Syria Willing To Turn In Chemical Stockpile?

If this works Obama will come out smelling like a rose. His empty threats turn into solid results. And this will keep the current war confined to Syria. The diplomacy of a Nobel Peace Prize winner...if it works out.

I for one hope this works out

The diplomacy of a Nobel Peace Prize winner...if it works out.

I think you meant the diplomacy of a Confucius Peace Prize winner (Putin).

And I agree, I hope it works out.

FredHayek wrote: If this works Obama will come out smelling like a rose. His empty threats turn into solid results. And this will keep the current war confined to Syria. The diplomacy of a Nobel Peace Prize winner...if it works out.

Obama to Putin: Thanks
Putin to Obama: You're Welcome, you owe me one.

From another thread on the same topic:

I can see why the surrender of "all" of Syria's chemical and biological agents would be a win for Assad, plausible denyability; "yes we surrendered all of the chemical and biological weapons that we were aware of, that last attack was conducted by the rebels." If the meanwhile who knows what the Syrian's actually have stock piled or on deck for quick transshipment from other nations friendly to Syria. Not sure Syria has the capability to domestically produce chemical and biological agents but I'm confident that Assad could easily gain some assistance from Iran, especially if it gives the Iranian regime a chance to take a pot shot at the US without their actions being directly attributable to Iran.

Here it is 24 months after the war broke out in Syria and Barry is just now getting around to addressing the situation in a meaningful way. Drawing imaginary red lines and being diplomatic got us where we are now, Barry asks the UN, the Brits, and the Frogs to help out and they left him hanging. Here at home more people reject the idea that a "limited military strike" on Syria is going to accomplish anything positive and some understand that many of the rebels are attached to Al Qaeda.

Stay tuned sports fans, there's going to be a lot of tap dancing and deflection tomorrow when Barry takes center stage and either attempts to talk the American people into supporting a strike on Syria or explaining why now is suddenly not the time to strike. I predict we're going to see some form of Swiftboat Johny's "I was for it before I was against it" speach. BTW, isn't ironic how old Swiftboat Johny has come full circle? Make up you mind man - war is good or war is bad it can't be both but it can be conducted justly and decisively as long as the cause is just and the commitment is complete. Know what you are fighting for, commit to it, and fight win or accept you fate for being passive and letting the rest of the world run over you!

But I don't really have an opinion on the issue... :Whistle

Agree with everything you said Otis. And Kerry announces Assad's punishment will be "unbelievably small". Really? That's how we get compliance from our enemies these days? Maybe we should threaten to seed their clouds and flood them out! What a bunch of inept ammatuers.

Kerry's "unbelievably small" comments are bewildering. I truly think the administration doesn't know what they really want.

Like we don't want to even give Syria a headslap, more like a noogie.

FredHayek wrote: Kerry's "unbelievably small" comments are bewildering. I truly think the administration doesn't know what they really want.

I know what they want, they want to be loved.... they want to be heroes, but leadership is required and that's not in Obama's DNA. Obama knows how to take credit but must always have a scapegoat when sh$t goes south... Congress.

Truman: The Buck stops here!
Obama? Treats the Buck like Kryptonite!

STRATFOR take on this situation...... http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article42203.html