First the good news, . . . from foreignpolicy.com :
"John Kerry is Wicked-Psyched He Found Dunkin-Donuts In Moscow"
And the, . . . umm, . . . ah, . . . other news:, . . . from the Associated Press :
"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia's long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad's future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside years of disagreement over how to end Syria's civil war.
President Barack Obama first called on Assad to leave power in the summer of 2011, with 'Assad must go' being a consistent rallying cry. Later, American officials allowed that he wouldn't have to resign on 'Day One' of a transition. Now, no one can say when Assad might step down.
Russia, by contrast, has remained consistent in its view that no foreign government could demand Assad's departure and that Syrians would have to negotiate matters of leadership among themselves. Since late September, it has been bombing terrorist and rebel targets in Syria as part of what the West says is an effort to prop up Assad's government."
Definition:
feckless [fek-lis] adjective 1. ineffective; incompetent; futile
[DonDiego expects the dictionary publishers to add a photo of The Obama to the feckless definition, so everyone knows what it looks like.]
"John Kerry is Wicked-Psyched He Found Dunkin-Donuts In Moscow"
And the, . . . umm, . . . ah, . . . other news:, . . . from the Associated Press :
"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia's long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad's future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside years of disagreement over how to end Syria's civil war.
President Barack Obama first called on Assad to leave power in the summer of 2011, with 'Assad must go' being a consistent rallying cry. Later, American officials allowed that he wouldn't have to resign on 'Day One' of a transition. Now, no one can say when Assad might step down.
Russia, by contrast, has remained consistent in its view that no foreign government could demand Assad's departure and that Syrians would have to negotiate matters of leadership among themselves. Since late September, it has been bombing terrorist and rebel targets in Syria as part of what the West says is an effort to prop up Assad's government."
Definition:
feckless [fek-lis] adjective 1. ineffective; incompetent; futile
[DonDiego expects the dictionary publishers to add a photo of The Obama to the feckless definition, so everyone knows what it looks like.]
