That seems to be his goal.
As our “leader from behind”, commander sit and wait in chief, the President, is merely reassuring one of the few allies left (thanks to his foolish policies) in the Middle East that we are kind of there for him (King Abdullah of Jordan).
This is a show of weak force on the border. While the US flexes it's pinky muscle and sits on the sidelines, the Russians, Iranians North Koreans and a multitude of Arab radicals Jihadists are assuring that Assad stay in power.
They are doing things on the ground, creating facts while the White House is creating scripts, sound bytes and photo-ops.
Everybody knows that Obama does not have the desire or will to even swat a fly. The enemies of the West are laughing their arses off...
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Obama is aking a bad situation worse. We should just let these animals kill eah other off.
Russian troops, as many as 15,000, have been in Syria for more than a year. Russia has at least one military base there.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/19/russian-troops-reportedly-enter-syria/
The introduction of Hezbollah and Iranian troops means that reserves are committed. That is, the Syrian Army is degraded to the point of ineffectiveness.
There is the constant mention of establishing a no fly zone. That is a press template based on it’s fantastic military knowledge learned last time. One wonders if there is even an actual need for such coverage. There are no rports of ongoing danger from the air. The Syrian Air force doesn’t seem to be of much actual use recently.
The rebels control a major air base
Assad is no longer in total control if foreign troops (Iran) are present. The price for their purchase is bound to be steep.