, Columnist
Will a Muddled Barack Obama Get Lucky on Syria?
If the latest twist in Obama's Syria policy turns out well, it will be because the president was lucky, not brilliant.
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As I watched President Barack Obama's speech last night, I couldn't stop asking myself: "What was the president thinking?"
The president made the case for authorizing military action, so that we wouldn't have to take military action. His words were confused, delivered with the half-hearted effort of a high school debater who has been called upon to defend "Resolved: Genocide is good for people."