Syria’s ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) came two days ago, but the United States and Russia have just finally gotten around to making their own separate “deal” on the process.
That deal was negotiated entirely outside of the boundaries of the CWC’s own process, and the nations agreed to impose extra demands on Syria, the most prominent of which is replacing the 30-day deadline of the CWC for an accounting of the arsenal with a demand for Syria to complete the process in seven days. They are also seeking to have the destruction finished by mid-2014, though how realistic that is remains to be seen.
That might not be easy, as Syria is believed to have one of the largest remaining arsenals int he world, and much of it has been moved around several times in the past two years, in an attempt to keep the arms off the front lines and prevent rebel seizures.
The side deal underpins a UN Security Council resolution that will, according to the latest information, include threats for “sanctions” against Syria if the disarmament process slows. The deal will not include any authorization for war, however.
O.K., O.K.!!! So like the touture……….. the threats DO work………. after a fashion…… The victims are apt to say anthing to make them stop………….. How what is promised by any party comports with reality is of little concern……. It's the perception that's paramount………………….
Too bad. Obama could've been a hero: he could have once and for all impressed upon the world that the USG is the complete waste of time it's already been for many years. It's not interested in niceties like whodunnit, it just maximizes the noise it can make and the ordinance it can spend over it, rushing past the basic questions with little regard for the guilty demeanor that constitutes. Now that he's getting a 'deal,' people will likely turn away as if the further noise USG makes has something to do with their prey's behavior –what with the latter having 'agreed' to something and all.
"The deal will not include any authorization for war, however."
Are you sure about this? I have read some news accounts saying that there is the threat of sanctions and "other punitive measures."
If so, this would be just a replay of how America used the WMD pretext to wage war against Iraq with its UN weapons inspections figleaves, genodical sanctions (that caused 2 UN heads to resign in protest), and of course bombing and invasion.
Deja vu all over again?
USG been trying all the shameful avenues to find away out of the Syrian war, not because of the war, war is a political tradition with USG, but because this war been about a shameful, disrespect for the human integrity, a unjust Saudis and UAE religious war, and that no one is trusting USG any longer but those whom pretend to be the USA friends, like israel and saudis. this war is brought upon the Syrian people by Hillary Clinton and Obama. In one hand they have supported all these barbarians and in the other, tried to hide their shameful acts, flip flopping here and there and in the end begging for some one to help out. Now they threatening the Syrian people with 7 days where the reality is 30 days and still haven't learned that Syrian people will not accept any threat, they been at war with barbarians for last two and half years, meantime USG and EU government thrown all and every threat there is at them, yet they are defeating the Saudis, the EU and every other mercenaries fighting the Syrian people.
For US and EU government is about time to demand the same from Israeli apartheid regime and disarm such regime, that is to say, if these government want for people to start trusting their democracy, that is to say, if such terms even exist any longer in what is called western civilization.
Terrible – the US Terror killer's poison gas remains untouched, but the Government must destroy it weapons and remaining defense less against large scale invasions.
And after the destruction of the poison gas the US may feel free to enforce its Al CIAda trops, since they no longer must fear that the Syrian poison gas suddenly appears in New York or London.
but also this is an idioty caused by believing in the own censored news reports, where they forgot or never heard that Al CIAda already has and has used poison gas.
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