Former Cheney aide Mary Matalin demands Syria ‘exit strategy’ from Obama [View all]
Source: Raw Story
Mary Matalin, a Republican strategist and former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, on Sunday said that Americans had become “war wise” after the Iraq war and demanded that President Barack Obama produce an exit strategy before launching an attack on Syria.
During an ABC News panel discussion, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan observed that the president had “turned the tables” by asking Congress for approval to take military action over Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons on its own citizens.
“I think they didn’t have the support and the horror of Iraq still lingers over the United States and the world,” Democratic strategist James Carville explained. “And this will force attention, it will force them to bring the evidence, it will force the Congress. All in all, I think it’s a pretty good thing to do.”
Matalin, however, suggested that Obama had a cynical plan to “blame the Republicans for being obstructionists” if Congress refused to authorize military force.
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