. . . you know that chump is lying. Turns out the Associated Press didn't think too much of the truth factor in Barry's speech trying to convince the American people of, um, something. As the AP notes, the president didn't bother to actually support his statements with something like, you know, evidence:
A look at his remarks to the nation, seeking support for a military strike against Syria, and how they compare with the facts as publicly known:OBAMA: "We know the Assad regime was responsible.... The facts cannot be denied."THE FACTS: The Obama administration has not laid out proof Assad was behind the attack.The administration has cited satellite imagery and communications intercepts, backed by social media and intelligence reports from sources in Syria, as the basis for blaming the Assad government. But the only evidence the administration has made public is a collection of videos it has verified of the victims. The videos do not demonstrate who launched the attacks.Administration officials have not shared the satellite imagery they say shows rockets and artillery fire leaving government-held areas and landing in 12 rebel-held neighborhoods outside Damascus where chemical attacks were reported. Nor have they shared transcripts of the Syrian officials allegedly warning units to ready gas masks or discussing how to handle U.N. investigators after it happened.The White House has declined to explain where it came up with the figure of at least 1,429 dead, including 400 children — a figure far higher than estimates by nongovernmental agencies such as the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has counted only victims identified by name, with a current total of 502. In his remarks, Obama more generally accused Assad's forces of gassing to death "over 1,000 people, including hundreds of children."I guess Barry didn't really have too much wind left in the "we have to attack Syria" sails after the last couple days when Russia's Putin basically made Barry his prison bitch. As Reuters reports, once Barry agreed that the Russians had a great idea on how to deal with Syria, the Russians promptly said "not so fast":
Russia is not keen at this stage for a binding U.N. Security Council resolution that would provide a framework to control Syria's chemical weapons' stocks, France's foreign minister said after talks with his Russian counterpart on Tuesday.Basically, Russia just saved their Syrian buddies from having to do anything about their chemical weapons while simultaneously making Barry look like a blundering fool who will do anything to avoid doing anything about Syria. Which is what Barry is. So they feel no need to actually make anything enforceable. (To the extent the UN is actually capable of enforcing anything.) I think that puts us at status quo. Syria remains free to do whatever it wants, and Barry will occasionally chest-thump and suggest that "you better not make me mad." Brilliant strategy.
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