Another Obama Ego Play :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Dave (Canada), Aug 28, 2013 at 05:21

Don't you know that it's all about Obama? He has to back up his red line warning to save face.

Maybe he'll go all the way, overthrow Assad and give the Islamists another shot.

While Obama preens, Iran builds.

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
	plan behind the picture... [60 words]	rafiq	Sep 6, 2013 16:17	209476
	Sometimes you choose between bad and less bad [117 words]	Jeff	Sep 4, 2013 13:11	209445
	One addition [38 words]	Alexandros	Sep 6, 2013 05:35	209445
2	An opinion on why Assad should not lose the war. [555 words]	Alexandros	Sep 4, 2013 05:34	209431
	The time is here, the bad is not free [25 words]	August Patton	Sep 7, 2013 01:57	209431
2	One Israeli's view [37 words]	stu fagin	Sep 2, 2013 17:32	209389
	Error Conditional [13 words]	August Patton	Aug 30, 2013 23:30	209336
	Any sufferers in the arabic world [402 words]	Prashant	Aug 30, 2013 14:12	209328
1	Take his picture off [27 words]	Marie	Aug 29, 2013 19:59	209311
	A Miniscule Bombing will Accomplish Nothing [79 words]	Tom Skylark	Aug 29, 2013 19:07	209309
	No prove yet [123 words]	Wolf	Aug 29, 2013 17:02	209308
3	Let Islam look after its own problems [10 words]	Francis	Aug 29, 2013 11:11	209302
	Let Allah sort it out [150 words]	Tom	Sep 6, 2013 21:52	209302
	a nuclear armed Iran in the light of chemical warfare in Syria [53 words]	myth	Aug 29, 2013 05:23	209296
	US must act to keep "Red Line" [33 words]	Ely	Aug 29, 2013 02:35	209293
	Target Iran- kill the head of the snake [102 words]	NuritG	Aug 28, 2013 20:50	209281
	Worlds Policeman [97 words]	Jules Posten	Aug 28, 2013 18:45	209277
	Continuing the War? [76 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	David	Aug 28, 2013 18:29	209275
	America's Time Would be Better Spent in an Attempt to Stop the Killing, Not Killing More [147 words]	M. Tovey	Aug 29, 2013 19:29	209275
	Failed Policies [72 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Cyro	Aug 28, 2013 15:49	209273
	War Mongering [76 words]	Peter, Scotland	Aug 28, 2013 13:53	209269
1	Arguing Against LImited Strikes on the Assad Regime [233 words]	Judith	Aug 28, 2013 12:47	209268
	Other Options [102 words]	rick	Aug 28, 2013 12:43	209267
1	Cui Bono ? [389 words]	Soloview	Aug 28, 2013 11:30	209265
1	America is in deep trouble [200 words]	john w. mcginley	Aug 28, 2013 11:02	209264
	stepping stones to disasters [121 words]	Akshay	Aug 28, 2013 10:49	209263
	Limited strikes [133 words]	Nelson D'Silva	Aug 28, 2013 09:46	209260
	Purpose of action [97 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Henry	Aug 28, 2013 08:36	209258
	So what instead? Full scale war? Just do nothing? [12 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Gabriel	Aug 28, 2013 07:00	209257
1	We need to stay out of this [77 words]	clayusmcret	Aug 28, 2013 06:50	209256
	The word is out: Egyptians are against any attack on the Syrian regime because they believe that the rebels are terrorists [49 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 28, 2013 06:45	209254
	Shia vs Sunni [73 words]	sara	Aug 28, 2013 21:33	209254
	Egypt and Syria [39 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 29, 2013 06:14	209254
1	evil fighting evil [58 words]	myth	Aug 30, 2013 04:55	209254
	Egypt and Syria [154 words]	Prashant	Aug 30, 2013 13:42	209254
2	The MB is another name for al-Qa3ida [196 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 31, 2013 06:48	209254
2	Egyptians are also saying that al-Qa3ida is another name for the MB [222 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 31, 2013 09:49	209254
1	missile defense in Turkey, Assad's not our baby [127 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	myth	Aug 28, 2013 05:41	209253
	do not expose or release chemical weapons by attacks [98 words]	myth	Aug 28, 2013 05:35	209252
1	Another Obama Ego Play [39 words]	Dave	Aug 28, 2013 05:21	209250
	On The Other Hand... [93 words]	Dave	Aug 31, 2013 17:34	209250
	Yup [25 words]	Mark Werfel	Aug 28, 2013 04:44	209248
	Arguing against "Limited" Strikes on the Assad Regime [124 words]	BALARABE ABBA	Aug 28, 2013 03:53	209247
1	Your initial premise may not be true in many cases [74 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Ron	Aug 28, 2013 03:49	209246
	Re: Daniel Pipes response to "Your initial premise may not be true in many cases" [84 words]	Ron	Aug 29, 2013 07:56	209246
2	Amen to this post; Fie on Operation Hand Slap [352 words]	Belladonna Rogers	Aug 28, 2013 03:35	209245
	America does not know how to do that. [8 words]	Robin Rosenblatt	Aug 28, 2013 02:35	209243
	No strikes unless there is a clear strategy [99 words]	Stas	Aug 18, 2013 08:43	209053