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9/2/13

Delayer-in-chief hedges his bets

If Obama had been in charge of planning the D-Day landing, we’d have attacked the Germans during the 1970s, writes Keith Koffler at White House Dossier.
“Operation Slow Motion Pinprick looks likely to have the longest preparatory phase of any limited US military operation in history,” says Barry Pavel, a former national security official in the Bush and Obama administrations. Koffler adds: "I can only conclude that the part of Obama that is indecisive, that abhors military action, that covets his Nobel Peace Prize, and that doesn’t really want to hit Syria despite the Red Line he drew, has kicked in. He knows that Congress may disapprove of the attack, and then he won’t have to do it. And if he does, he’ll have the comfort of knowing Congress is partially responsible for whatever might go wrong..."