Instead of stupidly congratulating Obama, let's play 11-dimensional chess ourselves!

[reformist2]

Don't let the military-industrial complex know that we know that Obama deliberately sabotaged the push to attack Syria - we must continue to criticize his handling of the matter, including his stated willingness to bomb Syria on his own, without Congress or the UN! Of course we'll continue to support his bumbling ways, but we just won't say why...

[spin]

1. I hate to say this but I suspect the only international leader who is playing any form of chess ...

over the Syria issue is Vladimir Putin.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. He got us to negotiate with the regime we said we wanted to step down.

And he'll get this issue slowed down in negotiations for years. It'll take them a year just to settle on what color the drapes should be. That should buy Assad plenty of time.

[Scootaloo]

3. Do you know how hard it is to play chess...

when everyone else at the table is still assembling all that shit for a game of "Mousetrap"?