APPEASEMENT, THE SEQUEL – AT 9:54 A.M. ET:  Why are we not shocked?  During the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, we were assured by the administration that it would hold the line against Iran – no appeasement – despite the deal.  Yeah, sure.  This is the age of Obama.   Appeasement, Act II, has begun.  They betrayed us again.  From The Wall Street Journal:   

WASHINGTON—Iran will be invited to participate in international talks on the Syrian crisis Friday in Vienna, U.S. officials said, in a major shift in the Obama administration’s approach to ending more than four years of fighting in the country.

The White House on Tuesday also gave its strongest statement yet that it was willing to let President Bashar al-Assad remain in office and oversee a political transition in Syria, though he would eventually have to go.

One concession after another.  The way of Obama.  The sure way to eventual loss and a wider conflict.

This recent tack toward the Syrian dictator marks a significant U-turn from earlier U.S. demands that Mr. Assad leave office, and together with the shift on Iran, highlights the increased leverage of Russia and Iran after they jointly launched military operations in defense of Mr. Assad last month.

Another famous Obama triumph. 

“We have very different views, and our coalition partners do, from the Syrian government, the Russians and the Iranians,” Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s national-security adviser, said at an event at Yale University. “But I think there is the potential for an arrangement to be agreed wherein this transition begins, perhaps with Assad still in power, but it doesn’t end with him in power.”

The U.S. and its Arab allies previously blocked Tehran from participating in United Nations-backed talks on Syria, because of Tehran’s deep military and financial support for Mr. Assad. Iran has repeatedly rejected U.S. demands that it commit to supporting a political transition in Damascus that would end the Syrian leader’s 15-year rule.

COMMENT:  Same pattern as in the Iran nuclear talks.  Tough statement at first, then hedging, then cave-in.  And other nations watch in dismay as the United States squanders its position.

What will Hillary say about all this?  Probably very little.  And the press won't notice.

October 28, 2015