Originally Posted by
ORAC
This is the result of American abdication of leadership in the region and across the globe.
It is also a result of the American politicians being at least somewhat sensitive to the war weariness of the American public, and various sectors of the American public voicing opposition to "let's have another bit of war just because we can" attitude that's been the calling card of three baby boomer presidents in a row (in varying degrees of severity). I note that the Washington Times tends to have an editorial slant that trends
anti Obama most of the time, and I think that you can go back a few years and see Washington Times editorials making noise about various red lines in Syria.