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Originally Posted by spence
Here's a better question for you. Can you explain why Russia would do an about face from the position there was no evidence the Govt led the attack to suddenly demanding Assad give everything up?
-spence
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From Putin's perspective, here are 2 possible outcomes.
(1) we remove or kill Assad, who is a Putin ally.
(2) Assad simply agrees to give up his chemical weapons, and everybody agrees to forget about what happened. In this case, Assad stays right where he is.
Why wouldn't Putin jump at the chance for option #2? There is no better outcome for Putin.
So much for Obama's red line nonsense. We look like idiots.