John Kerry

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10. AP has been stating that Kerry was supporting aggressive action in Syria for at least one year,

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 05:36 PM

Jun 2013

before he was in the government. This seems to come from their inability to see things with nuance. SO, I am not surprised that they would write something like that without backup.

This said, while the idea to give support to the Syrian rebels is frightening in its own right, the civil war is threatening the stability of regimes we consider friendly, like Jordan or Turkey. Jordan's second largest city is not a shanty town at the Syrian border where people live in atrocious conditions.

Anyway, I would expect that, with Rice becoming NSA, the US is going to do more than the diplomatic circus Kerry is reduced to do, and that seems to be occupying his time these days. She is reputed to be in favor of some level of intervention.

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Obama to step up military support of Syrian rebels [View all] JI7 Jun 2013 OP

ITA. HUGE mistake. MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #1

BIG MISTAKE! rdharma Jun 2013 #2

Assad is pure compared to the islamic terrorists within the rebels ranks. Dawson Leery Jun 2013 #3

That article is WRONG. McCain mispoke about arming the rebels and took his words back. Tx4obama Jun 2013 #4

i hope so, can you make this an OP JI7 Jun 2013 #5

Making it an OP probably wouldn't do any good now, because... Tx4obama Jun 2013 #6

Other than the AP saying Kerry was for that decision with no backup, karynnj Jun 2013 #7

could it also be that Obama already made the comment about doing something if Chemical weapons JI7 Jun 2013 #8

Yes = the fact that he said it was a red line is meaningful karynnj Jun 2013 #9

AP has been stating that Kerry was supporting aggressive action in Syria for at least one year, Mass Jun 2013 #10

Not familiar with the crisis politicasista Jun 2013 #11

well, first of all, Goldberg tends to say a lot of things that are not correct. Mass Jun 2013 #12

That makes sense politicasista Jun 2013 #13

Google John Kerry Jeffery Goldberg - and it is pretty clear that he is neither accurate or someone karynnj Jun 2013 #14

Will do politicasista Jun 2013 #15

Trying to figure out Goldberg karynnj Jun 2013 #16

You are on to something here politicasista Jun 2013 #17