CalvinBall wrote:Syria accepted Russia's proposal. I don't know. This is bizarre. Good if true.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:I feel like 90% of the country forgot the threat of force can often open the way to diplomatic solutions. Clear win for Obama if this works out, we'll see though. Putin is a sneaky bastard.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Nixon was a bitch, going to DEFCON 1 during the Yom Kippur war and then backing down when he got what he wanted?

Pussy.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:No, this is a clear win. We have to get those weapons out of there so they can't use them and perhaps even more importantly so that they don't fall into the hands of various groups if the rebels begin making gains.

Gives Obama a victory and allows us not to bomb the shit out of them. Assad is going to get his either way.

td11 wrote:haha yeah but obama has a tiny dick tho

jerseyhoya wrote:Putin is opposing the France/UK UN resolution and is saying Russia will only back a resolution that rules out the US using force

How do you enforce compliance if you foreswear the use of force in the resolution?

He's trolling Obama right now

jerseyhoya wrote:Putin is opposing the France/UK UN resolution and is saying Russia will only back a resolution that rules out the US using force

How do you enforce compliance if you foreswear the use of force in the resolution?

He's trolling Obama right now

jerseyhoya wrote:Putin is opposing the France/UK UN resolution and is saying Russia will only back a resolution that rules out the US using force

How do you enforce compliance if you foreswear the use of force in the resolution?

He's trolling Obama right now

Putin and Obama discussed idea of putting Syrian chemical weapons under international control on sidelines of G20 last week: spokesman

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 10, 2013

cshort wrote:I thought the use of force was to "penalize" Assad for using the weapons, not for having them. Does this mean if Iran builds a nuke, they only get threatened after they use it?