Syria; A return to chemical weapons?

March 2011 calls Assad a "reformer."

CNN Reports chemical gas weapon killing dozens in Syria:

At least 70 people, including at least 10 children, have been killed in what is suspected to be one of the deadliest chemical attacks in Syria in years, activist groups say.

In December, 2015, the so very charismatic and charming Secretary of State John Kerry said he saw no reason for regime change in Syria.

"The United States and our partners are not seeking so-called regime change," Kerry said in reference to the US's preferred outcome to the Syrian civil war, according to The Associated Press.
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 US officials, including US President Barack Obama, have insisted since August 18, 2011, that embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down from power.

But the US has also hoped that Assad could be "eased out" as part of a Russian-brokered political transition since mid-2012. And the US has done little to actually affect regime change.

Despots like Assad don't allow themselves to be "eased out." Who did Obama and Kerry think they were fooling? Obama and Company continued the Democrat foreign policy of appeasement. They didn't want to deal with it and ignored it which brings us where we are today. Thank you Messrs Obama and Kerry.

Then, in May of 2016, Kerry said there are several proposals to bring a cease fire and peace to Syria:

[Kerry] did not say what the proposals were...

Did he ever get around to telling us the proposals?

Assad and Kerry discuss Pachinko.

In March, 2011, Hillary Clinton called Bashar al-Assad a "reformer, and that...

... Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he’s a reformer.”

In October, 2015, Barack Obama and his Administration tossed in the towel and gave up on U.S. efforts to train Syrians against ISIS [and anti-Assad rebels].

The Russians were right about Assad and Syria all along:

"The Russians had a more realistic analysis of the situation than practically anybody else," said Lakhdar Brahimi, the former United Nations Special Envoy to Syria. "Everyone should have listened to the Russians a little bit more than they did."

Brahimi was referring to the Russian offer in 2012 to end the growing civil war in Syria by forcing the country's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, to leave power. The Russian proposal went before the UN Security Council, but the United States, Britain and France were so convinced that Assad was about to fall anyway that they turned it down. Why let the Russians take the credit?

Another incident where Obama's ego was placed ahead of some very astute speculation on the part of Russia. Obama allowing himself to be upstaged by Putin? Not on your life.

And just before the U.S. gave up on efforts to train Syrians, John Kerry came to the realization that "Assad must go...eventually."

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has to go – but the timing is negotiable, Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.

2009 dinner; the Kerrys and the Assads; Kerry: "Please pass the endangered Tree Snails."

Kerry: "...the timing is negotiable." This is a Despot we're talking about, not the golden parachute of a CEO whose time to exit the office is long overdue.

The Democrat Foreign Policy: Placate and Ignore Until Out of Office; Let Next Administration Deal With It.

- Grammatical corrections April 5, 2017