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Syria Strike Delay: Does It Make Obama A 'Weak President'? -- Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor
Congress appears split about a Syria strike, making matters difficult for President Obama. But even if Congress approves, Obama has taken an unusual step that could weaken the presidency.
Syria is already tweaking President Obama, hailing his decision to seek Congress's approval before launching a military strike as a "historic American retreat." Meanwhile, the leader of Mr. Obama's seeming ally, the opposition Syrian National Coalition, is calling him a "weak president," according to CNN.
The announcement Saturday that Congress will have a say on whether to punish the Syrian regime for allegedly using chemical weapons to kill 1,400 of its citizens is, on one hand, not entirely surprising. As both a senator and as president, Obama has been an unrepentant multilateralist. He engineered America's withdrawal from Iraq as speedily as possible and agreed to intervention in Libya only because the operation had United Nations approval and French and British leadership.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
On the Verge of Appeasement in Syria -- Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Is it 'High Noon' for Obama on Syria? -- Tom Cohen, CNN
Obama and the power to go to war -- Chris Edelson, L.A. Times
The War Precedent: Obama doesn't have to ask Congress to bomb Syria. But should he? -- Philip Bobbitt, Foreign Policy
An Accidental War: Perfunctory and ineffectual war-making in Syria is worse than nothing. -- Mark Steyn, NRO
France’s Case for Military Action in Syria -- Vivianne Walt, Time
As US weighs war, fears of power of jihadis in Syria -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor
The west's threat to attack Syria is an idiotic gesture -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Rue Britannia: How David Cameron got royally screwed by Ed Miliband over the Syrian intervention both men wanted. -- Alex Massie, Foreign Policy
Analysis: Libya protests threaten stability as oil output dives -- Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters
Nigeria’s Reagan? -- Marian Tupy, Washington Times
Another Seinfeld Election for Australia -- By William Pesek, Bloomberg
Secularism in Retreat in France -- Soeren Ker, Real Clear World
Secularism is worth seeking, but Quebec's approach won't work -- Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail
Has Wikileaks Been Infiltrated by Russian Spies? -- Joshua Foust, War is Boring
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