No U.S. Military Operations Over Syria For The Next Few Weeks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), U.N. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi (C), and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, find their seats before they speak to media after a meeting on the ongoing crisis in Syria, at the United Nations offices in Geneva, September 13, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing

U.S. Backs Off Syria Strike For More Talk -- Wall Street Journal

Officials See Weeks for Russian Proposal, Drop Demand for U.N. Threat of Force.

GENEVA—The Obama administration took two steps back from its push for a prompt attack on Syria, allowing several weeks more for diplomacy on eliminating Syrian chemical weapons and acknowledging that an eventual United Nations resolution wouldn't threaten force, senior administration officials said.

The reversals on Friday—after a week that began with President Barack Obama insisting that Congress urgently approve military action—came as U.S. officials said talks with Russia were producing a road map for shutting down Syria's weapons program.

Mr. Obama and his team have turned to the Russian diplomatic proposal as a way to degrade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ability to carry out chemical attacks without resorting to military strikes, which had drawn opposition at home and abroad.

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My Comment: The U.S. administration is still trying to act tough .... but I doubt that anyone believes them. The U.S. administration is also (probably) reading these poll numbers.