@DavidMDrucker says Obama didn't enforce red line on Syria. It was threat of US mil force that caused Assad to give up CW ...
Military force, most likely. But my argument isn't that Obama didn't use it, it's that he said he would & didn't.
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Getting rid of most all of that WMD without further destabilizing the region by using military farce against Assad was a darn good deal.
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That's a different argument. You might be right but that wasn't the point of debate.
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The point of the debate appears to be helping Trump blame Obama for what Trump's administration green-lighted.
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That certainly wasn't my point. My analysis has been very critical of the Trump admin on that front.
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Well. short of outright killing Assad, there wasn't Much Obama could have done to stop ~this~ attack from happening. That's MY point.
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That might be case. I'll entertain that. My argument was specific to the red line, which we're twitter argued to death but just to be clear
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Ask yourself this question: Does Assad do this with Hillary Clinton in the White House? I seriously doubt it.
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On this we agree.
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I should add that Putin was invested in the Assad chem weapons deal, and knew Obama would strike if Assad violated the agreement.
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He used the threat of force to strike a deal. And chemical attacks then stopped. Until Tillerson gave Assad the green light a few days ago.
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Nothing wild br more stupid then using military force against an adversary in possession of massive amounts of WMD + history of using it..
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Because Congress wouldn't authorize it.
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But, then Trump won, which was like Christmas in July for Assad.
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Putin then moved sophisticated any aircraft and cruise missile tech into Syria to defend against an anticipated Hillary admin attack.
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Except, it didn't matter.https://twitter.com/Hesiod2k11/status/849653080970932224 …
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