The Obama Administration announced two days ago that it was making a dramatic shift, supporting negotiations to end the Syrian Civil War. Today, they appear to have backtracked entirely, insisting that any talks are preconditioned on President Bashar Assad resigning.
The 360 degree path that ended with them taking the same failed position they’ve held for over a year appears to have come entirely from Syria’s rebels loudly rejecting the US-Russia pact yesterday, saying they are holding out for the government to give in to all their demands unilaterally.
Though Syrian officials have repeatedly said a negotiated settlement would likely include Assad not participating in a future government, but the rebels have insisted that Assad and virtually everyone else in the current government must resign before the talks can even begin, a clear non-starter.
Oddly, Secretary of State John Kerry seemed not to notice that he had backed off anything, insisting that the call for talks was met with a “very positive response” in the very same speech where he announced the new/old preconditions.
From day one the matter of Syria was personal, because Saudis and other tyrants including Turkish sunny Muslim government, a reactionary force feed by that Danish Rattmussen the NATO chief asked for regime change.., Hillary Clinton bet on regime change.., it was and its obvious that Syrian war started, orchestrated by all the above.., there was no democracy, nor any other matter relating to the word involving Syrian people suffering for last two years and months.., this is what the west democracy is about.., their militarism regime is hired by the highest bidder to start a war, killing hundreds of thousand of people then give the country to who have paid them for the job., Libya was first, Syria was going to be second.., the both countries governments (libya and syria) rejected and rejecting the Wahhabis, the salafis, the barbarians and above all the tyrants regimes and their masters occupation of Middle East.., hence, Kerry welcome to reject anything or for that matter his elements of destructions.., if they want to have another Vietnam kind of war on all ready a bankcurpted USA and EU.., they all welcome to it. Otherwise peace and political .., with no demandes.., solution is a alternative.., that is to say if any of the involved understand peace or democracy.
this was anticipated. Kerry doesn't make concessions right after giving $120+million after all the misdirection surrounding chem weapons. this is just putting multiple pokers into the fire. But that doesn't eliminate the fact Obama still has only a pair of 8s when he needs a full house. Now the US is giving more aid. The concessions was just silly PR to control media spin..and it worked at least in the West.
Kerry has nothing to offer Russia and is pushed back into to having to eat crow. US doesn't want to stop supporting the rebel but wants to have cake and eat it too.. Obama's fight in Syria is stalled and being throttled, the main political entity built by the US and given political legitimacy is directed largely by expats who have little more connection with Syria than George Clooney. It's all smoke, mirrors, and stagecraft. In the meantime, Russia says here is my rook, here is the castle, try to make it past if you dare to cross the bishop.
that's why overrated creeps like Brzezinski are pleading the US not directly put boots on the ground. They all know doing so would be a quagmire more treacherous than Iraq. And besides, American policy under Obama is classic Brzezinski. Fight from behind the curtain, deep in the closet. So when it blows up, you can deny, deny, deny. Like little gang-bang of brutish boys pretending to be innocent. but Obama's model is status quo and easy to predict. they've never changed it really because they've always gotten away with it…and they would still if they pulled the plug…but if Obama continues, eventually the proxy and contra war will come back and haunt them…of course, Reagan got away with it largely because he never used GIs to do the dirtiest of work. you can thank big zbig –that's his handy work
There can be no serious PEACE in the World without the ouster of the USA from World Affairs.
Perhaps Syria should push for regime change in the USA
That should be considered unconstitutional and impeachable.
There has been no declaration of war from the Congress. However, this statement makes it clearly a war.
Kings used to fight wars in Europe, where they would take a castle or a province, then sit and have a peace deal where they worked out who kept what. But, peace was possible because each side was willing to take such a solution. Its even possible such fights could be called something other than a 'war', such as a border dispute or a skirmish.
But, when the goal of one side is to overthrow the rulers of the other country, then there can be no peace deal. And there is no doubt at all that this is a war. Its a war, its a total war, its a war to the death. Because one side has said that the only solution it will accept is the overthrow of the other ruler. When the ruler is a strongman like the Assad's, they know this means their death. And the example of Iraq where the US hunted down Saddam Hussein after the war and hung him makes very clear to Mr. Assad that is only choices are victory or death.
So, the Obama Administration has just said that this country is involved in a total war against Syria that can only end with the overthrow of the current and by all accounts legitimate goverrnment of the country. There is no doubt whatsoever that this is a 'war'. Its not a border dispute, its not a police action. This is a war. And under the US Constitution, the only way the US can go to war is if war is declared by the US Congress. Obama has unconstitutionally committed to the US to a war, and he should be impeached for this. Well, that is if we still had a Constitution and if we were still a nation of laws.
The US indeed has made a major concession by no longer demanding the concession of Assad leaving as precondition for negotiations to start. Their current position that the outcome would still be that Assad leaves is not really backtracking. In effect what it does is help convince the other parties to also drop their precondition. Once the preconditions are gone there can be negotiations. I think it's a major shift.
Hm, repeat because I think I forgot to press submit..
The shift from "we want Assad out before negotiations" to "we want Assad out as an outcome of the negotiations" is important because in effect it's about unblocking negotiations. Because it also is made to appear as a small concession it encourages rebel groups to do the same.
We'll see whether the demand of Assad's ouster is maintained as things progress.
Syrian people including Bashir Al-Assad have nowhere to go or defect.., Syria is theirs and is their country and is going to be that way.., no matter what the barbarians or what is called western civilization says.., Syrians are going to stay in their country which belongs to them. Syria is the only secular country in Middle East.., unlock Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other tyrant regimes Syrian government presents its people and their belief respected, they are represented at the peoples senate, people have the social political freedom.., therefore.., not USA nor EU nor the barbarians from south or east can defeat Syrians.
Cool. I hadn't forgotten it!
The objective of Kerry is to install a pro-American government in Syria.
The standard way to do this is to force a Transitional government on the victim state.
The political institutions are thus discredited and undermined.
But to do this here you must force the resignation of the president.
The final stage is you then steal the election.
This is what Kerry is attempting to do here.