Whooda Thunk?

[David Morris]

http://www.juancole.com/2013/09/congress-embarrassing-themselves.html

The Russian initiative is not attractive because it seems practical or
likely to be swiftly implemented but because it allows everyone involved to
save face. Obama can look statesmanlike. He is already taking credit for
Putin’s move, saying it would not have come about without his own
saber-rattling.
[...]

The one good thing about this development is that it strengthens Russia’s
position with the Baath government of Bashar al-Assad and may lend new
energy to Moscow’s determination to broker a compromise between the rebels
and the regime.
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