Didn't President Obama abandon the Syrian red line when the GOP pulled the rug out from under him?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I see a lot of revisionist history.

BTW, I don't know what the solution is in Syria/the M.E. It's beyond my ken. It's a tough neighborhood which raises an interesting question. North America and Europe are relatively placid neighborhoods. Why do the Deplorables want to shake them up?

[mcar]

1. That is my recollection

The GOP manages to weasel out of responsibility for everything. However, it's all on them now.

[Ligyron]

2. I wonder if this will be the point where Trump kicks Pooty-poo to the curb?

He just sentenced Bannon to the health care asylum too.

[mcar]

3. I'm thinking the reverse

Putin will eventually kick Trump to the curb.

[Ligyron]

4. Yup, he many have already...

There's that.

[grantcart]

5. Most likely explanation was that they were getting close to an agreement on Iran

and the Iranian told them that if the US attacked Syrian military it would be impossible to finish the agreement.

Americans tend to view actions as being influenced by only domestic issues but international operations, especially in the middle East have dozens of non American moving parts


That is why it is so critical to elect someone who you can basically trust, and why we are all on such trouble now.

[Tom Rinaldo]

6. That doesn't explain Republicans in Congress though who came out against military action

Republicans wanted to scuttle the Iran deal.

[grantcart]

7. Most Republican reaction was simply to criticize everything PO did.

At the time PO said that they had an agreement with the Russians to take out the gas weapons.

That is what attracted criticism, even among independent observers. The real reason only came out much latter.