Friday, October 9, 2015

Obama considers a retreat in Syria

Like trashing a hotel room and leaving it for the maid to clean up the mess; can't you sense that Obama wants to run out the clock and let the next president to clean up his damage? And, in true Obama style, he will blame the next administration for ruining the peace he created.
I see this man as a spoiled child and the press as his indulging parent. The Tunnel Dweller

Bloomberg

<p>Partners no more.</p>
 Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

"A week into Russia's military intervention in Syria, some top White House advisers and National Security Council staffers are trying to persuade President Barack Obama to scale back U.S. engagement there, to focus on lessening the violence and, for now, to give up on toppling the Syrian regime.

"In addition, administration officials and Middle East experts on both sides of the debate tell us, Obama's foreign-policy team no longer doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to prop up President Bashar al-Assad and primarily target opposition groups other than the Islamic State, including those trained by the Central Intelligence Agency.

"The administration came to this conclusion late. Despite warnings from U.S. intelligence agencies that Putin's military buildup was intended to keep Assad in power, the White House nonetheless decided to explore cooperating with Russia on the ground. " . . .

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