>>From Tonight's speech...
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>>"This situation, therefore, represents a serious threat to our national security"
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>>and then
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>>"The Assad regime does not pose a serious threat to the security of our country, certainly no more of a threat than our country faces every day"
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>>Wow
>
>I agree, Kevin.
>Obama's arguments for intervention have never made sense on any level, but especially not because of a threat to the US.
>It looks as if Putin has pulled O's chestnuts out of the fire, tho.
>I'm sure that O will send him a 747 full of Stoly for that one.

I find myself wondering whether Obama and Putin cooked this up together in a way that let Putin step away from full support for Syria without losing face.

Tamar