It’s a lose/lose for Obama, I think.
If he plays the tyrant and cuts off Medicare or plays games with military pay, he’s done. OTOH, if they do have to start furloughing some Big Gov. workers... nice- few will notice the difference anyway.
IMO the one thing Americans won’t tolerate is some second rate politician openly supporting foreign entities over American citizens in this matter. I would love to see a list of all the checks the Treasury writes. I would like to see how many are going to foreign Govs and qustionable orgs.
Now is the chance to get our troops home. Forget Lybia etc.
I know that sounds radical, but I bet Americans would be surprised just how much of their money goes to prop up failed Socialist States and fund terrorist orgs.