Late night comedy shows made fun of president Obama's lack of backbone regarding Syria. One joke went like this:
President Obama has given the Syrian's just one week to turn over the full details of their chemical weapons. Obama has also told them that if they fail to do this, he is going to give them another week.
Well now, it seems, that is exactly what is happening. Here is how the Los Angeles Times puts it:
The ambitious U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough just days ago, hit its first delay Wednesday with indications that the Syrian government will not submit an inventory of its toxic stockpiles and facilities to international inspectors by this weekend's deadline.
President Obama has given the Syrian's just one week to turn over the full details of their chemical weapons. Obama has also told them that if they fail to do this, he is going to give them another week.
Well now, it seems, that is exactly what is happening. Here is how the Los Angeles Times puts it:
The ambitious U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough just days ago, hit its first delay Wednesday with indications that the Syrian government will not submit an inventory of its toxic stockpiles and facilities to international inspectors by this weekend's deadline.
The State Department signaled that it would not insist that Syrian President Bashar Assad produce the list Saturday, the end of a seven-day period spelled out in the framework deal that Washington and Moscow announced last weekend in Geneva.
Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman, said Wednesday that "our goal is to see forward momentum" by Saturday, not the full list. "We've never said it was a hard and fast deadline."
When things get so bad that David Letterman is a prophet rather than a comic, we are in dire straits.
Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman, said Wednesday that "our goal is to see forward momentum" by Saturday, not the full list. "We've never said it was a hard and fast deadline."
When things get so bad that David Letterman is a prophet rather than a comic, we are in dire straits.
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