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Kerry Hopes for Russia 'Change of Heart' on Syria at G20
Moscow Times ^ | 09/04/2013 | RIA Novosti

Posted on 09/03/2013 10:55:49 PM PDT by TexGrill

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will discuss Syria with President Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G20 summit in St. Petersburg in talks that could produce a Kremlin "change of heart" on how to deal with the crisis there, Secretary of State John Kerry said.

"President Obama will have ample opportunity to hear from President Putin and I'm confident they'll have a discussion about it" at the G20 meeting this week, Kerry said Tuesday in testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Syria following Obama's decision to seek congressional approval for military intervention there.

"Let's hope that the summit might produce some change of heart as the president makes the evidence available to President Putin," Kerry stated.

Asked why Russia has adopted a strong stance against current U.S. moves to carry out a military strike in Syria in response to the apparent use of chemical weapons in the civil war there — an act Washington insists was perpetrated by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad — Kerry said, "Honestly, I don't know."

"They make an argument to some effect that we don't have evidence and that the opposition did it," Kerry said. But he added that Russia was "sincere" in efforts to help bring about a negotiated settlement to the conflict there and was cooperative on other vital security issues involving North Korea and Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at themoscowtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: russiaobama
LOL
1 posted on 09/03/2013 10:55:49 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill

Oh good, more hope and change.


2 posted on 09/03/2013 10:57:20 PM PDT by RC one
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To: TexGrill; everyone

3 posted on 09/03/2013 10:58:23 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: TexGrill

Beslan,
The two airliners blown up simultaneously by suicide bombers,
The Moscow concerts,
The Chechyn wars and their atrocities,
The Bombing of the bullet train in St Petersburg,
Subway bombing in Moscow,
The takeover of the Moscow theater audience,
the suicide bombing of the Moscow airport,

All sunni wahabbist inspired and supported. The Russians will correctly see a rebel victory in Syria as fuel to the fires they face. They correctly see the threat and will not bend.
And Obama meeting with a few Russian homos will make them feel good about giving us the finger on Syria.


4 posted on 09/03/2013 11:03:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: caww; mylife

Ping.


5 posted on 09/03/2013 11:08:01 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: TexGrill

your LOL owns this thread...Who can explain it better!...lol


6 posted on 09/03/2013 11:08:38 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: Army Air Corps

So now he is begging?


7 posted on 09/03/2013 11:09:48 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: mylife
Reminiscent of Genghis Khan.
8 posted on 09/03/2013 11:12:04 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: laplata

Ping.


9 posted on 09/03/2013 11:13:12 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Thanks, AAC


10 posted on 09/03/2013 11:15:02 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: TexGrill

Russia to Kerry, “Tough Shitski.”


11 posted on 09/03/2013 11:15:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TexGrill

A ‘Change of Heart’ to blow people to smithereens.


12 posted on 09/03/2013 11:32:51 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: TexGrill

Putin has Obama by the balls right now, and he knows it.

The way Obama ran to congress within an hour of learning that Putin had ordered his ships to prepare for a serious confrontation certainly has to have them thinking he is vunerable.

Obama is all talk, bluff, and bluster, and his past proves it. And being worshipped by the US Media isn’t going to help him deal with Russia.

And we already know this morning’s unannounced missle test REALLy p**sed them off.


13 posted on 09/03/2013 11:35:59 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: dfwgator

When the Ex-Soviet KGB Officer President of Russia is holding the Moral High Ground over the Peace Prize-winning President of The United States, you REALLY know that DEAR READER has blown it....


14 posted on 09/03/2013 11:38:00 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: TexGrill

Kerry the war criminal bleating again.

When they hang that slime, they should hang him by the nose.


15 posted on 09/03/2013 11:54:42 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of the Muslim Brotherhood))
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