The interview took place a couple of hours before John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Obama and Putin, after their meeting on Sept. 28, had instructed the two top diplomats to work things out.
Kerry and Lavrov emphasized that their instructions include the urgent task of establishing communication between top U.S. and Russian military leaders for “de-confliction” (as in, making sure that U.S. and Russian aircraft don’t run into each other while attacking ISIL in Syria).
If sane minds prevail, and if Obama can face down the Israel lobby – as he did on the Iran nuclear weapons deal – a broader anti-USIS “coalition” (not “led by the U.S.”) may be in the offing.
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