So, after the outrage over possible air strikes, we have a diplomatic solution?????

[Logical]

What an amazing coincidence!

Thanks for listening to your base Mr. President!

Well played sir, well played!

[NightWatcher]

1. he made everyone think the bombs were on the way

He punked me, Assad, Russia, France, England...

Oh, and all the Repukes. Do they know that they've been had?

Well played, lets hope the plan is followed by Syria

[Logical]

2. No, the bombs were on the way, until people got pissed! n-t

[NightWatcher]

4. who knows, he's got a great pokerface

I remember the correspondent's dinner while he was killing OBL and making jokes without letting on.

[Hoyt]

7. Yep. One thing is certain, nothing would have happened without Obama putting on the pressure.

I suspect if Assad had thought bombing was not an option, he would never have agreed to turning over the chems. Of course, it ain't a done deal yet.

In these kind of situations, our leaders have to keep a lot of options going and hope something breaks in our favor. I think that happened here.

Whatever, I think if this deal works out, it is a big move forward in the way these situations are handled in the future.

[Logical]

12. LOL, no, Obama wanted to bomb, we said NO, he then had to do this. n-t

[Hoyt]

13. It would be nice if these things happened like that. But Assad wouldn't have done a thing

if Obama had told him to carry on unabated.

I do hope this leads to a change in the way countries deal with each other, such brinkmanship is dangerous.

[Segami]

14. +1

[elleng]

3. He didn't have to listen to his base,

just to his conscience and intellect. Its why we elected him, isn't it?

[ocpagu]

5. I thank the public opinion for the strong opposition.

Obama deserves the credit for retreating. But that's all. He's not responsible for solving this, he was the responsible for starting it in first place.

[Bradical79]

6. POSSIBLE diplomatic solution

I know the political win is what's really important to some of you, but perhaps you should wait until all parties follow through before gloating.

[Logical]

11. True! n-t

[pjt7]

8. 99% of America told Congress NO.

You can't buck that.

[Logical]

9. Good point! N-t

[leftstreet]

10. +1