Obama’s press conference at the G20 on Friday evening offers some signposts. Obama spoke in a somber tone throughout, which conspicuously lacked passionate affirmations or assertive thought processes that he is wont to as a gifted politician and intellectual. Having said that, Obama stuck to his guns, as it were, hanging on to his trodden path on the issues involved. But then, he wasn’t without introspection, either, groping for ideas.
The tone toward Russia was notably conciliatory, which reflected the acute awareness that on the Syrian question, it is Moscow that is in a convincing leadership role rather than Washington… Obama was, conceivably, aware of the press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier on Friday afternoon where the Russian leader asserted something unheard of in modern diplomatic history since the Bolshevik Revolution a century ago by saying, «according to public opinion surveys, the overwhelming majority of their [western] populations are on our [Russian] side and are against waging hostilities».
Syrianews 9/7
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