09.10.13 | 8:43 am
The Key Thing
LAVROV: PROPOSAL OF FRANCE TO ADOPT UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION IN LINE WITH CHAPTER 7 ON SYRIA UNACCEPTABLE http://t.co/qyyRxRdhaa
— Interfax News (IFAX) (@IFAXnews) September 10, 2013
Translated this would mean that Russia won’t countenance a use of force trigger for any Syrian chemical weapons plan. That’s going to be the rub.
09.10.13 | 8:26 am
A Different Story?
From TPM Reader BP …
I have some connection with our Department of External Affairs and International Trade. I understand China have given the nod to the Russian proposal; and that the Syrians have indicated acceptance. I know all the instant analyses by talking heads makes it difficult to know what is actually happening. I have stopped watching CNN but while surfing saw Wolf B talking to Gloria Borger.
