Krauthammer On Obama's Policy In Syria: "A Declaration Of Unseriousness"
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: It wasn't just a frosty meeting, it was a useless meeting. Putin is serious about what he was doing. He has a strategic idea that he wants to restore Russian influence in the region. They have been around for about 500 years in the region, they got kicked out by Kissinger in the early '70s when the Arabs turned against them, and became a protector of the United States.
This is unique opportunity where the Americans have abdicated and where you have a president who announces after the tide of war has turned that he is going to do something that is ultimately marginal, is not going to have an effect on the outcome.
He has this new red line policy announced by the deputy national security adviser, forget about the national security adviser, and as we just heard, the chief of staff of the president announces that you know, we're only going to pay something of a price.
This is a declaration of unseriousness. It's exactly the same as when Obama announced the tripling of troops in Afghanistan and in the next sentence announced that we're leaving. You're either serious about intervention or you aren't, and I am against any intervention where you're not serious, because what he is doing now is risking getting caught in this. We're establishing essentially a base in Jordan and who knows what's going to happen in Jordan, and if you're not, stay out of it. (Special Report, June 17, 2013)
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