Kerry Remark Opens Alternative to U.S. Attack on Syria
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A comment about Syria’s chemical weapons by Secretary of State John Kerry that aides said was merely rhetorical may give U.S. President Barack Obama a way to postpone or avoid an attack on Syria that most Americans oppose.
Events took an unexpected turn after Kerry said yesterday U.S. strikes could be averted if Syria quickly hands “every single bit” of its chemical weapons to international control. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after meeting in Moscow with his Syrian counterpart, quickly embraced the idea.