Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh had an exceptionally close alliance: one party would routinely submit to being dragged down the stairs by the other: bump, bump, bump. The comparison might not immediately leap to mind, but some of the reaction to the agreement to rid Syria of its chemical arsenal could spring from the A A Milne school of international diplomacy. President Vladimir Putin is implicitly cast as Christopher Robin and Bashar al-Assad as his obedient teddy bear.
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