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Re: Reader: Obama has no 'muscle' left after h....

I agree that Obama's clout has been weakened it would seem because of the Syria debacle. But, he still has power over the military and his finger on the nuclear launch button. When a politician finds himself in a precarious position he will often start a war, a conflict or do a false flag to get the attention of the people off of other failure - and make him look strong and in charge. I am not sure how involved the Chinese will be in Syria but it is an interesting development. They may be simply wanting to exercise their military power for a change and gain respect world wide. They also may be wanting to help stop ISIS in that area so the religious extremists will not be a future threat to Russia and possibly China as well. I don't trust China, they are a wild card in this situation. But it is possible it's exactly what it appears to be, a major military power wanting to help eradicate a global menace.

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