Source:Associated Press– U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, I believe testifying in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
“Preparing for a prime-time speech on Syria, President Obama is lobbying lawmakers to back military strikes as a way of forcing Bashar Assad to give up his chemical stockpile.”
Source:Associated Press
The fact is without a real threat for force against the Assad Regime, a negotiated deal is not possible. Because the threat of force is what has brought the Assad Regime to the negotiating table and a chance for Russia to save both President Obama and President Bashar Al-Assad from looking worst than they do.
About Erik Schneider
I use the American Liberal photo as the cover photo for this blog, because that’s exactly what I am. And no, not in the stereotypical, sort of pop culture sense of what an American Liberal is supposed to be. But someone who represents what American liberalism, as well as European liberalism, and perhaps the liberalism of the rest of the world outside of the United States.
Liberals are people who believe in defense of liberal democracy, as well as the preservation of liberal democracy. And of course we also believe in liberal democracy with all the individual rights, and other liberal values that come from liberal democracy, the liberal democratic form of government, like equal opportunity, equal rights, equal justice, property rights, individual freedom and freedom of choice for everybody, as well as limited but responsible government, and fiscal responsibility