President Obama has won

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49. Game? Agreed. Set and match? A little premature, I fear

As long as a couple of million Syrians are in tents in Jordan, Iraq and Turkey and their relatives back home are getting massacred, I'd say there are a few loose ends to tie up before we can sit back and congratulate ourselves for a job well done.


Still, we are back from the brink, and it's a start. I've said all along that getting involved militarily is something Obama never wanted to do, and he has managed so far not to. I emphasize "so far." Assad can be trusted to do what he wants, not what we want, and as long as uncle Vladimir covers Bashar's ass, he'll do it.

As for "seat of the pants diplomacy," rather than sniff at it with disdain, I'm all for it. Being flexible in fluid situations is what I expect a president to do. Sticking to pre-conceived rigid principles that allow for no quick reaction to sudden changes is what I expect Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld to do. If the wind direction changes, it's the foolish sailor indeed that insists on staying the course and capsizing.