i find it perfectly credible that a politician does something stupid and then clears it up by something cunning involving backroom deals.
But still Obama is saved from declaring war on syria (which he does not want to do!) Or of looking a fool when congress turns him down. (increasingly likely). Both Russia and the US have something to gain here. Russia can become more intimately involved in the syrian government, while the US can claim Syria was forced to stop using chemicals.
nope. Even if the administration was one individual , even the best of us do lots of stupid things too.
In Iraq at least an absolute fortune of oil revenue was appropriated to pay for the 'liberation' and sundry expenses.
You're reaching awfully far for an explanation that doesn't take that much imagination.
"Asked during a stop in London whether there was anything Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government could do or offer that would stop an attack, Kerry said that al-Assad "could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week" -- adding, "He isn't about to do it, and it can't be done, obviously."
Does that sound like someone leaving the door open for a possibility of diplomacy or a legitimate goof?
Regardless, if this was some awesome behind the door orchestration of cunning, then given it's already warm acceptance by both the Russians and the Syrians, why would Obama still be pushing for a Congressional authorization of a strike?
This is pointless to argue as it's all conjecture, all we can go off of is what we see, and what we see is a Russia that has not been warm and cozy with the US or the administration humiliating that administration by seizing on some offhanded remarks to form a real possibility that SHOULD have been offered as an alternative before a strike anyway.
