he did even though the weapons were nonexistent.
Assad admits to having chemical weapons and yet Obama still pursued diplomacy behind the scenes. Assad's chemical weapons will ultimately be destroyed if this solution becomes reality. A win for human beings in the middle east who do not want to become victims of the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal which is the 3rd largest stockpile in the world.
Obama is no Bush.
The difference between the two is night and day when faced with similar situations.
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Cali_Democrat
Sep 2013
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I think Assad also realized that it was imperitive for him to get rid of these weapons.
Old and In the Way
Sep 2013
#8
Media only offers what the billionaire owners order them to sell. Buyer beware.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#10
And here we go.................sheesh, "the sky is falling, the sky is falling"!!!
George II
Sep 2013
#60
Media Matters took them down prettily, didn't they, though? The progressives win again!
freshwest
Sep 2013
#67
LOL, Gullible much? "one administration official said". Wow, that is proof! n-t
Logical
Sep 2013
#15
So the Obama admin says they've been pursing diplomacy and Russia confirms it
Cali_Democrat
Sep 2013
#21
You need to quote our Lord and Savior... William Pitt. (just playing, just playing)
Darkhawk32
Sep 2013
#25
Was John Kennedy a Democrat? F-yes, BOTH of them (K and Obama), and TWO great jobs!
George II
Sep 2013
#63
I'm sure David Cameron loves the notion that Obama set him up to take a grievous hit
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2013
#39
When was Obama's "first" Syria speech? I've searched everywhere and only find last night's speech.
George II
Sep 2013
#75
In that case, it makes the deathlovers here look stupid, cruel, and hypocritical
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2013
#38
no no, man. you see, they were all part of the act as well and have been rehearsing for months now..
frylock
Sep 2013
#48
How incredibly clever of him to conceal that by campaigning (unsuccessfully) for a war resolution.
winter is coming
Sep 2013
#40
Cost nothing to be optimist. I'm asking myself what will Assad do to win his war
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
#45
Well, I'm sure that if Obama capitulates, the pro-war crowd will be here to call us Hitler-lovers.
beerandjesus
Sep 2013
#74
And many here had already crucified Obama because he even raised the possibility...
George II
Sep 2013
#59
Such a 'tight circle', the State Dept. spokeswoman didn't know about it
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2013
#69