and British officials have said was 10 to 14 previous uses of chemical weapons, the Administration had no apparent plan to act if the red lines were crossed beyond the point the world could not ignore or to then make its case to the American people, Congress, and the world. More broadly, President Obama set poorly defined red lines for Syrian use of chemical weapons, but does not seem to have prepared any contingency plans for what would happen if they were used on a level the U.S. ![]() then talked about providing arms for the rebels, but left its efforts at so low and covert a level it is unclear what they are accomplishing. had offered humanitarian aid and delivered some, but never adopted an open aggressive policy to ensure effective collective action and that humanitarian aid would be adequate. still had no clear strategy and plan for dealing with the Syrian civil war some three years after its beginning. Several things were clear as Secretary Kerry delivered his first philippic on Syria and chemical weapons. is waiting for, and where much of the action may come to border on tragicomedy. He has suddenly transformed a rushed call for immediate action into a waiting game where it is not clear what he or the U.S. Unfortunately, however, that seems to be the instruction manual President Obama has read. When Samuel Beckett wrote “Waiting for Godot,” he was not writing an instruction manual on strategy for American Presidents. President Obama and Syria: The “Waiting for Godot” Strategy Responding to Egregious Human Rights Abuses. ![]()
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