The awkward photo John Kerry doesn't want you to see

The awkward photo John Kerry doesn't want you to see 
The White House is moving closer to military action in Syria. Although President Obama hasn’t yet decided how to deal with Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry used his harshest language yet on Monday, accusing the Syrian government of committing a “cowardly crime” and a “moral obscenity” by using chemical weapons to attack civilians. There’s just one problem for Kerry: An awkward photo is going viral showing Kerry and his wife having a cozy dinner with the Assads in 2009. Apparently, Kerry praised Assad as a “very generous man” back in 2011, something which conservatives reminded usof ahead of Kerry’s State Department nomination. Either way, experts believe President Obama is likely to order a limited military operation in Syria – a cruise missile strike on military targets – rather than a sustained air campaign to topple President al-Assad. Whether or not military action will actually work is an entirely different question.

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