No, Obama does not got this. No, he is not Brilliant. No, this was never his plan.

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114. it strikes me as laughable and wildly arrogant

the way that people talk with such assurance about how horrible the handling has been, so sure that there must be some simple solution that Obama refuses to use out of evil or corruption or stupidity. Maybe it's a horrible situation for which there is no easy answer. Maybe there isn't a single person on the planet who could come up with anything better. I know that the majority had their way, we would have walked away and done nothing, and it would have constituted absolute moral failure.

If no more people are gassed and we accomplish that without having to use force, We win. We all win. You, me, Obama, the human race in general, everyone but Assad. It's look like that might happen and looks like once again, Obama has made a really really big bluff and pulled it off. If you are still reaching for a way to paint Obama in a bad light at this stage in the game, well, I find your arguments all the less persuasive.

I'm glad Obama didn't walk away from this, I'm glad he was willing to go out on a limb and stake out an unpopular position to try and make the right thing happen here.