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An Exasperated John Kerry Throws in Towel On Syria: “What Do You Want Me to Do, Go to War With the Russians?!”
“Russian and Syrian forces intensified their campaign on rebel-held areas around Aleppo that are still home to around 350,000 people and aid workers have said the city – Syria’s largest before the war – could soon fall.”
Can you spot what’s wrong with that quote, from a Reuters piece out today? Here’s the problem: “could soon fall” implies that Aleppo is on the verge of succumbing to enemy forces. It’s not. It’s already in enemy hands and has been for quite some time. What Reuters should have said is this: “…could soon be liberated.”
While we’ll be the first to admit that Bashar al-Assad isn’t exactly the most benevolent leader in the history of statecraft, you can bet most Syrians wish this war had never started and if you were to ask those stranded in Aleppo what their quality of life is like now, versus what it was like in 2009, we’re fairly certain you’ll discover that residents aren’t particularly enamored with life under the mishmash of rebels that now control the city.
In any event, Russia and Iran have encircled Aleppo and once it “falls” (to quote Reuters) that’s pretty much it for the opposition. Or at least for the “moderate” opposition. And the Saudis, Turks know it.
So does John Kerry, who is desperate to restart stalled peace negotiations in Geneva. The problem for the US and its regional allies is simple: if Russia and Iran wipe out the opposition on the battlefield, there’s no need for peace talks. The Assad government will have been restored and that will be that. ISIS will still be operating in the east, but that’s a problem Moscow and Tehran will solve in short order once the country’s major urban centers are secured.
As we noted on Saturday, Riyadh and Ankara are extremely concerned that the five-year-old effort to oust Assad is about to collapse and indeed, the ground troop trial balloons have already been floated both in Saudi Arabia and in Turkey. For their part, the Russians and the Iranians have indicated their willingness to discuss a ceasefire but according to John Kerry himself, the opposition is now unwilling to come to the table.
“Don’t blame me – go and blame your opposition,’” an exasperated Kerry told aid workers on the sidelines of the Syria donor conference in London this week.
America’s top diplomat also said that the country should expect another three months of bombing that would “decimate” the opposition, according to Middle East Eye who also says that Kerry left the aid workers with “the distinct impression” that the US is abandoning efforts to support rebel fighters.
In other words, Washington has come to terms with the fact that there’s only one way out of this now. It’s either go to war with Russia and Iran or admit that this particular effort to bring about regime change in the Mid-East simply isn’t salvageable.
“He said that basically, it was the opposition that didn’t want to negotiate and didn’t want a ceasefire, and they walked away,” a second aid worker told MEE.
“‘What do you want me to do? Go to war with Russia? Is that what you want?’” the aid worker said Kerry told her.
MEE also says the US has completely abandoned the idea that Assad should step down. Now, apparently, Washington just wants Assad to stop using barrel bombs so the US can “sell the story to the public.” “A third source who claims to have served as a liaison between the Syrian and American governments over the past six months said Kerry had passed the message on to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in October that the US did not want him to be removed,” MEE says. “The source claimed that Kerry said if Assad stopped the barrel bombs, Kerry could ‘sell the story’ to the public, the source said.”
Of course Kerry won’t be able to “sell” that story to the Saudis and the Turks, or to Qatar all of whom are now weighing their oppositions as the US throws in the towel. “Kerry’s mixed messages after the collapse of the Geneva process have put more pressure on Turkey and Saudi Arabia,” MEE concludes. “Both feel extreme unease at the potential collapse of the opposition US-recognised Free Syrian Army.”
And so, as we said earlier this week, it’s do or die time for Riyadh, Ankara, and Doha. Either this proxy war morphs into a real world war in the next two weeks, or Aleppo “falls” to Assad marking a truly humiliating defeat for US foreign policy and, more importantly, for the Saudis’ goal of establishing Sunni hegemony in the Arabian Peninsula.
The only other option is for John Kerry to face the Russians in battle. As is evident from the sources quoted above, Washington clearly does not have the nerve for that.
Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2016/02/07/an-exasperated-john-kerry-throws-in-towel-on-syria-what-do-you-want-me-to-do-go-to-war-with-the-russians/
You never should have gone into the middle east in the first place. All You have done is fock thing up beyond repair. Amerika really is the little Satan.
the big satan-an agent of that little country over there iserahell–gonna get us in ww3 sooner or later
Ah Yes, the haughty, highbrow, condescending, gigolo, pompous ass, John Kerry, (who served in Vietnam) and is about as effective as a fart in a hurricane, finally admits that he is completely useless and a complete fool and pushover. Hey Johnny Boy— We Already know that !! He needs to go back to his Heinz fortune, his yachts, and bicycles and do what he does best– Play the real life Thurston Howell III or maybe if they ever bring back “The Addams Family” he can be “Lurch”
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John Kerry was the Bo Bergdahl of the Viet Nam War, where he sat in front of congress betraying his fellow service members. He was in his mind a world activist–which is why Obama picked him. He and Obama cut and run at the sight of blood and concede to the demands of our foes. Our World leadership has been destroyed under these two and Clinton as Sec of State
Turkey does supply ISIS Putin, said it himself in front of the UN council ya,they trading oil that they steal from Syria over to the occult mafi Jews ya for about 20 qiud per barrel Putin son”s own the cargo ships that delivery the oil, looking at 1000′s of trucks per day as to why Putin bomb the trucks The occult mafi Jew Yetin went to see Putin about this, they running the oil through Turkey, now you got kissinger going to see Putin because kissinger arranged the oil deal for the middle east, oil sitting at 38 per barrel Yetin selling to the states at 70quid per barrel, so the states can drop bombs in the middle of nowhere The UN pays for those bombs and there worth more than the oil, the ISIS are making millions per day doing this arrangement. The missile contracts the united states corporation is worth billion trillions. As why the US has not hit any iSIS targets or they hit mock up staged crap on the ground so they can film it for the media that Yetin the occult jews own. Every one has there hand in the cookie jar over there big scam when your dealing with national governments and world leaders.
This why you got refugees that are ISIS in Europe staging false flags so they can reconnect oil chain back to Turkey these country leaders are being blackmailed by the United Stated after that spying incident that the states was doing, to make them world leaders play along this why they want that assenge fellow so bad cause he knows what was done and why!
This why Putin step up to the world plate after what assenge told them, German minster is being blackmailed by the US to agree for the influx of ISIS to stage false flag attacks so the US and other UN members can go into Syria to re-establish the black market trade deal, you can see whats going on by who is visiting Putin and why the West is bad mouthing Putin and the bombing of ISIS.
This apart of the New World Order and they got caught as to why Putin dropped the NWO.
This is a news story that has some major world players involved yet the western occult Jew owned media does not report on any of this. This is bigger than watergate!!!!
Nothing more than common crooks at play!!
Except your comment is not accurate. It is ERDOGAN’S SON that owns the cargo ships. Putin is bombing them…, trying to stop the oil from going to Turkey.
How about bring your military home for starters! I guess that is not an option.
We want you to go to Leavenworth KA. and check yourself in as a ‘Traitor’ to the USA. Remember throwing away your metals and standing by Jane ‘Hanoi’ Fonda as you badmouthed this country and it’s fighting ‘Hero’s.’
We will never forgive or forget you ‘traitor’s!’… you too.. John McCain!
We have ‘documented’ proof, that your ‘Left Stream’ MSM refuses to release.
So the MMMs are finally being recognized as such. (Mythical Moderate Muslims)
Develop the oil, and natural gas in America, and let the barbarians in the Middle East pound sand.
Once Russia entered the Syrian conflict, all hopes for a regime change were squashed.
Putin does not mess about. He bombed rebel groups and ISIS groups with little regard for civilian casualties because he knew these cowards were emboldened by using civilians as cover and the West wouldn’t touch them for fear of collateral damage.
The West allowed rebel groups and ISIS to rape, pillage and torture with impunity, so long as they surrounded themselves with civilians.
That strategy doesn’t work with the Russians, so these groups will be less inclined to use civilians as cover.
Once again, Putin has shown strength and resolve and a masterly grasp of what it will take to resolve this conflict. Kerry should step aside and let the Russians complete their work and restore the Assad government and a complete cessation of hostilities and then Syria can start to re-build and the refugee crisis will be reversed.
The West has not covered herself with glory on this conflict. We are seen as divided, weak, morally bankrupt and grossly incompetent. And this has cost more lives, pain and misery than anything Russia has done.