Obama wouldn't have this problem if he wasn't so focused on tough talk with Syria. Unless you are actually willing to do some dirty work, don't start drawing red lines. It neutered the usefulness of the threat in the future. He's seemed to figure out the best policy is to sit back and throw some sanctions here and some tough talk there.

His Syria bluff got called and it lost him the firm ground in international affairs.

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Posted by heartbreakTiger

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Posted on 7/30/14 at 8:53 am to Duke

good point, the Syria bluff really messed him up on the world stage. Id argue he was extremely weak before then but that showed that he wont back shite up. It was a pretty stupid bluff to take with how unpopular war in the middle east has become over here. Then you have the issue that Israel and Russia both have extremely strong leaders and they are running wild at this point. However, unlike chamberlain this weakness wont result in some great war. It might suck for some smaller countries that could get swallowed up by aggressive ones but i don't see any major powers duking it out.

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