John Kerry

this route. What do they have to lose? Obama has already said that time is not the issue. It would seem that they can get a UN resolution backing the Russian plan and it would put the world on record against the use of chemical weapons.

If it is a sham, we will know and then we can attack at that point.

What I am hoping is that they negative voices are those of people with an agenda - and that agenda is that of McCain and (unfortunately) probably Hillary.

I really do not think that Kerry just misspoke. First of all, I am suspicious that Russia, Syria and the UN all had detailed responses within 3 hours. In addition, in the BBC accounts of yesterday, Kerry spoke of speaking to Obama about "our friends" desire to wait for the UN report and he even did not rule out another UN resolution.

Remember when the same voices spoke of Kerry screwing up in his dealings with the Palestinians and the Israelis - calling him a "bull in a china shop" and saying he was delusional to think their could be direct negotiations? Not to mention - few of those sources really admitted they had been wrong.

Most of the beltway foreign policy circle never wanted JK - they were nasty when he was not picked in 2009 and worse when Rice was not picked in 2013.