Take The Deal, Cuz

On the eve of President Obama's prime-time speech to urge Congressional approval for military action against Syria, suddenly Syria is willing to accept a Russian proposal to relinquish all its chemical weapons.  They would be turned over to the international community for destruction.

This development presents a handy escape hatch.  It lets us avoid a military strike which literally no one in the world wants (except John McCain, of course).  The idea that we could lob a few "limited" cruise missiles into Syria and suffer no consequences has been absurd from the start.

I love ya, Cousin Barry!  So revise your text, make your speech, rattle a sabre or two, but take the deal!






(Should we give any credit to Russian President Vladimir Putin for introducing the idea at last week's G20?  We could, but Putin's the narcissistic megalomaniac obsessed with restoring Mother Russia to its "former glory" who's always being photographed with his shirt off.  So fuck him.)