So we are not allowed to comment on how we got here? And in your first comment you said that if Assad is out Obama and Putin deserve credit. What evidence do you have that Assad is on his way out? He is by no means out. In fact he is almost guaranteed victory at this point. Which is fine by me other than the fact that we will now have a leader in the region that can tell all the other crazies that they don't have to fear the US anymore (which is exactly what Assad is already doing). We legitimize Assad by agreeing to the handover. It was our only option at that point but Assad is happy to hand over the weapons and join the treaty. He trades some weapons for international legitimacy. Big win for him.
I am as glad as you are that we aren't getting involved but we still took a hit. Our resolve has been compromised because we resolved to do something stupid and were called out on it. Fortunately we backed off the ledge but that doesn't change that there are negative long term consequences to acting like we did.
We lost the moral right to war in Iraq and we just confirmed it in the worlds eyes by trying to take military action again without the worlds consent. If we are going to be one nation among many (which is Obamas philosophy) then we need to actually back up the words from the get go. Not merely give in to Putin after he has put us in the timeout chair.
Over the past few years, you remind of an old buddy Stewey (not from Family Guy). Stewey used to go to the track with us. He was the worst handicapper I have ever seen. He was so bad and so often wrong that we used ask him whom he was betting so we could eliminate that horse from consideration.
Over the past few years, you have been the board's Stewey on everything Obama.
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