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Kerry warns of Munich moment

This is rich on so many levels. US Secretary of State John Kerry warns of a 'Munich moment' if Congress votes against attacking Syria.

Secretary of State John Kerry told House Democrats that the United States faced a "Munich moment" in deciding whether to respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, Politico reported on Monday.

According to the Politico report, in a 70-minute conference call on Monday afternoon, Kerry derided Syrian President Bashar Assad as a "two-bit dictator" who will "continue to act with impunity," and he urged lawmakers to back President Barack Obama's plan for "limited, narrow" strikes against the Assad regime, Democratic sources on the call told the news web site.

Kerry's derisive comments on Assad and his reference to the 1938 Munich agreement between Adolf Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, signal the White House's resolve to get Congress on board Obama's plan to punish Assad for his use of chemical weapons.

Did Churchill seek a (not required) vote of Parliament before he started to go after Germany? How long did it take for him to disavow Chamberlain's policies of appeasement? Churchill was railing against Hitler in the 1930's while Kerry....

and Obama.... was at least smart enough not to have his picture taken with Assad....

Labels: Adolph Hitler, Barack Hussein Obama, John Kerry, Neville Chamberlain

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:58 AM