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I don't know - our escalating tensions with Russia - not to mention our recent diplomatic defeat with Syria (causing Russia to come out smelling like roses) - m
by generj 13y ago
I don't know - our escalating tensions with Russia - not to mention our recent diplomatic defeat with Syria (causing Russia to come out smelling like roses) - might cause the US to abortively try some limited action. Of course, Putin will rightfully call us out on our hypocrisy, and that will be that.
Ultimately the IOCC should do a better job of picking host countries in the first place, but they are more hopelessly corrupt than almost any other organization in the world.
- tomjen3 13y agoActually I don't see how Russia won that one. As far as I am concerned, the weapons would still have been there if the US hadn't threatened war.
- generj 13y agoIt's a matter of international and domestic perception, not actual reality. Internationally Putin is seen as having struck a blow against American imperialism. It's clear Obama wasn't anticipating Russia to helpfully offer a way out of his "red line".
- afterburner 13y agoBut they did, and it's what Obama and the American people wanted (stay out of Syria, nullify their chemical weapons), so how is that a diplomatic defeat when the US President and people get exactly what they wanted? And simultaneously with Iran warming relations with the US even. Perhaps you were hoping for the US to totally and completely control the entire process, and be able to take all credit? Seems a little greedy in the context of a diplomatic negotiation.