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In reply to the discussion: Magical thinking [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Obama threatened strikes, and he was not bluffing. If Russia was unable to help convience Assad come to the table, the strikes were going to happen. The threat of the strikes has to be real. Has to be credible.
If Obama took those off the table, or "withdraws that option from consideration", Assad simply walks away.
Might Assad still try to wiggle out of this. Yes. So you keep the pressure in place.
So many (you?) start from a position in which the President must have evil motives, and then work backwards from there.
Then, when the evil thing doesn't happen, you're confused. You start with the assumption that Obama absolutely, positively wants strikes, hell, maybe an invasion too.
Now that that isn't happening, there must be some other part of Obama's evil plan that has yet to be exposed.