O:clutching at straws..

 

So, we have a new deal in the making.

 

It looked very much to me as if O were grabbing at another straw when he pounced on the prospect of Russia tucking away Syria's gas bombs. Now that the details of what such a slight of hand entails, everyone is less enthusiastic and optimistic about the proposition.

 

The French added to the details by insisting the perpetrators of the gas attacks be not only identified but delivered to the International Court of Justice as well. That will not happen as long as Assad is alive.

 

As statesmen continue to examine the prospect of Assad neutralizing his weapons in some way or another, more and more nasty details arise. We all know where the devil is now.

 

O must have rewritten his much anticipated speech for tonight several times already. Every day a new angle comes up that is deal breaking or in some other way overwhelming.

 

I plan to listen to what he has to say as I suspect he may indulge in some fantasy and a few rewrites of history.