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Showing Original Post only (View all)to those giving Obama full credit for disarming Syria without violence, I would remind you... [View all]
Had the UK voted for a military strike back on Aug. 30, the attack would have already taken place.
Even after the UK voted against the attack, President Obama said he would attack alone if need be.
When it became very clear the Americans were very much against it -- with at least 2 congressmen stating that calls and emails were coming at at 100:1 against it, and polls showing the same -- he planned a half dozen appearances to try to sell the attack to Americans.
It wasn't until Kerry threw out the idea of Syria turning over all their chemical weapons to the UN -- and Putin picked up on that as a potentially serious idea -- that they toned it down.
Now it may be that they had planned that from day 1, but if you believe that, I have a great bridge to sell you.
Seriously, had the UK not backed out unexpectedly, we would have attacked by labor day. Even if they came up with disarmament as a trial balloon and Kerry threw it out there on purpose, it was only because they were pressured to come up with something non-military.
The outcry against the attack forced them to come up with a way out.