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In reply to the discussion: Kerry gives Netanyahu a well-deserved diplomatic slap in the face [View all]karynnj
(60,870 posts)What is very clear is that he was a voice against the US getting more involved in the civil war. It also was clearly not an accident that he was instrumental in creating a different way to respond to the use of chemical weapons. (Interesting that the left was so mad at him and Obama that they did not consider that Russia had never pushed this before and the right did not see it as a victory as they wanted to bomb the hell out of Syria - and were already complaining that what Kerry and Obama spoke of was too small and targeted to win the war for the rebels - something that was EXPLICITLY not the Obama administration's goal with the targeted attack.)
You might find his comments on Syria - made standing with the SA foreign minister - interesting. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudis-unconvinced-by-john-kerry-s-show-of-goodwill-1.1251842#.Un5l7s02A3I.twitter (The link is to a Gulf States source - so this is from SA's POV which is interesting.)
What is clear is that September MAY be a point that we can look back at where US policy in the ME actually changed. May explain the anger of both SA and Israel.