I kid you not. Unbelievable. Only between the ineptness of Obama and Kerry could such an outcome occur. And you can guarantee the media will be in full-slobberfest to address this as the plan all along; when in reality, this is Dear Leader's way out, casting America as befuddled, while Russia's the peacemaker. Although, McRINO's not gonna be happy about Assad continuing to kick the crap outta his rebel buddies with conventional weapons. Oh well.WashingtonExaminer: Comedian and actor Albert Brooks... has taken the crisis in Syria seriously. Between jokes about Miley Cyrus and Johnny Manziel, on Aug. 29, as leaks detailed U.S. options for attacking Syria, Brooks tweeted, "I don't know the right decision on Syria, but basically telling them Saturday between 3 and 4 seems stupid." Two days later, when President Obama announced he would seek congressional authorization for an attack on Syria, Brooks tweeted, "I like POTUS asking Congress, but I think they should be called back now, not when they casually return from vacation."
Those were perhaps a little too serious for a Twitter account not devoted to foreign policy. So on Friday night (early Saturday in the East), Brooks sent out a Syria joke. "Russia and the U.S. could unite for one week," he tweeted, "go into Syria, remove the chemicals, and let them continue fighting."
It was kind of grimly funny. Except it didn't turn out to be a joke. Forty-eight hours later, leaders in the U.S., Russia, and Syria were embracing the Brooks Plan, although no one called it that. At first it seemed the idea originated in a gaffe by Secretary of State John Kerry. Then Obama told interviewers that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin discussed it at their recent meeting. Whatever the case, several key players in the Syrian crisis, plus a number of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, welcomed a plan that was immediately characterized as a way to avoid U.S. intervention in Syria. For Obama especially, the idea seemed to be a lifeline out of the terrible trap he had constructed for himself.
Brooks got no credit, although his 114-character tweet predicted precisely the essence of the new proposal. As the story began to dominate the news Monday, Brooks, who had heretofore not been recognized as a major player in the Syria crisis, tweeted simply, "I believe I tweeted this idea last Friday."
Too late. The proposal is already known as the Russian Plan, not the Brooks Plan.
Related link: White House Backs Global Push to Secure Syria’s Arsenal
ADDENDUM: Rush is all over this one, explaining how Kerry's gaffe has become the official policy of the U.S. in Syria...
Rush also says that Kerry's gaffe is all about yanking Obama out of the HUGE mess he's put himself in...
