"Putin, and to a lesser extent, China, are ultimately behind this."
I hope Obama / the US realised that a long time ago before
he opened his mouth.
Unlike Libya, Syria was always going to be a US versus Russia
because of Russia's closeness to Syria and Russian warm water ports.
So they should have realised the end game was not about Syria beforehand
so they never got into this mess.
Obama is going to look a fool if he does and a fool if he doesn't.
Putin is sitting back, having a drink and laughing his head off
as he has got Obama up against a wall in a Squirrel grip
All he has to do now is Squeeze hard and watch Obama squeal.