Vladimir Putin may have saved Barack Obama from
himself. Hell bent on striking Syria
over alleged chemical weapons attacks Mr. Obama found himself out in the cold,
rejected by his allies and, in all likelihood, left to slowly twist in the wind
by Congress. In fact, the House had
indicated it would not vote on the Syrian resolution so as not to embarrass the
president on the world stage.
Then in stepped Russian President Vladimir
Putin. He came up with an idea of having
Syria turn its chemical weapons over to international control and stepped back
and allowed Secretary of State John Kerry to float the idea in a speech. The idea was well-received and Kerry and
Obama quickly took credit as a way out of this crisis.
Of course, this was another homemade crisis at the
hands of President Obama, just like Obamacare and the sluggish economy. Had Obama not offered up an ultimatum none of
this would’ve happened. That’s not to
diminish the use of chemical weapons but more and more evidence is emerging
that suggests the Assad regime had nothing to do with the chemical weapons
attacks.
Can you imagine if Obama had attacked Syria and
sparked World War III in the Middle East?
Iran had vowed to attack U.S. interests in Iraq along with attacking
Israel. Israel would have surely
retaliated then it’s like breaking up a bar fight between two brothers. You hit one and the whole family is going to
jump you. Then, to ultimately learn that
it was the Saudi-backed, al Qaeda-run Syrian rebels who used the chemical
weapons in the first place? Wow. What a mess that would’ve been.
Fortunately, Putin stepped in to keep Obama from
doing something real stupid. But look at
what has ultimately happened. Obama said
the use of chemical weapons would be met with serious force from the United
States. If we truly believe Assad used
chemical weapons there were absolutely no consequences. All he had to do was agree to give them up
after he used them. It’s like the police
allowing a mass killer to simply throw down his weapon and they let him walk
free.
If Assad does comply with turning his chemical
weapons over to international control it could prove to be akin to one of those
lame gun buy-back programs. You know the
ones where Grandma turns in her late husband’s revolver he kept in the sock
drawer. The gun had absolutely no chance
of ever being used in a crime yet the police can crow that they got another “dangerous
weapon” off the streets.
What if it was the Syrian rebels who used the
chemical weapons? The UN says they’ve
used them before and now they’re going through Christian villages killing
Christians who don’t convert to Islam on the spot. What about their chemical weapons? Aren’t
we going to demand they turn theirs in too?
Apparently not because this administration, along
with other naïve accomplices like Senator John McCain, somehow has come to the
conclusion that the same al Qaeda that hit us on 9/11 and now controls seven of
the nine Syrian rebel groups is a moderate faction we can do business
with. So we get Grandma to turn in her
weapon but the criminal thugs who are known to have terrorized and brutalized
innocent people still have theirs. At
the end of the day I don’t see how this is a victory but for the LCDs (the
Lowest Common Denominators) it may be all they need to convince them that
Barack Obama is a brilliant strategist and master negotiator.
Putin has his eye on Charlotte, North Carolina. I can't wait until the big day!
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