On Saturday, Obama announced that he had thought long and hard about attacking Syria in response to their use of chemical weapons. He believes it should be done, but it should be debated in the Congress. Obama thinks it is the right thing to do to let Congress vote on a declaration of war. He thinks that Congress needs to give him a declaration of war.
Now Obama says this is going to be a very limited action with no boots on the ground. We're not planning on getting a regime change. I guess we're really not planning to kill or injure anyone either. That doesn't sound like a real war. Why does he need a declaration of war for such a limited action? What do we plan to accomplish in this action? Isn't it all about saving face for Obama?
Last year in the run up to the election, Obama was trying to sound like a tough guy. He threatened Assad, saying that he draws a line in the sand at chemical weapons. The insinuation was that the US would attack. Well, old Bashar al-Assad didn't feel all that scared. According to Secretary of State John Kerry, the chemical weapons were released and killed almost 1,500 people. It has been reported that around 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict. That didn't elicit much of a response from Obama, but the 1,500 people killed by a chemical weapon is the catalyst needed to get us into another war. It just makes no sense.
Obama is really driven by polls. The polls say that only about 9% of Americans support action against Syria. I think old Obama is a little scared too. The Syrians and Iranians have both threatened to attack Israel if the United States attacks Syria. The Israelis must be thrilled. The Syrians were busy fighting amongst themselves, and now they're talking about attacking Israel for something the U.S. is doing.
I believe Obama doesn't want the conflict. He realizes now that he spoke stupidly when he made that threat, thinking that Syria would never call his bluff. The entire Middle East believes that Obama is all talk. They consider him a joke -- a laughing stock. The U.S. is not feared anymore. Thank you President Obama. You have no foreign policy strategy. What is the Obama doctrine? Is it "be nice to the folks over there and they will love us?" How's that working out? The Middle East is all about negotiation from a position of strength. If they don't believe you will follow through on your threats, you will get absolutely no respect.
Well Obama and his media worshipers figure he has made a brilliant move. He said all those tough things, following up on John Kerry's words over the past several days. Now he figured out how to get a "do over." Ask Congress to vote on whether to take action or not. Obama figures the war will never be approved by Congress, and he can blame them for any ramifications. Congress doesn't care about the poor folks in Syria. Congress is making us look weak in the Middle East. He would have gone over there and been tough with them, but Congressional Republicans did what they always do and blocked Obama from fixing this problem.
This MessAPolitico is amateur hour in the White House. Thank you America. You elected him. Don't forget that his Secretary of State for the first four years was Hillary. Will she be our next president? If so, what will her foreign policy doctrine be? I hope to NOT find out.
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