"A lot of people say
nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging,” said Kerry,
urging Congress to stand behind Obama in order to make the threat of
force — and the pressure on Damascus — more compelling. http://www.timesofisrael.com/kerry-us-not-waiting-for-long-on-russias-syria-proposal/
... But the way he put it was awful and brought in to the hall the ghosts from Mesopotamia and the Hindu Kush ....
... As the senators caught on, Kerry probably realized - Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel who was seated beside him passed a slip of paper with just a "?" scribbled on it - that he had made a gaffe.
... Three major gaffes within the space of a week is a terrible record for a top diplomat to pile up under any circumstances. It all began last week during the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings when out of the blue Kerry interjected that the congressional resolution on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Syria should not expressly preclude the deployment of ground troops - "boots on the ground".
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-100913.html
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