Syria's Compromise On It's Chemical Weapons Has Brought Relief To Many Of The World's Leaders

What Does Obama Get From A Syria Compromise Besides Political Relief? -- Philip Bump, The Atlantic

Things are falling into place for the Kerry/Putin Surprise Solution to U.S. Intervention in Syria. France will bring a proposal to the UN; Syria and Russia and the United States and China have endorsed it. Everyone is happy. Except that the actual collection of chemical weapons is enormously tricky. And everyone is happy — except for the Syrian rebels.

Early Monday morning, only a handful of people knew that a breakthrough was even this close. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a seemingly off-the-cuff response to a a question from a CBS reporter, suggested that if Syria gave up its chemical weapons, we could avoid inserting ourselves into the conflict. It wasn't that accidental — the idea had been raised in conversation between presidents Obama and Putin during the G20 summit last week, as Obama acknowledged on Monday and Putin did on Tuesday. Syria has formally agreed to the idea. Russia is hoping to flesh out a concrete plan, according to Reuters; France wants to bring one to the U.N., as The New York Times reports. (The paper's editorial board also endorsed the idea.) If a concrete plan is formalized, it appears that there will be no more vetoes at the U.N. Security Council from Russia or China.

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My Comment: Forget about what President Obama may get from this Syrian compromise .... for the Syrian people there will be no let up in the civil war .... if anything .... it may now escalate. But it is true .... the Russian proposal on Syria has brought relief to many of the world's leaders.

Update: This is so typical of insecure politicians doing CYA .... Administration Changes Russian Proposal’s Origin Story -- BuzzFeed