Comments on: Matt Drudge: Putin Is Leader of the Free World https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/03/matt-drudge-putin-is-leader-of-the-free-world/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:45:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/03/matt-drudge-putin-is-leader-of-the-free-world/#comment-57385 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:45:58 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15177#comment-57385 Well, at least Russia and the US may now be talking seriously about dealing with the awful situation in Syria.
As I see it, Russia holds most of the cards while the US has the clout to ensure they may at last be played.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/03/matt-drudge-putin-is-leader-of-the-free-world/#comment-84341 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:45:58 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15177#comment-84341 Well, at least Russia and the US may now be talking seriously about dealing with the awful situation in Syria.
As I see it, Russia holds most of the cards while the US has the clout to ensure they may at last be played.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/03/matt-drudge-putin-is-leader-of-the-free-world/#comment-57384 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:57:54 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15177#comment-57384 Well, the fact that Putin is now pushing this disarmament plan could be viewed as tantamount to an admission that he ‘misspoke’ when he claimed two weeks ago that there was no way the Syrian regime would have used chemical weapons: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/31/syria-un-weapons-inspectors-leave

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/03/matt-drudge-putin-is-leader-of-the-free-world/#comment-83651 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:57:54 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15177#comment-83651 Well, the fact that Putin is now pushing this disarmament plan could be viewed as tantamount to an admission that he ‘misspoke’ when he claimed two weeks ago that there was no way the Syrian regime would have used chemical weapons: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/31/syria-un-weapons-inspectors-leave

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/03/matt-drudge-putin-is-leader-of-the-free-world/#comment-57383 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:33:35 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15177#comment-57383 Some of us still love Gorby: http://www.thelocal.ch/20130904/gorbachev-urges-us-russia-deal-over-syria

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