My Comment:  To watch this was well less than pleasant.  He was irritated to say the least.  What I came away with was a temper tantrum.  He couldn’t go ahead with his plans because Britain couldn’t get approval, and so he decided he might ought to have approval too, and it allows a weak president to save face, as he can always say, see I told you so, and he said he doesn’t need the UN security council either.  Expect a worsening attack in Syria or elsewhere and possibly a false flag here. So he can act on his own, without approval of anyone.  He will anyway.  He’ll do whatever the elites tell him to do.  It seems more and more that he is just a spokesperson much like the opening act of a show is.   Just sayin…

President Barack Obama declared his intention to launch punitive military strikes against Syria over its use of chemical weapons. But he said he would delay the action until he had sought the support of Congress.

Barack Obama joined by Vice President Joe Biden delivers a statement on Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House. Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Peter Foster in Washington, Robert Watts and Ben Farmer9:02PM BST 31 Aug 2013Comment

After a day of frenzied preparations in the United States and across the Middle East, Mr Obama announced that as America’s Commander-in-Chief he had the authority to order military action against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. He said he was “prepared to give that order”.

But, he added, he judged that “the country will be stronger” if legislators were consulted first.

“After careful deliberation I have decided the United States should take military action against Syrian targets,” Mr Obama said. “I’m confident we can hold the Assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons.

“I’m ready to act in the face of this outrage. Today I’m asking Congress to send a message to the world, that we are ready to move forward together as a nation.”

The announcement represents a major gamble for the US President, two days after David Cameron lost a vote in the Commons when MPs refused to support British military action.

Mr Obama said he was prepared to act “without the approval of a United Nations Security Council that so far has been paralysed”, but added: “This decision is too big to go ahead without debate.”

Although Mr Obama’s Democrats have the majority in the US Senate, the House of Representatives is controlled by the Republicans, who may be less disposed to back his decision.

Mr Cameron last night responded to the US president’s announcement in a message on Twitter in which he wrote: “I understand and support Barack Obama’s position on Syria.”

Earlier, Mr Obama was goaded by Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, who said that as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the US leader should be aware of the impact an attack would have on civilians. Mr Obama’s announcement came as tensions rose after a series of developments yesterday:

via Now Obama puts Syria strike on ice – Telegraph.

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