only reason syria has chemical weapons is because of fear of israel s nuclear capabilities. you want to get rid of weapons of mass destruction across the middle east, that would be a subject the russians and syrians would love to talk about. if they play out the clock, what happens? i think nothing happens. i think that s russia s calculation. you know, the notion that russia began to negotiate because of the threat of a u.s. strike is ludacris. i don t know any serious observer of the house and senate in washington who thinks they were going to get a majority even in the senate for the use of force, and i don t know anybody who really believes obama would have used force without that authorization. at least in the short term, there was no u.s. threat of force. what putin has done through this negotiation, i think, is essentially take it off the table forever. i think the net effect of the agreement and the implementation of the agreement, if it ever happens, will simply be to buy
home free. what happened to the so-called munich moment. six, seven days ago, john kerry warned about appeasement. now you have the syrians alle d allegedly bombing schools and hospitals. the rebel attacks. the rebels feel they re sold out and assad is not going anywhere, it seems. having watched the video of secretary kerry and russian foreign minister lavrov announce the agreement in genevgeneva, ik secretary kerry is suffering from stock home s syndrome. they ought to see now what other deal they can get from him and president obama. this is what happens when the president puts himself in a situation he has not thought through, when he flip-flops, he dithers. he moves back and forth, he shows weakness and indecisiveness. vladimir putin, former kgb agent, is one tough individual. when he sees weakness, he seizes on it and advances his own agenda. that s what he s done here. we ll be talking about that