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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: bentway who wrote (738408)9/10/2013 4:34:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (3) of 1582955
 
Bentway,
You don't see the logical contradiction here?

The logical contradiction here is Syria promising to stop using what they claimed they never used in the first place.

In other words, assuming that Assad really did gas his own people, the promise that he and Vladdie are making is empty.

But it gives Obama a face-saving way to get out of the dilemma he created for himself. Everyone knows Obama wasn't going to strike militarily without political support, which he obviously wasn't getting from Congress or the American public.

Hence the notion that Obama forced a diplomatic solution to this crisis is silly. I agree with those who say that Vladdie played Obama like a fiddle here. Now Vladdie looks like the peacemaker here, and Obama looks like a fool that takes undue credit for anything.

Tenchusatsu
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