{"id":5467,"date":"2013-08-28T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2013-08-28T21:55:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T21:55:27","slug":"kerry-challenges-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/kerry-challenges-assad\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry Challenges Assad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have unassailable evidence Bashar al-Assad gassed Syrian civilians in vile attempt to retain stranglehold on country.  What we don\u2019t have is war-winning military option.  Americans don\u2019t want to fight in Syria and neither do allies.  It\u2019s therefore incumbent on me, as decorated and oft-wounded warrior, to stand up and challenge Assad to hand-to-hand combat.  If he wins \u2013 and he\u2019s much younger (albeit dorky) \u2013 then United States will not launch air and cruise missile strikes against chemical weapons sites.  If I win, the tyrant must leave.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cWhy should Assad accept?\u201d you may ask.  \u201cHe can keep doing whatever he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\tThat\u2019s not accurate.  As Secretary of State I must tell you that next transgression will force us to begin attacking him personally at homes in offices and military compounds and in transit.  We shall drop bombs and fire cruise missiles wherever we think he is.  We\u2019d rather not do this.  We dread blowing up more civilians than he gassed.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe solution is as I stated: Assad and I will settle this mano a mano.  We\u2019ll sell tickets to live event and top all pay per view records.  We\u2019ll let everyone watch good destroy evil.  All we need is for Bashar al-Assad to show up.  And he will, won\u2019t he?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have unassailable evidence Bashar al-Assad gassed Syrian civilians in vile attempt to retain stranglehold on country. 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