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U.S. Attack on Syria Cements Kremlin’s Embrace of Assad

posted by on Monday April 10 2017, @11:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the two-peas-in-a-pod dept.

Runaway1956 writes:

MOSCOW — If Russia once maintained at least a semblance of distance from President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, it rushed to his defense after the American missile strike ordered by President Trump on Thursday. The attack cemented Moscow more closely than ever to the notorious Syrian autocrat.

Even as the United States condemned Mr. Assad for gassing his own citizens and held Russia partly responsible, given its 2013 promise to rid Syria of chemical weapons, the Kremlin kept denying that Syria had any such capability.

By championing Mr. Assad and condemning American "aggression," President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia seemed to be burying the idea that he could somehow cooperate with the Trump administration to end the conflict on his terms.

"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." Attributed to Abraham Maslow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/world/europe/us-attack-on-syria-cements-kremlins-embrace-of-assad.html?

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 10 2017, @05:43PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 10 2017, @05:43PM (#491769) Journal

    This is the best situation I can imagine. The Republicans try, desperately, to impeach Trump. Blocked at every step by the Democrats. Pence doesn't end up in power -- because he might be somewhat more effective than Trump at breaking things, and because he believes gays can be cured with electric shocks.

    Trump remains in power. Is even more ineffective because both parties in congress work against him. By 2018, the Republicans are tainted with the stench that will not wash off. Hey, they could have invoked emergency measures even after this clown was nominated. The party of Trump rather than Lincoln.

    Maybe both parties might wake up and realize that the offices they hold have a duty to the public attached to them. Something called Public Service. And I'm not pointing my fingers at any single party.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday April 10 2017, @10:33PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday April 10 2017, @10:33PM (#491979)

    > The party of Trump rather than Lincoln.

    Nixon, Ford, Reagan, H.W., W, Trump
    vs
    Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton, Obama

    In the last 56 years, that's quite an imbalance. If Johnson didn't have Vietnam...