Unfortunately, the most plausible answer is that the administration has allowed itself to be played by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is seeking to restore Moscow’s influence in the Middle East by thwarting the U.S. goal of regime change in Syria.
[source : Syrian President al-Assad shows no sign of backing down, WP, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/syrian-president-al-assad-shows-no-sign-of-backing-down/2013/05/30/673b91a2-c949-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html?hpid=z3, 31st May 2013]
This one sentence should tell the world what is going on. The US does not want to create a level playing field, or level battlefield, but wants Assad out.
Previous WP editorials have had a dig at Obama only, except for the last editorial on Syria. But this editorial attacks Kerry more than Obama.
Clearly, the strategy that Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced in February has failed.
...What’s harder to understand is why Mr. Kerry continues to vigorously pursue the conference, having failed to accomplish the necessary predicate of changing the balance of power on the ground.
But at the end the WP reveals itself in all its Bilderberg glory by calling for arms to the rebels and air strikes on Syria.
As we have written previously, the only hope for an acceptable political settlement in Syria lies in an intervention that would decisively shift the balance of Syria’s war — through arms supplies to the rebels and airstrikes to eliminate the regime’s air power. If Mr. Obama is unwilling to take such steps, he ought also to eschew diplomacy that makes his administration appear foolish as well as weak.
Though the WP does not state where to strike in Syria, with the latest news about the S-300, system it is obvious where the WP wants Obama to strike. And in doing so is trying to trick Obama into WW3.
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