(08-30-2013, 08:11 PM)Taem Wrote: Heh, so it's a no-win situation for us now that the redline comment was stated. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. You are correct that we will look equally as bad to foreigners if we intervene than if we did nothing at all after that statement, but I prefer to have other countries know we are a country of our word, and when we commit to a statement like that, we won't back down!
What a sly dog; such masterful eloquence of planning. I can't believe Obama passed the buck to Congress knowing they will vote against any action towards Syria, yet at the same time saying he "would" authorize a strike himself, but needed "approval" from Congress. Now he's fulfilled his promise by way of the "redline" comment by differing the issue to Congress after saying he would approve any military action Congress voted on. Hah, this guy is something else; a real swindler - in a good way. Even if you don't like the man, you have to have respect for Obama's rhetoric and quick thinking.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin