[Dr.Deth]

Guess they got tired of being told to sit still while Obama bombs them.

[lodi90]

You guess wrong. The “rebel” groups already said they won’t honor the ceasefire. The whole ceasefire charade is just Putin trying to jerk around and embarrass the United States.

[ClearCase_guy]

terrorist groups did not adhere to any of the points of the agreement on a ceasefire

When they say "terrorist groups" they mean The Government of the United States.

[jimjohn]

As I was reading over the weekend, during a cease fire, the U.S.- les coalition (read: U.S) decided to ‘accidentally’ bomb the Syrian Army.

I guess friendly-fire bombing runs are common during cease fire period. Man, I gotta bone up on the laws of modern day warfare.

... or, we can just blame Putin for the whole mess.

Do I even need to add an /s tag?

[AU72]

Kerry is 0 for XXX in diplomatic wins.

[baltimorepoet]

So, are the DoD-armed “rebels” still fighting the CIA-armed “rebels”?

[ek_hornbeck]

A ceasefire and negotiations only workable if you have two sides that are willing to compromise and somehow coexist. For the rebels, any option that keeps Assad in power won't be acceptable to them, and for Assad, any option that removes him from power won't be acceptable. What is the point of going through the motions of ceasefires and negotiations when the only possible resolution will be one side eventually crushing the other?

Furthermore, how is John Kerry's proposal to protect the "moderate" rebels while agreeing to fight the Al Nusra front rebels supposed to be workable when Al Nusra fighters (unlike ISIS) are mixed in and usually welcomed by the other rebel groups? The "moderate" rebels are basically Al Nusra or Al Nusra allies, they're only "moderate" because they aren't quite as psychotic as ISIS.

[butlerweave]

Obama knows you can’t import Muslims if there’s Peace and besides they might want to GO HOME

[WENDLE]

I just have to say that our bombing of the Syrian army is one of the dumbest thing I have seen militarily. I must add that we have no right to be in Syria under international law what so ever. Syria is a sovereign nation. What are we doing there without the express invitation of elected government of Syria. Russia is invited there to fight Isis and to fight the insurgents. We are not invited there. When we bombed the army of Syria I would assume we came damned close to bombing RUSSIANS!!It was an outrageous aggression against a sovereign nation that has never done a thing against the USA. We have no dog in that fight and we need to get the Hell out of there.

[Sam Gamgee]

Best post of the day.