The President came into office naive and inexperienced.
(This is just my opinion)
Being the pragmatist that he is, he turned to people with experience and more knowledge than he. He would not pretend to know more than the so-called "experts". We all know what happened with the economy and the wars and the attempted negotiations with Congress.
But now that he is into his second term, he is thinking of history and his own standing. He is more tempted to listen to his own gut than the "experts". I am of the opinion that he surprised everyone when he decided to take the Syria issue to the Congress. Why not just attack like most of the recent Presidents before him?
The President is beginning to think for himself and that is a dangerous thing in Washington, especially in military matters. He has gone off script and they have not yet figured out a way to corral him?
The last thing the corporate masters want is to go to the UN. But that is what the President is proposing. He appears to have decided to lead and to follow his conscience. In his heart, he is a man of peace. But when wars were raging, he thought it would be very unwise to not listen to the generals and the Republicans that were previously in charge of the wars.
It took him a while but the Afghanistan War is winding down. The last thing he wants is to get involved in another military adventure. But the MIC and all their spokesmen want him to bomb Syria. Who in the hell does he think he is to go against their wishes?
I think that is the reality that the President is facing?
It really doesn't matter if his recent speeches sounded incoherent or confused, the President is changing course, in my opinion. And that is very important for our country. He is working to earn the Nobel Peace Prize but the opposition is very, very organized and they are a dangerous group to have for enemies.
