How Obama has supported Assads gas murder always

Linux Beach: How Obama has supported Assads gas murder always.

It is hard to dispute the claims made here, namely that Obama’s calculus on Syria is deliberate and methodical and meant simply to use the conflict in Syria to achieve certain policy goals that do not include regime change or ending genocide. With the deal struck with Iran, one policy goal is now clear. One more thing is clear as well: Obama is not only an amoral bastard but a moron as well. What has been achiever with Iran and what could still be achieved does not justify the cost incurred in terms of human lives lost, hopes for freedom dashed, and not only in Syria, America’s standing in the world compromised even more than it was under the former administration, and global order shattered.

Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year?

Bashar Assad | Vote Now: Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year? | TIME.com.

While Time’s person of the year is not always a positive personality, I can’t help but think that those who have so far voted for Assad actually mean it as an endorsement of the man and his genocide. This world has become a cruel joke again. Mass murder has once again become a legitimate means towards an end. It has the approval of world leaders, and now the world’s readers.

The Bad Deal

NOW: The bad deal

In Geneva, the Obama administration “successfully” negotiates the terms of America’s surrender

While many analysts seem to be celebrating the interim agreement just signed in Geneva – under which Iran will suspend portions of its nuclear program in exchange for decreased economic sanctions – a closer examination in the context of regional trends gives little reason for optimism.

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As Syrian Chemical-Weapons Attack Loomed, Missteps Doomed Civilians

As Syrian Chemical-Weapons Attack Loomed, Missteps Doomed Civilians – WSJ.com.

Brief History of A Major Fuckup, but not that anyone involved has shown any signs of remorse: the regime keeps killing with an even greater dose of impunity (albeit by other means), the opposition keeps faltering and fragmenting in a dizzying display of incompetence, and the Obama Administration is still leading events from the devil’s “behind,” or wherever the Hell they remain stuck – surely a cold and dark place reserved from the amoral bastards of history.