Obama presided over the demise of Osama bin Laden, and Assad knows it.
Assad has two options:
Back off and save his ass, or face the inevitable consequences of his own private "no boots on the ground" drone strike.
Seems like a total no brainer for any power crazed, heartless, inhumane dictator.
Why is it so hard to believe that Obama and Kerry would make every effort to let Assad know that if he did not back down, he would be toast?
Why is it so hard to believe that Assad backing down and out as gracefully as possible is not a highly predictable, and preferable, outcome to Obama?
Assad has little choice but to take Obama's threats seriously. I've never been much of a supporter of Obama, he's too conservative/corporatist for my taste. But I have to give him credit here. He appears to have done exactly what he needed to do in order to resolve a difficult situation without resorting to violence. He's making the schoolyard bully back down by getting in his face, but not punching his lights out.
It's how mature adults handle difficult situations.
That's pretty darn good leadership, in my book. Soooo not George W. Bush.
peace out
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Fine by me!
very punny! 
And I still don't understand what you mean by your post.
He's badass Obama.
