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Y
2016 Dec 29, 6:05am
Y
2016 Dec 29, 6:05am
It's easy to get along with russia. Just shoot down one of their fighter jets and they come whimpering to the negotiation tables...
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Eric Holder
2023 Nov 13, 11:15am
Eric Holder
2023 Nov 13, 11:15am
Y says
We are still in Obama foreign policy mode: talk weak, look weak, seek "resets", be "flexible", make weak half-assed moves, self-deter, waffle and dither and wonder why nobody takes you seriously.
It's easy to get along with russia. Just shoot down one of their fighter jets and they come whimpering to the negotiation tables...
We are still in Obama foreign policy mode: talk weak, look weak, seek "resets", be "flexible", make weak half-assed moves, self-deter, waffle and dither and wonder why nobody takes you seriously.
Turkey and Russia have ceasefire plan for Syria, says Ankara
Turkey and Russia have prepared an agreement for a ceasefire in Syria, Turkey's foreign minister said on Wednesday, adding that Ankara would not give up its opposition to President Bashar al-Assad staying on as leader.
The five-year-old Syrian civil war raged on, with heavy casualties reported in the siege of a town held by Islamic State, and the Russian embassy in Damascus shelled.
Turkish minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's comments appeared to signal tentative progress in talks aimed at reaching a truce. While the insistence on Assad's departure could complicate negotiations with his biggest backer, Russia, another Turkish official did not rule out a transitional role for the Syrian president.
Russia, Iran and Turkey said last week they were ready to help broker a peace deal after adopting a declaration in Moscow setting out principles that any agreement should adhere to. Russia has said the next talks are set for Astana, the Kazakh capital.
"There are two texts ready on a solution in Syria. One is about a political resolution and the other is about a ceasefire. They can be implemented any time," Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara. He said Syria's opposition would never back Assad.
"The whole world knows it is not possible for there to be a political transition with Assad, and we also all know that it is impossible for these people to unite around Assad."
The Kremlin said it could not comment on reports of an agreement.
Last week, Russia's foreign minister said Russia, Iran and Turkey had agreed the priority in Syria was to fight terrorism and not to remove Assad's government - comments that suggested a shift by Turkey, which has long pushed for Assad to go.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKBN14H0WE
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