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A goldfish has an attention span of about 3 seconds maximum. The American public's attention span is a little longer than that, but not by much, and Obama is counting on that fact. Benghazi, NSA, Fast and Furious, and the IRS are now overshadowed by the Syrian civil war.
Suddenly Syria has become a serious problem. Why? Because Obama, the amateur, drew the red line in the sand last August, and the public cannot help but see that Syria is gassing its people. Even though the American public doesn't want to get involved in another conflict, (about 80% are against our intervention in Syria), Obama is laying responsibility on congress. See, I'm still talking about Syria when we took our eyes off the real ball--Benghazi.
As I write this, hearings are being held to discuss the Syrian problem. The one point that is obvious to me is that we have no clear proof of who used the chemical weapons. Kerry and Dempsey sounded confident that Assad was the culprit, but ever since the Muhammad video and Benghazi, I don't trust them at all.
It seems painfully clear to me that if we "shoot across Assad's bow" this is going to lead to something horrible. It will not be an easy, pretty outcome. It will change our relationship to the rest of the world, but perhaps Obama wants that to happen, I don't know.
I believe Obama is using Congress to win political points. With the public against intervention, if they vote to intervene, Obama looks like a hero to use the Constitution, for a change. If they vote against intervention, Obama will depict the GOP to be obstructionists and will win on that point. It's right out of Saul Alinsky's play book.
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Suddenly Syria has become a serious problem. Why? Because Obama, the amateur, drew the red line in the sand last August, and the public cannot help but see that Syria is gassing its people. Even though the American public doesn't want to get involved in another conflict, (about 80% are against our intervention in Syria), Obama is laying responsibility on congress. See, I'm still talking about Syria when we took our eyes off the real ball--Benghazi.
As I write this, hearings are being held to discuss the Syrian problem. The one point that is obvious to me is that we have no clear proof of who used the chemical weapons. Kerry and Dempsey sounded confident that Assad was the culprit, but ever since the Muhammad video and Benghazi, I don't trust them at all.
It seems painfully clear to me that if we "shoot across Assad's bow" this is going to lead to something horrible. It will not be an easy, pretty outcome. It will change our relationship to the rest of the world, but perhaps Obama wants that to happen, I don't know.
I believe Obama is using Congress to win political points. With the public against intervention, if they vote to intervene, Obama looks like a hero to use the Constitution, for a change. If they vote against intervention, Obama will depict the GOP to be obstructionists and will win on that point. It's right out of Saul Alinsky's play book.
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