What red lines? Obama touts 'political courage' it took to do nothing about Syria

Sarah D. | 1:55 PM on May 15, 2017

I should have known Lloyd Christmas didn't come up with this BS himself. pic.twitter.com/jx6GbyrY2s

— BT (@back_ttys) May 15, 2017

Now that he’s out of office, Barack Obama is finally free to tell us about all the brave things he did as president. Things like … not taking action when Syria crossed all those red lines even though he said he would:

Obama—“I actually think that the issue that required the most political courage was the decision not to bomb Syria.” https://t.co/DFSzEzMG4J

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 15, 2017

So. Much. Courage:

But I actually think that the issue that required the most political courage was the decision not to bomb Syria after the chemical weapons use had been publicized and rather to negotiate them removing chemical weapons from Syria.

Now, we know subsequently that some remained, so it was an imperfect solution. But what we also know is that 99 percent of huge chemical weapons stockpiled were removed without us having to fire a shot.

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And it wasn’t a slam dunk, but I thought that it made sense for a variety of reasons for us to see if we could actually try to eliminate the prospect of large-scale chemical weapons use rather than the political expedience of a one-time shot.

Well, Barry, you thought wrong.

#pt: @StateDept’s Stu Jones:

– ‘The #Assad regime abducted 65,000-117,000 people from 2011-2015 & practiced extrajudicial mass executions.' pic.twitter.com/06atSdvNX1

— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) May 15, 2017

WOW: @StateDept’s Stu Jones:

– ‘We now believe the #Assad regime has installed a crematorium at Sednaya prison, to dispose of bodies.' pic.twitter.com/VpzHsTa3d2

— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) May 15, 2017

Congratulations to ex-President Barack Obama on being so courageous.