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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Current Events Quiz: Understanding President Obama's Syria Speech [View all]joshcryer
(62,276 posts)I actually don't give a crap one way or another. I doubt Obama had it all planned out but this is what happened. Obama kept putting the pressure on, continually, like a war monger.
Now maybe it wouldn't have worked out that way, maybe Obama would've got voted down by the Congress, then he could've went back to the White House and ordered strikes, sat down on his hands and said sorry for being a war monger, or taken it to the UN and called Russia out on their reticence on this issue.
Obama basically always had options. Russia is the only actor here who doesn't have options. Russia's only sustainable option in the long run is to allow the UN to do its job and stop blocking it.
All we know is that Russia's position changed and the only thing that made it change was the US's desire to blow shit up as Americans are known to do.