Now he has to do something or he looks like a weakling and a coward. Meanwhile, Putin is licking his chops for a chance to punch Obama right in the nose, after poking him in eye over the NSA debacle.
A half-hearted, ala bj, cruise missile attack on a facility in the middle of nowhere will be a joke, and recognized as such by every party. It will only confirm his weakness.
A genuine attack has NO backing in the US and could bring a retaliation from Russia using the Syrians as frontmen. At that point the fat's in the fire.
He's going to look that way no matter what. A coward acting so as not to be called a coward, using stand-off weaponry.
It just took this long, unfortunately for the truth to be seen by the rest of the planet. He had NO BUSINESS WHATSOEVER pretending that he could lead the nation.
He just is not there, he's so far in over his head that he is the laughing stock of the world.
I cannot think of a more incompetent national leader, ever! He has beaten the old 1979 Carter record for single greatest imbecile ever elected to national office.
It is so painful to watch it play out on the world stage as Iran and Russia prepare Phase II for post-America.
After the elections it seems that it is Putin that has the more flexibility.