Failure to Lead
Ditherer in Chief Obama, who carelessly draws pink lines, has decided to wait 10 days for Congress to come back from holidays. How nice - allowing them to complete a few more summer afternoon bar-b-ques before returning.
The inability of Obama to follow through with decisive action is making America look like a joke abroad. He could easily recall Congress within a couple days and get a vote done by day three. Congressional leaders have even asked Obama to 'please recall us now'. Why wait 10 days when Secretary Kerry called it urgent that Assad be sent a message. (Incidentally, the US is building a history of making their Secretary of States look like idiots, not least of which was Colin Powell prior to the Iraq invasion.)
This delay allows Assad to make additional preparations to protect his weapons amongst civilian populations and schools, and to better prepare for a retaliatory strike against Israel. It also makes the military attack more complicated, but not impossible, for the American navy. After making such dire threats against Syria, Obama has no choice but to attack. His decision has already been made, because if Obama doesn't follow through, or if he fails in Congress, he will be viewed throughout history as the weakest President ever.
The message to Israel in this is that he will definitely NOT be there when it comes to Iran.
The message to Israel in this is that he will definitely NOT be there when it comes to Iran.
"My friends, it matters here if nothing is done," Kerry had argued. "It matters if the world speaks out in condemnation and then nothing happens."
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| Sec. Kerry looks least impressed by Obama's latest turn |
A Syrian state-run newspaper on Sunday called U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional approval before taking military action against Bashar al-Assad’s regime “the start of the historic American retreat.”
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