Russian proposal on Syria brings relief to many world leaders

[cali]

By providing a way to avert a U.S. military strike, Russia’s proposal that Syria surrender its chemical weapons has offered a host of world leaders an exit from an increasingly damaging political crisis.

The plan, which is expected to be hashed out in the United Nations over the next week or longer, has quickly gained supporters in Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. Congress. Despite numerous complications and likely setbacks ahead, the idea has gained momentum because it offers major advantages for each of those parties. It also creates clear winners and losers.

Even if the Russian proposal bogs down at the U.N., as many observers expect, it offers a way to put the issue back in meeting rooms rather than on the battlefield, resolving anxieties in many world capitals.

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Perhaps the clearest loser in the latest developments are the pro-Western factions of the Syrian rebels, who have worked hard to bring the United States into a direct military role in the war. They’ve now received clear evidence of how resistant the American public is to involvement in their conflict, even if the White House appears to be promising to provide some rebel groups with more powerful weaponry and training.

Also likely to be disappointed are the Saudis, their Persian Gulf allies and the Turks, all of whom oppose Assad and have sought to draw the U.S. and its allies into a larger military role in Syria.

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http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-russia-syria-proposal-world-leaders-20130910,0,1924506.story

[snappyturtle]

1. You might want to look at this....Putin's statement this afternoon.

It's only 1:47....esp. interesting at the end. I heard it on CNN or
MSNBC....I didn't like hearing what I heard..

[Whisp]

2. yah yah Pootin rulez, Obama droolz...

yammer yammer blahblah.

[cali]

5. huh? babbling again? facts in the way of your narrative?

btw. I have no fondness at all for Putin.

[RobertEarl]

3. We influenced Putin very much

Had he, or if he still insists on non-compliance, he will be made to look like the warmonger, and Russia will be tarnished.

So, we of the anti-war movement have had great success in making the world leaders take notice that the old ways of violence to solve problems went out with the Bushes.

[dkf]

4. And to me.