Giving Putin an inch in this highly sensitive matter by backing off bombing the shit out of innocent Syrian civilians was the right thing to do.
Unless you think Obama should have said" **** off Putin, I don't need a diplomatic solution.
I live to bomb people. I'm tired of drone kills. They're chump change. I want the big show."
you missed the bigger point the admin is saying
they are saying
Reagan was right all along
and the lefty policies are failures
they say
peace through strength worked
that the mere thought of a missile strike scared the Russians and Syria
to cave to our demands rid themselves of the chemical weapons
public information head jay carney doubled down on the Success
of the Reagan policy at a presser yesterday by saying the United states will hold
a
Trust but verify position to insure that Syria complies with
losing its chemical weapons
I find myself rarely disagreeing with you, but in this case I must. The threats rang hollow.
Why? Because no one would back his threats.
Obama read the situation all wrong when he wanted to immediately strike Syria. First he didn't think Cameron would be devastatingly defeated in the House of Commons.
Merkel said there wasn't a hope in hell that Germany was going to sign on. Ditto Canada. And then Obama get's stuck with France.
Polling in France showed that 65% were ready to riot in France if Hollande went ahead and joined in the bombing.
And most of the rest sane leaders in the world agreed that any action against Syria should wait until the UN Inspectors issued their findings after a proper investigation.
Putin is savvy. He played chess while Obama was trying to handle a game of checkers.
Epic fail on the world stage. But there is success considering that Putin was able to find a diplomatic solution.