“This successful use of diplomacy to achieve our goal is the worst defeat in American history“
by digby
Kevin is exactly right about this:
Being willing to change course isn’t a sign of vacillation or weakness. It’s simply nuts to think this. The Russian proposal for UN inspections represented a pretty good opportunity to salvage a decent outcome from the congressional mutiny; it was a chance to nudge Vladimir Putin in a constructive direction; and it doesn’t preclude future military action in any way. Only someone with near-clinical insecurity issues would reject this opportunity simply because it represented a change of course. […]
Syria will have precisely zero effect on domestic fights over the budget and the debt ceiling. The whole idea is preposterous, and I think everyone knows it. The Republican gridlock freight train has been on track for months and it hasn’t budged an inch since spring. Syria hasn’t had the slightest impact on this.
As Greg Sargent points out here, the GOP is going to be dealing with much bigger issues than the president’s stance on Syria (which they don’t agree on internally either.)
Here’s how silly the Republicans sound, from Jon Stewart:
“Ah wanted to tie Assad up and spank his taut Syrian … I’m gettin’ the vapuhs …”
Honestly, I think the Democrats’ who’ve joined this silly bandwagon are just retreating into idiotic Cold War rhetoric because Putin’s PR firm wrote that op-ed. Which is so stupid I can hardly stand it.
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