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In reply to the discussion: That was pretty goddamned incoherent, frankly. [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)I've seen no indication that very many people want to see a strike on Syria. What the ones you call "haters" have hated is the prospect of the US going it alone again into another Middle East quagmire in what would be a very dangerous and likely futile effort to police the world. These "haters" are, as far as I can tell, cautiously hopeful that there will be no strikes. If Obama is the prime architect of a peaceful resolution, then let us salute him. What matters is the humanitarian end, not the distribution of credit for the outcome. It couldn't happen without Obama getting on board the liferaft (whether or not he built it in the first place), and it couldn't happen without Putin (despicable as he may be) joining the effort. Whatever Putin is, he is not crazy. Let us all thank our lucky stars that both the US and Russia had the good sense to back down, just as JFK and Kruschchev did a half-century ago.