Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on the international community for an “urgent” approval of an official date for the Geneva II conference on Syria’s Civil War, saying it is time to install a new “transitional” government in power.
“There has to be a transition government, there has to be a new governing entity in Syria in order to permit the possibility of peace,” insisted Kerry, adding that President Bashar Assad would not be allowed to play any role in the new, US-imposed government.
This is another round of Kerry setting the stage for US intervention in Syria, but the Geneva II conference was supposed to be in June but the US was unable to convince any Syrian rebels to go along with it. Much of the rebellion has similarly ruled out participating in the conference now.
Given this situation, it’s hard to imagine what Kerry hopes to realistically accomplish, as a Geneva summit which includes only Assad government officials and no rebels seems like a particularly unlikely place to try to install a new, Assad-less government.
With the OPCW engaged in chemical weapons disarmament in Syria for the next year it also seems like a particularly complicated time for the US to try to install an entirely new government.
What a moron.
Moron is too kind a word for this idiot.
How dare you? That's an insult to morons the world over
HAHAHAHAHAHA, this man has truly lost his f'ing mind !
Wow Kerry is on his game. "Transitional government" like the one set up in Iraq? You know, under the Viceroy Paul Bremer? Yeah that went well. 'Transitional' like in Libya? Of course Libya is still a work in progress. Kerry starts to shoot his mouth off and his blather only highlights his shallow grasp on reality.
"Transitional government" sounds promising —–for America, not Syria.
Why would Assad lose all its legitimacy? USG has no legitimate argument when is about change of governments using Saudis barbarians or other form of terrorism in their back pocket bringing them out when they are needed. Is any one going to ask Kerry, why USG supporting terrorists in Syria but fighting the very same terrorists in Mali? Is that a new form of double moral or is a Neo politics based on Saudis and UAE expansion as terrorist sponsored stats.
He has lost his mind. What exactly is the international community that he is calling upon? His psychopaths are killing civilians, daily bombing all kinds of places, are not interested in Geneva or anything unless it gives them at least five goats — and a phone, and Assad has lost legitimacy? And who is the "transitional government'. The clueless stooges in Paris, London or New York, the Free Syrian Army that lost most of its soldiers to Salafi movements, and is now negotiating with Assad — only Assad can now protect them from the lunatics. How is it possible to be so lost in space and time?
Install a transiltional government in US this is more urgently.
Sounds like he's losing a war. And knows he won't run for president.
Next time mom padlocks the cookie jar I'm telling her she needs to give me the key to-facilitate-the-possibility-of-peace.
Kerry's a hypocritical fool. VVAW? What do we tell the family of the last man to die for hegemonic hubris? Got an answer for that, Mr. Secretary?
He's looking for a war that others will fight. Where are the Swiftboaters when we need them?
Friends here and Antiwar.com have to realise Kerry is quoting from Color Revolution theory.
It turns out there's a whole theoretical set of dogmas behind Color Revolutions.
You must undermine the legitimacy of a government or say it hasn't got any.
But "Transitional Governments" are the means USG takes over countries, paramilitary campaigns are not intended to conquer a country but to produce deadlock, then at the "peace negotiations" they move in their people.
This has happened in country after country.
But as elsewhere it doesn't work, and won't here as there is the problem of getting the Jihadists to go away.
Countries are "In Transition" until they ir society resembles the US.
It's so very hard to create your own legacy when you're basically irrelevant…despite all the years you spent in the Senate, you will be remembered more for being an ineffective SecState.
The Somalis have an extra transitional government, borrow it.
But who's going to back it up? Ah, the US Marine Corps, a Luftflotte and most of the Navy. Whatta bomb!
What a world we live in? America's Secretaries of State beginning with Ms. Madeleine, Ms. Rice, Ms Clinton and Mr. Kerry are for ever telling others what governing regime they must have in order to be considered worthy of recognition by the US.
While our governing[?] regimes for some queer reason never seem to listen to what the general electorate in the 50 states demand/expects from them.
For some unfathomable logic should not the US's Secretaries of State at least have the decorum of asking foreign state regimes whether they would approve the US to act on their behalf ?
Whatever happened to the VP? Is this guy a bigger moron? exceptional indeed.
The one who lost all legitimacy are Kerry, Obama, Susan Rice, Samantha power and the rest of the war criminals. The whole world knows it. How dumb one can be not to get this simple fact.
Yeah…….. Expose the liars…… is on to the SOS, the botox oaf……. John Kerry!!!!!
Talk about loss of legitimacy……….. Wants to know if he's lying…..?????
Justs look 2C if his lips it.are moving……!!!!!!!!!
What Ditz fails to recognize and mention is that the so-called "rebels" (US policy maker speak) are not 'independent'…they will do as their masters, in this case John Kerry, tell them…
The "terrorists", on the other hand, have a mind of their own, and no one serious is suggesting "negotiations" with the "terrorists".
Is this what Ditz recommends?
Who the hell does this jerk think he is, telling other countries what they should do?
Can't he take a look at the Police State the US have become?
Can't he see that the US are incapable of self-government and must, consequently, be colonized?
Kerry is only singing for his supper, needs the war to continue. Gotta sell all those UK, US, Israel arms Industry weapons to the CIA terrorists Takifirs (so called Al Qaeda members). Can't make a killing $$$ without wars and without the Government continued indebtedness to the Jewish Banksters, to pay for it.
If Obama wants $$$ to fund his Healthcare they'll grind the Government to a halt unless he gives approval for the warmongers to make huge profits in another war, even if it heralds in another recession.