He may be educated but he is not smart.
I tend to agree.
I had really high hopes for Obama. And he may be very well educated but he is failing in many areas where he simply should not be.
He sat back and allowed Republicans to lie and slander him relentlessly without standing up for himself, his policy, or his party. His thoughts were that it was beneath him to respond. As a result we had 2010. There should be almost zero Republicans winning except in the deep South.
Now when it comes to Syria... Syria is merely a distraction and nothing more. All that matters is preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
There are only 3 ways to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
#1 A full out invasion with much more intensity than Iraq.
#2 Bribe them in such a way that Iran is allowed to back down while saving face.
#3 Get Russia on board as a 100% complete ally and partner.
#1 will not happen because the American people will never support it.
#2 will not happen because the opposite political party would ridicule and rip apart anyone attempting it. Plus it could always fail later.
#3 is the only thing that remains.
If the only path that truly exists to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is through Russia, Obama is doing about the worst job possible.
And there is just no other way. We can bomb them to hell and back and they'd just pursue it harder.
No amount of sanctions have ever worked before and it is just pure silliness to think it will work now.
While we are playing Russian Roulette with the American economy and playing with Syrians, Iran is working on the bomb. They will have it soon.
And they will have the ability to deliver it soon.
Obama or Kerry saying that we have to make good on our threats to Syria so that Iran will take us seriously... is utter BS.
Iran does not give a rats ass about our threats and they never have.