From the NY
Post: Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad gets to stay in power — and keep his chemical weapons for a year —
under a Russian-sponsored deal that critics slammed as undermining American
leverage in the Mideast.
Under the pact reached Saturday by Secretary of State John
Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Assad must submit an
inventory of his chemical arsenal this week but has until mid-2014 to dispose
of it.
Kerry said the first inspection of Syrian weapons will be in
November and destruction will begin sometime next year.
The UN Security Council is expected to back the deal with a
resolution that could bring sanctions if Syria fails to comply.
While the White House hailed the agreement, some lawmakers
assailed it as the latest fumble by the Obama administration in its handling of
the Syrian crisis.
Arizona Sen. John McCain and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey
Graham warned that America’s enemies will see the deal as “an act of
provocative weakness” that could spur Iran to continue pushing for nuclear
weapons. . . . . . (you have the aritcle's link, above).
Editor’s notes: So
much for the “ground breaking” deal John Kerry negotiated with his Russian
counter-part. Look, Kerry is not capable of a ground breaking
deal; his only concern is how it look in
the news , the following day and how he and Obama can spin the “deal.” No need to comment further; if you think this is not representative of a
total capitulation end in a diplomatic victory for Russia and Syria, we really have nothing further discuss.
Sad, sad times for a
one-time super power in the United States.
Obama did not think it fair that we were the only super power in the
world, and he has successfully remedied
that circumstance.
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