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In reply to the discussion: Magical thinking [View all]beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)They're all over this thread acting like they were pro-diplomacy all along, and that they had faith in Obama's diplomatic skills.
The truth is, they were pro-war.
The argument was never "I trust Obama's diplomatic skills", it was "how would you feel if your children were gassed?" and "Assad is a dictator!" and "American credibility!" and "this is COMPLETELY different from Iraq!", et fucking cetera.
They got lucky. This isn't over yet; we may still drop bombs. But it's looking like we dodged a bullet here.
Maybe it was Obama's diplomatic skill, and this was the endgame all along; maybe (as I believe) the OP is right and Obama made a good move after making several really bad moves.
Either way, gloaters, stop pretending that you were confident that Obama would find a diplomatic solution. That's not what you've been saying. You've been agitating for war. If you think the US would be right to drop bombs on Syria, fine, but quit being so goddamn dishonest.