to those giving Obama full credit for disarming Syria without violence, I would remind you...

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150. Um, after the UK backed out, Obama said he would go it alone

That is without the UK and without UN approval.

And then he started on a plan to sell the war to the American people, with 6 press interviews scheduled, the plan to release the report justifying the war, etc.

And then the public outcry reached full pitch.

This has been an evolving situation, with the red line moving every step of the way, which does enable me to have it both ways:

Initially, Obama wouldn't attack without proof, UN approval, and a coalition.
Then the UN was driven out by the threat of imminent attack, so they couldn't inspect the sites in question to provide proof. (btw, The US claimed 1400 dead, but Doctors without Borders and France said 450.)
Then the UN approval fell by the wayside because it became clear Russian and/or China would veto.
Then the coalition fell apart when the UK voted it down. Only then did Obama say he wouldn't attack without congressional approval.
And then Obama set about his sales push, with the plan to release the report justifying the attack along with half a dozen press interviews scheduled prior to any vote.
In the interim the American people woke up and wrote their representatives in numbers of 100:1 against any attack.
And only then did Kerry make his "off the cuff" remark about syrian handing the chemical weapons to the UN, which Putin grabbed onto and made hay of.