Update via Zerohedge:
Hardline Republican Senator John McCain said the US should get on board with Russia?s proposal for Syria to hand over control of its chemical weapons to the international community.
?If there is an international [agreement], if you have the guidelines, the requirements, the reporting, the dates? all of that guided by a very detailed resolution to the UN Security Council, I think that you can?t say no to it even though I?m very dubious that this is a real proposal,? McCain told Time magazine.
?I think it?s just a stalling tactic but to reject it out of hand is obviously not something that you can do.?
And Assad?s response to requests for him to hand over his (in his words, non-existent) chemical weapons?
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Via zerohedge.com
Following up on this morning’s shocking “appeasement” turn of events by Russia and Syria, the White House has promptly fired back in the only way it knows: digging in deeper:
“Failing to respond means more and more Syrians will die from Assad?s poisonous stockpiles.” ?@AmbassadorRice #Syria
? White House Live (@WHLive) September 9, 2013
The comedy continues:
“Failing to respond means more and more Syrians will die from Assad?s poisonous stockpiles.” ?@AmbassadorRice #Syria
? White House Live (@WHLive) September 9, 2013
Yes – in Rwanda, Somalia and all those tens of other conflicts the US never got involved in because Qatari/Saudi petrodollar/gas interests were not involved.
With the mainstream media proclaiming last night’s Charlie Rose interview with Assad “propaganda”, the following headlines from a speech by national security advisors Susan Rice will frighten even the most “Miley Cyrus”-numb American:
- RICE SAYS OPENING DOOR TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS THREATENS U.S.
- RICE SAYS CHEMICAL WEAPONS COULD BE USED EVEN WITHIN THE U.S.
- RICE SAYS U.S. ALLIES BECOME `TEMPTING TARGETS’ IF NO RESPONSE
- RICE SAYS ASSAD ATTACK THREATENS GLOBAL SECURITY, U.S. INCLUDED
We can only imagine the ‘score’ underlying her words, which are getting scarier and louder with every verbal escalation…
- RICE SAYS SYRIA UNLEASHED `HELLISH CHAOS’ IN CHEMICAL ATTACK
and an ominous Carmina Burana ‘drum beat’, crescendoing with:
- RICE SAYS NOT RESPONDING MAY EMBOLDEN N KOREA, IRAN, TERRORISTS
So, it would appear, that a Syrian strike is no longer about preventing Assad from using weapons, as was the story until now, but deterring others from doing what Assad may or may not have done.
At the end of the day, the US will refuse to accept checkmate by being humiliated by grandmaster Putin in the world arena: it seems the decision is already made:
- RICE SAYS U.S. WOULD LIKE UN BACKING BUT IT WON’T HAPPEN
And finally, here is the admission after all. As expected, the whole point of this entire frace was to topple Assad and replace him with a pro-Syria, pro-Qatar, anti-Russia regime:
Rice: “Our overarching goal is to end the underlying conflict through a negotiated, political transition in which Assad leaves power” #Syria
? White House Live (@WHLive) September 9, 2013
And if we were Iran we would be worried. Very worried. A false flag in which Tehran attacks Israel is coming any second:
Rice: Limited strikes “will make clear to Assad and his allies?Hezbollah & Iran?that they should not test the resolve of the United States.”
? White House Live (@WHLive) September 9, 2013
In the meantime Senate delays Syria vote as Obama loses momentum:
President Obama?s push for congressional approval for military airstrikes in Syria ran aground Monday, forcing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to delay a procedural vote as opposition builds among senators in both parties.
Six senators, including five Republicans and one Democrat, announced Monday they would vote against a resolution authorizing the use of force ? a strong indication that the administration?s efforts to build bipartisan support have been ineffective.
The Senate was scheduled to vote Wednesday on a procedural motion to begin formal debate on the resolution, but Reid announced late Monday the vote would be delayed in order to buy the president more time to make his case to senators and the public. (source)