Syria Demands U.S. Stop Supporting Rebels Before Handing Over Chem Weapons

Q: Who didn't see this coming?

A: Obama apparently.

Not that we needed further evidence that Obama is getting played like a second grader in this Syria debacle we now have this:

Syria will fulfil an initiative to hand over its chemical weapons only when the United States stops threatening to strike Syria, RIA news agency quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying in a television interview…

“When we see the United States really wants stability in our region and stops threatening, striving to attack, and also ceases arms deliveries to terrorists, then we will believe that the necessary processes can be finalized,” he was quoted as saying in an interview with Russian state television.

Assad basically laughs at any suggestion he hand over the chemical weapons NOW without any preconditions.

Next question: Does anyone really believe Assad will hand over his chemical weapons at all?
Anyone? Obama? Anyone?

Last question: when Obama finally realizes he's been duped, what will he do next? Blame it on Congress? Or George Bush?