I spoke with BBC World Update and BBC West Midlands today about developments in Syria, including the politics within the US and the manoeuvres about the Russian proposal for Syria to give up its chemical weapons stocks:
BBC World Update: Listen from 2:34
BBC West Midlands: Listen from 1:20:34
Talking points:
1. “American opinion is moving towards President Obama, but only because Russia got Obama off the hook.”
2. “What is notable is how quickly President Obama stepped back from military intervention on August 30.”
3. “What do you next if you are the US? Do you arm the insurgents or do you stand and let Assad take the offensive?”
4. “This is not just a question of children killed by chemical weapons. It is also a question of children killed by conventional weapons.”
5. “There’s a similarity between this case and the politics around a guy named Saddam Hussein in November 2002.”
