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Old 11th Sep 2013, 12:18
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Originally Posted by tartare
Yes - that was a great line.
This whole `we'll hand over the sarin' thing is just b^llsh1t.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Depends on how seriously the Russians take it.
Sure they will... how long will it take? And all of it?
If the UN is involved, about a decade. Point of Reference, Iraq.
They couldn't even leave a couple of UN inspectors alone - yet they're going to:
a) allow some kind of third party in to drive around and collect it or
destroy it?
b) bring it all to a border somewhere and hand it over?
More likely B.
And all in the middle of a vicious civil war.
Aye, there's the rub. How do you secure the convoys? Major issue and a major difficuty.
What's the plan here?
There isn't one yet. There's a rough strategy and not even a CONOPS to refer to. A few weeks or months getting things sorted out at the UN and Arab League seems to be the next item on the agenda ...
Originally Posted by tartare
Deny, divert, delay... the best negotiating strategy of all.
That too.

But on the bright side, something has started.
If it took a threat of blowing stuff up to get a process started, however imperfect, maybe all of this noise was worth it.

And, maybe it's all a load of noise to no good end.
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