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Re:Russia to monitor 'all communications' at Winter Olympics... by generj on Sunday October 06, 2013 @12:11PM (#6504458)
It's a matter of international and domestic perception, not actual reality.

Internationally Putin is seen as having struck a blow against American imperialism. It's clear Obama wasn't anticipating Russia to helpfully offer a way out of his "red line".

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Re:Russia to monitor 'all communications' at Winter Olympics... by afterburner on Sunday October 06, 2013 @01:06PM (#6504627)
But they did, and it's what Obama and the American people wanted (stay out of Syria, nullify their chemical weapons), so how is that a diplomatic defeat when the US President and people get exactly what they wanted? And simultaneously with Iran warming relations with the US even.

Perhaps you were hoping for the US to totally and completely control the entire process, and be able to take all credit? Seems a little greedy in the context of a diplomatic negotiation.

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