Score one for the people and the Constitution.
I don't know what Obama is up to but the bottom line is, aside from no real threat to national security, he had no real objective once strikes occurred. As much as I'd love it, the USA can't kill all the bad people in the world. They'd need to hire The Avengers and The Justice League to help out.
Heaven knows the evil Syrian regime (it takes a special type of evil to gas innocent children) deserves a good old American style bomb-whooping but is in the best interest of their nation?
The President can't win. By going to Congress, supporters of air strikes are already calling him a coward. I don't think worrying about whether they look weak carries much weight. By carrying out air strikes without boots on the ground is a half-assed measure. When Clinton bombed Kosovo, he bombed it into submission. Would Obama do the same?
The Romans had a saying (if memory serves me correct) that if you didn't go to war with the intention of being ruthless, then don't go to war because you will lose.
The President, nonetheless, is not in an easy spot largely of his own doing.And sure seems to have lost patience with the UN and has coyly mused about maybe by passing it altogether.
Unilateralist!
He goes in and it doesn't bring the desired results (whatever they may be) America will be blamed. If Turkey, Israel and France feel it's their duty to send Assad a message, then maybe they can lead on this one.
Moral of the story?
Never draw red lines on the sand, kids.
It can mess you up.
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