En öppenhjärtig och frustrerad John Kerry gör intressanta uttalanden inför en grupp ”civila syrier”.
(Man kan väl anta att det är folk från Nusra bl a.)
USA kan inte ingripa mot Assad, de skulle inte få kongressens godkännande. Ryssland är inbjudna av Syriens regering, men USA har tillåtelse att vara där bara för att bekämpa IS. (Jag tror inte att de har det tillståndet ens. De har ju bara tagit sig rätten att bomba.)
Själv har han pläderat för användning av militär, men nu har han inga argument kvar.
Jag tycker det låter som att Kerry har gett upp och det är ju riktigt lovande!
Citat:
Kerry in leaked audio: "I lost the argument" for use of force in Syria
“I've argued for the use of force. I'm the guy who stood up and announced that we're going to attack Assad for the use of weapons," Kerry is heard telling the Syrian attendees, referring to internal deliberations within the administration of President Barack Obama that followed Assad's use of chemical weapons in 2013.”
“"We have a Congress that will not authorize our use of force," he added, explaining that a new military intervention would be difficult to bring about.”
“Kerry cited legal restrictions and local air defenses as reasons why a US military intervention was not feasible.
"The problem is the Russians don't care about international law and we do. And we don't have a basis, our lawyers tell us, unless we have a Security Council resolution," he said.
"They were invited in, we were not," he added, referring to Moscow's military operations in Syria.”
“"The only reason they are letting us fly is because we are going after ISIL," Kerry said, using another term for ISIS. "If we were going after Assad, we would have to take out all the air defenses and we don't have a legal justification for doing that."”
“"You can be mad at us, but what we are trying to do is help Syrians to fight for their own country, and we have been spending a lot of money, a lot of effort," he said.
"I am frustrated, too," Kerry said.
He later added, "A lot of Americans don't believe that we should be fighting and sending young Americans over to die in another country."”
http://us.cnn.com/2016/10/01/politics/kerry-audio-recording-syria/index.html