[An Nahar] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
appealed Thursday to the divided Syrian opposition to join next week's peace talks, and vowed they could veto any names for an interim leadership.
"On the eve of the Syrian opposition coalition general assembly meeting tomorrow to decide whether to participate in Geneva in the peace conference, the United States ... urges a positive vote," Kerry said in a surprise statement to news hounds.
"The Syrian people need to be able to determine the future of their country, their voice must be heard," he said, ahead of the peace conference in Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
which opens on January 22.
"The Geneva peace conference is not the end, but rather the beginning. The launch of a process that is the best opportunity for the opposition to achieve the goals of the Syrian people and the revolution."