After two years of empty U.S. rhetoric and threats for crossing imaginary red lines, Assad had no fear of U.S. intervention. He was right. Even using the horrendous Sarin gas had done nothing to get Obama off his fence. Instead, under heavy criticism for his reluctance to accept the evidence that Sarin gas was used, Obama is now trying to redefine either “red,” or “line,” or both.
With not much oil to lure American companies, Obama didn’t find Assad’s atrocities and the Iranian destabilization of the region enough of a reason to at least impose a no-fly zone over Syria.
Obama’s attempt to pacify the Muslim/Arab world, beginning with his Cairo speech in 2009, seem to have yielded catastrophic results.
After two years of empty U.S. rhetoric and threats for crossing imaginary red lines, Assad had no fear of U.S. intervention. He was right. Even using the horrendous Sarin gas had done nothing to get Obama off his fence. Instead, under heavy criticism for his reluctance to accept the evidence that Sarin gas was used, Obama is now trying to redefine either “red,” or “line,” or both.
ReplyDeleteWith not much oil to lure American companies, Obama didn’t find Assad’s atrocities and the Iranian destabilization of the region enough of a reason to at least impose a no-fly zone over Syria.
Obama’s attempt to pacify the Muslim/Arab world, beginning with his Cairo speech in 2009, seem to have yielded catastrophic results.