I thought that perhaps Vladimir Putin blew it with his chest-puffed-out stupid editorial (did you hear it was a U.S. PR firm that got it in the Times?)….but apparently not.

More stories on Syria here, here, and here. 

Ketchum rung a bell, so I went looking on PRWatch.org’s website and found several references here,  here,  and here.  And the biggie (for me, at least) here –the Dept. of Education and Ketchum. 

There’s more there if you care to go and read…