MENA: Obama loses the plot.

After having drawn numerable red lines over the use of chemical warfare, we are again cowering to the criminal Syrian regime.  O is making a steady diet of eating his own words and in the process weakens and demeans the US government. Our standing in the world has fallen considerably simply because we have a leader with a big mouth.

 

The conventional wisdom regarding O's reluctance to take action is his unwillingness to take on Iran. Ultimately, someone will have to take them on. Our spooks just pulled off a sting on a foreigner who agreed to bring a sample of yellow cake to the USA in anticipation of agreeing a sale of the chemical to Iran. This continuing story has the potential for being ultra-bizarre.

 

The Russians are finally doing something positive by asking the Syrians to allow UN inspectors into Damascus to determine the cause of death of so many citizens. It is notable that the Kurdish population of Syria have been recent victims of Assad's WMDs.  They are persecuted every country in which they live.

 

Nobody likes the Kurds. I wonder why.

 

O is equally conflicted over American policy toward Egypt. He appears to be protecting the Muslim Brotherhood in excess of their worthiness to be protected. His policy takes insufficient note of the Egyptian Military's capacity and desire to curtail Muslim fundamentalists on the one hand and their proven capacity to manage the country on the other. O is punishing our allies and aiding our enemies.

 

The American public certainly supports the Military over the MB.