French, Iranian FMs: Iran nuclear deal reached

French, Iranian FMs: Iran nuclear deal reached – Houston Chronicle.

Reached – a capitulation agreement by the world ‘s only superpower whose luck it is to be ruled by a bunch of nincompoops, to a group of fascists pigs busy helping a genocidal maniac perpetrate his crimes in Syria, joy to the world, and all that sort of things. For what no one will tell you concerning this “blessed” agreement is the attached tacit clause that gives Iran (and Russia) a free hand in Syria and Lebanon – all for a 6-month worth of promises meant, nay, designed to be broken.

Saving Syria or Saving Face?

There is no idea or notion at this stage that is more fanciful than the belief that the US and Russia are actually cooperating on Syria, other than the belief that the Americans, the Russians, the Iranians, are engaged in secret talks to help “save Syria.” Saving Syria or helping the people of Syria is not something anyone is interested in at this stage, and has probably never been a factor in anyone’s calculations otherwise all would have behaved differently many months ago. If this lot is talking about anything at this stage, it’s about face-saving solutions for each, especially the Obama Administration, as well as finding ways to combat Al-Qaeda, the entity that keeps popping up as a result of their collective fuckups.

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The New Yorker Festival 2013: Obama & the World Panel

A panel with the Syrian activist Ammar Abdulhamid, The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins, the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation’s Andranik Migranyan, and the New America Foundation’s Anne-Marie Slaughter took place on October 6 as part of The New Yorker Festival 2013. The panel was moderated by Steve Coll, the New Yorker staff writer and the dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, and was attended by around 200 participants. The photos were just released.

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Ahmad Jarba: A Moment of Truth Looms for Syria

Ahmad Jarba: A Moment of Truth Looms for Syria – WSJ.com.

Jarba makes one lame point after another, and misses the chance to frame the debate in a manner that reminds people, not shyly but starkly, of what the Assads regime has been doing for close to three years now: perpetrating genocide and in the process encouraging the emergence of terrorist networks and threatening the stability of the region. He should have also reminded leaders of the international community, especially the U.S., Russia and Iran, of their negative impact on this process due to their passivity and/or duplicity. He should have been shaming and blaming even as he shows willingness to attend Geneva 2. Russians must love Jarba. He’s been “reasonable” and the negotiations haven’t even started. Who’s his media adviser? Whoever he is, he should be fired.