Raw: Obama's Impassioned Plea for Action { States That His Creditability Is Not At Stake ??? }
We have nations that compete for national and international interest, also there usually are no permanent friends or permanent enemies. It depends on the vital interest of that particular nation?????????
The record needs to be set in the 'REALITY ZONE' and plus his "bravado" seems to be severely toned-down knowing full well that he has no "smoking gun evidence"
that the Syrian government initiated this alleged chemical attack.
In fact earlier this year "Sarin Gas was" confiscated by the Turkish government on the Syrian border by his Al-Nusra " terrorist friends and he stood in silence with not one threat against that organization......
Putin has openly challenged him to present the evidence to the UN Security Council and Obama continues to say that it is secret. It aint secret Putin has it, because the data comes from the Mossad Intelligence Agency of Israel........
Now he needs a way to dig himself out of this mess perhaps resigning would be an easy option and let the cards fall where they may...........
Published on Sep 4, 2013
President Barack Obama said Wednesday the credibility of the international community and Congress is on the line in the debate over how to respond to the alleged chemical attack in Syria. Obama made his case overseas during a visit to Sweden. (Sept. 4)

Saint,
..."Excuse me there is no such thing as an "International Community" that is an American coined term when they get in trouble and seek allied support or to pay-off an enemy."...
I know that's right! It's the US that polices the rest of the World. I doubt that we will be striking in Syria and the President knows it. He's not really wanting to go there afterall he was the one who got our Soldiers out of Iraq so why would he want to put them in harms way in another similar way. It's all a ruse.