[Occupymendocino] Kerry’s Comments on Syria Are a Shift Over Strike

[Richard Karch]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/obama-syria-chemical-weapons_n_3896093.html

Kerry’s Comments on Syria Are a Shift Over Strike
DAVI SANGER
Published: September 9, 2013

WASHINGTON — When Secretary of State John Kerry dangled for the first time on Monday actions that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria could take to avoid a military strike, it seemed an acknowledgment that Congress, America’s allies and the Russians were all looking for an off-ramp for what a week ago seemed like inevitable military action against Syria.
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The concept has taken on many permutations in the past five days, but its essence is this: force Mr. Assad to turn his huge stockpile of chemical weaponsover to some kind of international control and recognize the international ban on chemical weapons. The appeal of the idea is that, if successful, it could create a far more lasting solution ...







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