re: #65 Killgore Trout

Hmmmm, even though it seems the Syria deal is popular, military action unpopular but the press is hailing this as a victory for the Russians and Assad.
For Putin, Syria weapons deal would be masterstroke

Syrians divided on support for Russian move but appear to agree it has undercut Obama

I’m not sure how surrendering their chemical weapons to avoid an attack that was intended largely to prevent them from using CWs again is ‘undercutting’ Obama. Is there an impression somewhere that Obama really, really wanted to bomb Syria, and is disappointed that he didn’t get to?

If, back at the start of the Iraq War, when Bush issued the ultimatum to Saddam to abdicate and leave Iraq, Saddam had complied, would that have been seen as ‘undercutting’ Bush?