Does anyone here really think that President Obama would have submitted the Syria [View all]

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matter to Congress for a vote if public opinion had shown a 90% approval rating for a military strike?

I'm in favor of the Executive Branch seeking Legislative Branch approval for any use of military force (other than actual or imminent attack), but giving Obama credit for doing "the right thing" when public opinion was overwhelmingly against him seems to me a bit expedient.

I can admire his political prowess in inoculating himself from the consequences of a (potentially) bad decision by submitting the matter to Congress but I don't see this move as any evidence of Obama's devotion to separation of powers or balance of powers doctrine. In my opinion, had public opinion been overwhelmingly in favor of attacking Syria, the attacks would have already happened, Congress be damned.