really offsets
the BBC is reporting that
Syria's President Bashar al Assad has appeared on russian TV
to confirm that its countries chemical weapons will be placed under
international control
obviously the devil
is in the details I but their
is I am I mean look
the we're we're playing at such a a narrow playing field now
in terms of this that a.m. you know everything must be
there there's a whole sort of setup understandings that must go into this
when we say this but
to the extent that I am
our desire and by that I mean
the Obama administration's desire to
engage in military action against the syrians
I was a function I love upholding
international norms on the use of chemical warfare
having a side say that he's willing to
submitted this in terms I love edifying that norm
I am mission accomplished fishy
I'll putting aside the merits have just that
mission for a moment I and aside the questions I've
how will this happen how
how much will you really put under a international control
can we trust the players eccentric cetera if this is about norms
then you know at least in that Sourav
amorphis realm the this is good although
michael's about to be the wet blanket asides about to be there were planted
Wall Street Journal is just reporting that now he's saying that as a condition
of giving up the chemical weapons the aid to rebels needs to stop
by the US it was just not an unreasonable diplomatic demands
by it sets the agreement back its earnings
right back to page one and I it was reported today
that though I am
and I'd seen a story about this couple weeks ago though in June
I believe it was I am the US government announced it would begin to harm
the Syrian rebels supposedly those rebels had not received any other
weapons
up until the last couple weeks I don't think that they had received
up the we have been coordinating with I with the golf
Gulf states I don't know if they I don't think they're actually receive weapons
directly from
us until more recently and i think is also another higher
greed of weaponry morley full stuff according to The Washington Post today
the CIA's begun delivering weapons the rebels in Syria
ending months of delay in lethal aid that have been promised by the Obama
administration
is according to US affiliate officials and Syrian figures
in with Syrian figures mean but the shipment began streaming the country
over the past two weeks
along with separate deliveries by the State Department a vehicle and other
gear
flow of material that marks a major escalation I've US role in the Syrian
civil war
I am I you know
that to me is it almost a separate question
I don't know I am that we are in any way
ending the the bloodshed there but our
I'm also not convinced that are not arming the rebels would also not
end the bloodshed so like I say there's
there's no good solutions here I am
only less bad ones and it's not even clear what the less bad ones are
but at the very least
I am there's
we've slowed our role when it comes to attacking Syria
and in look I am I
I don't know I am
I do not subscribe
in the main to the 11 dimensional chess
theory that this was the plan all along
but I do think that the I administration deserves credit
for either a
getting somewhere negotiations with Putin
at the g20 summit and then
having carry go out there answered subtly
fly it s balloon or be
seizing on the opportunity that was offered
that came up by chance because President Obama could have just said
that was not an offer we don't take the russians in the Syrian seriously so
I am you know credit where credit is due
anything that gets us to avoid our war
an intervention that has no international backing
not to say that I I wanna see war that has international backing
but in this instance you know we're talking about
imminent threat to a broad segments of the civilian population
I think that the bottom line is right the the
lowest bar is that you need to get UN approval
and so you know credit where credit is due