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In reply to the discussion: BOOM: Obama has been pursuing a peaceful diplomatic solution for weeks behind the scenes [View all]mehrrh
(233 posts)I am feeling validated because I had felt all along that Obama was playing the long game here and negotiations behind the scenes were going on. Kerry's words were deliberately casual -- the responses from Russia and Syria were almost immediate.
Few want to credit the president for putting interests of the nation ahead of his own and his party. He has been the brunt of criticism from the media, the opposition and even his own party -- but he continues to go forward with a plan of actionable diplomacy, all the while threatening war so that he will not be taken lightly -- his threats are real -- he will employ them -- but he will certainly exhaust any and all options before acting on his threat. He will give Assad time to "save face" and Russia to help him do so.
Iran is the enemy waiting in the wings for an opportunity -- I am confident that Obama has never lost sight of that realization.
Obama is leading in a pragmatic, yet determined manner --unlike his predecessor -- it's too bad that more people can't see it.
Historians will mark Obama with proper credit for his achievements.