hi tkc,
i didn't see or hear the speech.
but this clearly was not the white house line a week ago. they were determined to launch a few missiles to assert us prestige.
putin redirected the conversation. he took advantage of kerry's flub. he said that syria should chemically-speaking disarm.
it's great that o changed direction. but let's not pretend he's leading. this was putin's initiative. o was smart enough to follow.
the knee-jerk response to use military solutions for this kind of problem is happily relegated for once.
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