Ah, dinner with the Assads. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.
Posted on 03/15/2015 6:12:13 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and is exploring ways to pressure him into agreeing to talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS News in an interview.
Washington has long insisted that Assad must be replaced through a negotiated, political transition, but the rise of a common enemy, hardline militant group Islamic State, appears to have slightly softened the West's stance towards him.
In the interview broadcast on Sunday, Kerry did not repeat the standard U.S. line that Assad had lost all legitimacy and had to go. Syria's civil war is now into its fifth year, with hundreds of thousands killed and millions of Syrians displaced.
"We have to negotiate in the end," Kerry said. "We've always been willing to negotiate in the context of the Geneva I process," he added, referring to a 2012 conference which called for a negotiated transition to end the conflict.
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The dreaded Regime Change, dispised by liberals.
I’ve been saying this since the beginning but I’m guessing its too late.
A year ago we might have been able to get some concessions about getting hezbollah under control in Syria. Now I doubt it.
“I wonder who will replace Kerry? “
The search will start having as its initial goal a black, female Latino lesbian, because we must demonstrate our commitment to diversity. This is much more important than diplomatic skills, negotiating skills or personal credibility.
Obama’s keystone cops: ‘we support you, no we don’t, yes we do’....
Obama pushes trannys all the time. Why not have a tranny sect. of state.
Kerry says stupid stuff as often as Biden.
Maybe more often, because he seems to be off his leash more often.
Hello Kerry your not going to get a Nobel Peace Prize Thorbjoern Jagland has been FIRED ,LOL
Kerry says U.S. will have to negotiate with CAPITULATE TO Syria's Assad
He has moved the RIGHT WAY...finally figuring out that EVERYONE that wants Assad out is a TERRORIST.
Now the question is whether he can understand that having TERRORISTS run the country is worse than today’s situation.
We shall see.
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