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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics

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To: Bridge Player who wrote (52455)9/1/2013 2:58:48 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
Obama made a very shrewd move with the Syria fiasco. He now is in a 4-way win win.1. By threatening and blustering and saying that he thought we should bomb in response to the use of chemical weapons, he made himself look strong to the hawks.2. By now deferring to Congress, he has made himself look good to the majorities who thought he should do so.3. He now has an excuse to do nothing except more talk when Congress refuses to give authorization, making himself look good to the doves and the anti-war left.4. While at the same time obtaining favor among our allies who never wanted him to do anything in the first place.Hate to say it but it was a BO slam dunk.

Actually, it's a 5-way win. This is the first time that Obama has actually been transparent in any of his actions.

Of course, the transparency is that it is clear that he painted himself into a corner and now he is counting on congress to bail him out of his stupid positions without actually having to say that he was wrong.
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