Syriana:
Official Tells CNN US Could Strike Within Hours; Russia Warns Against
Attack
26
August, 2013
Things
are now pretty much on autopilot:
WAR DRUMS: An official tells The U.S. could strike within hours- -Israelis scramble for gas masks-
: An official tells : The U.S. could strike "within hours" if President orders.
BREAKING NEWS: 'I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT CAN TAKE ACTION WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OG CONGRESS.'
MISSILE STRIKES ON SYRIA LIKELY RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL ATTACK. CNN.
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And
once again, here is the Russian foreign minister Lavrov warning
against an intervention without a UN vote first (which Russia would
obviously veto):
US
State Department Indefinitely Postpones Meeting With Russia On
Political Solution To Syrian Crisis
26
August, 2013
US-Russian
relations are rapidly going from bad to worse to hopeless. As if open
public disagreement over Syria expressed in every possible venue and
medium, and foreign policy in general was not enough, now the two
countries' animosity has spilled over into private diplomatic
affairs.
Moments
ago, AP
reported that the State Department postponed a meeting, which was
originally scheduled for August 28, with Russian diplomats on Syria
this week to an indefinite future date. The meeting at The Hague was
about setting up an international conference to find a political
resolution to the Syrian crisis.
A
senior State Department official said Monday the meeting between
Undersecretary Wendy Sherman and U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford
with their Russian counterparts was postponed because of the ongoing
U.S. review about alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
More:
The
U.S. says it has evidence that chemical weapons very likely were used
by the government of Bashar Assad. The U.S. official said the meeting
will be rescheduled because a political solution is still needed in
Syria.
The
official was not authorized to publicly confirm the changes and spoke
on condition of anonymity.
So
is it safe to assume at this point the State Dept is telegraphing far
and wide that a "political resolution" has been
indefinitely postponed? Or will John Kerry hold one more monologue
tomorrow (for which he will be fashionably one hour late) explaining
why relations with Russia are at a post-Cold War low?
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