The Obama administration’s decision to move beyond the United Nations to build a coalition to put greater pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step aside is wise and necessary. Russia and China seem unalterably determined to block action in the UN Security Council, and no one can accuse the administration of not having tried every diplomatic option to resolve the crisis in Syria.
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Assad has created a kill or be killed scenario just as Kadaffy did. Unlike Kadaffy, Assad has a powerful sponsor defending him, namely, Iran. Since Iran is, in the words of Barack Obama, a tiny country, the Obama Administration will posture and huff and puff, right up until Assad slaughter's his way to victory. He wouldn't want to offend Ahmadinejad and jeopardize his (delusional) hope for talks to deter Iran's nuclear program. Lead from behind, Barack, lead from behind.
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