Following lengthy talks with Russian President VladimirPutin in Moscow today, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said the United States is not seeking regime change in Syria and that the U.S. and Russia see the conflict "fundamentally very similarly."
“The United States and its partners are not seeking so-called regime change as it is known in Syria,” Kerry said in a news conference inside the Kremlin, before immediately adding that the U.S. continues to believe that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has no possibility of remaining the country’s leader in the future. However, Kerry said the talks didn’t focus on “what can or can’t be done immediately about Assad” but rather on establishing a political process where Syrians will be able to choose their own leader. (ABC News)
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Well I’ll be damned. Earlier this afternoon I commented that “it was obvious to me that nothing would come out of this meeting other than a firm reiteration of the Russian position and intended actions. If Kerry and Nuland thought anything else would happen, they are fools.” I never expected Kerry to be the one reiterating the Russian position and signing up our partners to the Russian position as well. Did old Vladimir Vadimirovich use a Jedi mind trick on Kerry?
TTG
LeaNder,
well, you COULD google "Gareth Evans iran enrichment deal" and find this:
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/iran-deal-ten-years-late-by-gareth-evans-2015-07
Posted by: confusedponderer | 17 December 2015 at 08:00 AM
Oh I see! Perhaps then, once we make a deal with Assad and Putin we can reactivate Air America to fly 3 millions Syrians back home to rebuild what the Saudis paid to destroy of Syria.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/investigation/syria-at-war/
Posted by: Eugnid | 17 December 2015 at 04:08 PM
Ughnid
No. The EU will take care of that. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 17 December 2015 at 04:35 PM
I'm wondering how Putin got Kerry to overrule Nuland. Made him an offer he couldn't refuse?
Posted by: Procopius | 18 December 2015 at 10:19 AM
I think you've got it right. Oddly, seeing the way you phrase it gives me a little bit of optimism. Maybe the neocons aren't going to win after all.
Posted by: Procopius | 18 December 2015 at 10:24 AM
Babak,
I was hoping to see the one our host used with Putin riding the bear. Can't wait to see what they do for the big-O.
Posted by: Fred | 18 December 2015 at 11:30 AM