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In reply to the discussion: That was pretty goddamned incoherent, frankly. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)By SAMANTHA WYATT
September 9, 2013
Right-wing media have rushed to heap praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin for a proposal to allow Syria to avoid U.S. air strikes by surrendering all of its chemical weapons to the international community, despite the fact that Russia was responding to statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and that President Obama supports the solution.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/09/09/right-wing-medias-love-affair-with-putin-contin/195803
Surrendering all of its chemical weapons to the international community brings Assad to acting within 'international norms' as PBO said he had to do, detailed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention
This is a victory for us who want lives saved and nothing to complain. But it's not good enough for some and that's just sad. Save life, not face. EOM.