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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
How Vladimir Putin Hijacked The White House's Response To Syria
2013-09-11
"There are two clear winners in this slow-motion train wreck, and they are not Obama or Kerry," New Republic Editor Julia Ioffe points out. "They are Assad and Putin."
Posted by:Uncle Phester

#14  HOT AIR ARTIC = opined iff Vladimir Putin = Russia, N-O-T POTUS Obama = USA, is now the West's + International Community's leader in the Syria Crisis??

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > INDIAN DEFENCE NEWS - PROOF OF SYRIAN REBEL CHEMICAL USE GIVEN TO UN: RUSSIA.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > FIASCO: RUSSIA "NOT ENTHUSIASTIC" ABOUT UN RESOLUTION ON SYRIA, SAYS FRENCH PM.

* RELATED RIA NOVOSTI/RIAN.RU > RUSSIA REJECTS FRENCH DRAFT PROPOSAL ON SYRIA.

* RUSSIAN RADIO > TALKS ARE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISION OF [Syria's] CEHMICAL WEAPONS, NOT THEIR TRANFER - SYRIAN MINISTER.

* SAME > SYRIAN OPPOSITION WANTS [asks] MOSCOW TO
TAKE CONTROL OF COUNTRY'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS - RUSSIAN RADIO.

* DAILY STAR LEBANON > RUSSIA MAY EXPAND ARMS SALES TO IRAN IFF US STRIKES SYRIA.

Russian Lawmaker ALexei Pushkov.

* TOPIX > [Various] WHITE HOUSE: RUSSIAN PRESTIGE AT STAKE/ON THE LINE IN SYRIA.

Personally, I'm interpreting this diversion by the Bammer Admin as yet another victory for anti-US, pro-OWG-NWO Marxism/Leftism-Globalism, NOT AMERICA = AMERIKA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-09-11 23:15  

#13  Putin's achievements will not long outlive him. The question really is, will Obama's failures outlive him?

Count on it, there won't be another Black President ever.
(Probably not a woman either, Shrillary)
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-09-11 19:35  

#12   rjschwarz, Hello, I respectfully disagree. Money is the tie that binds here. Many in a close circle including Putin are now billionaires. Like the Kennedy's their version of a Camelot. This power will be handed down for many generations. Yes, some will squander their family money. Money will marry money and so the economic cement is nearly perfectly set. This is a unique moment in history for Russia. Putin will grab every bit of opportunity that presents itself. We should export Democrats , EPA, NSA or Pelosi. They would suck the life out of any country.
Posted by: Dale   2013-09-11 18:35  

#11  Putin is inside BHO's OODA Loop. The field is wide open and BHO has no idea what is coming next.
Posted by: TomAnon   2013-09-11 15:56  

#10  Bismark was a brilliant strategist but then he handed over his grand achievments to a total dolt that got into WW1 and ruined it all.

Putin's achievements will not long outlive him. The question really is, will Obama's failures outlive him?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-09-11 14:50  

#9  Bush goes to war with Shock and Awe
Obama goes to war Incredibly Small...

Talk amongst yourselves.
Posted by: Capsu78   2013-09-11 14:16  

#8  Heh. Maybe if he had drawn a white line he would have taken his statement more seriously.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-09-11 12:01  

#7  BHO does not personally embody the United States.

Half-black, confused Kenyan, coke snorting, foreign student, former lawyer, Chicago ghetto organizer, with a deep seated hatred of all things British and nearly everything white who has never held a private sector job.

Embody America, no...... I suppose not.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-09-11 11:43  

#6  I personally don't give a fok who gets credit for not starting WWIII. If Vlad helped Champ get something off the bottom of his shoe, good on him. It's only a temp fix however. Champ will step in it again. Amateurs usually do.

Bingo. I weep for my country, but BHO does not personally embody the United States. So I'm sort of enjoying seeing him get pwned.
Posted by: RandomJD   2013-09-11 11:35  

#5  In my opinion Putin will now be relentless. Every day in one direction or another. Not war, he doesn't need that. He is the hunter sensing the weakness in another. It is clearly his day in the Sun. A self made man. A master in this game.
Posted by: Dale   2013-09-11 10:09  

#4  Champ blew his international seriousness one year ago today when he traded US Response for Election Results.

Chickens coming home to roost.

I don't think there is credit to be given anywhere - in the Real World you don't have to call Check when your opponent makes a bad move. Scoreless soccer and strikeless baseball are fairy tales.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-09-11 09:34  

#3  Had Saddam been savvy enough to have made such an announcement and brought the UN inspectors back, we might still have a 500,000 soldiers, Marines, and airmen sitting in Kuwait, ready to jump off.

I personally don't give a fok who gets credit for not starting WWIII. If Vlad helped Champ get something off the bottom of his shoe, good on him. It's only a temp fix however. Champ will step in it again. Amateurs usually do.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-09-11 07:56  

#2  Grown ups living in the Real World vs. role playing spoiled children.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-09-11 01:44  

#1  I don't suppose Putin threw a wedding for one of his daughters recently, did he? Just sayin'...

Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2013-09-11 00:42  

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