With The Syrian Crisis Exploding, What Should President Obama Do?

Real Clear Politics: Col. Jack Jacobs Syria Advice For Obama: "Shut Up," "We Don't Even Have A Strategy"

CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera asks retired Col. and NBC analyst Jack Jacobs about the Obama administration's Syria policy this morning. What should Obama do?

"Shut up is the first thing to do," Jacobs said. “We’re not doing anything whatsoever … The most outrageous thing imaginable was the secretary of defense … his criticism of Putin was that Putin was not professional, that the way Russia’s been doin
g [bombing] is not professional. I mean, if the worst thing that you can say about somebody is that he’s not genteel in waging war and making you look like a dummy, then you’ve got absolutely nothing to say."

WNU Editor: Col. Jack Jacobs is right. The more the White House talks about Russia's involvement in Syria .... the more their weakness is exposed. And while I do understand that President Obama and much of the U.S. public do not want the U.S. to be involved in another Middle East war .... unfortunately ... this is not a strategy .... and it is making the situation in the Middle East worse. Col. Jack Jacobs's analysis on what does Russia expects and wants is also probably correct .... the Russians expect Syria will eventually fracture, and they want to be positioned and allied with the mainly Alawite/non-Sunni part of the country.