Syrian Gov't Agrees To Russian Chem-Weapon Turnover Plan

CNN reports that at least for now we may be able to set aside the question of whether and under what authority the U.S. should intervene militarily in Syria, a question that's dominated the news for the last few weeks. From the report: "Facing the threat of a U.S. military strike, the country's leaders Tuesday reportedly accepted a Russian proposal to turn over its chemical weapons. ... The development, reported by Syrian state television and Russia's Interfax news agency, came a day after the idea bubbled up in the wake of what appeared to be a gaffe by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. It quickly changed the debate in Washington from 'Should the U.S. attack?' to 'Is there a diplomatic way out of this mess?' Syrian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Tuesday his country had agreed to the Russian proposal after what Interfax quoted him as calling 'a very fruitful round of talks' with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday. Details of such a transfer have yet to be worked out, such as where the arms would go, who would safeguard them and how the world could be sure Syria had handed over its entire stockpile of chemical weapons."

Comments

Re:Fr0sty Bin laden p1ss

[Anonymous Coward]

What are you on about? Obama is an international hero for getting Putan to agree to the plan by having Kerry pretend he was going rogue. Obama's a super genius!

Re:you have to kill people POLITELY

[Krojack]

Bacon bombs? Sure you can drop a few on my house but I don't think the middle east would like them that much.

Re:Sounds promising

[pnutjam]

I'm not sure the liberal would have done this. They seem like good people.

I'd watch out for the "libtards" though, whatever those are, they sound pretty bad from what I have been reading on here and the Fox news commentary section.

Re:Sounds promising

[schnell]

He doesn't WANT out. Or perhaps the people pulling his strings don't want him out.

Or what about if the people who pull the strings of the people who pull the strings of Obama DO want out? Or what if the gray aliens DON'T want out but the lizard people and Freemasons DO want out? THEN what do the people who pull the strings of the people who pull Obama's strings do? Or maybe the Obama is pulling THEIR strings, and he's ambivalent and letting the lizard people take the fall?