Ahmad Nemah, a midlevel Syrian rebel commander.
Denial is a POWERFUL ADDICTIVE DRUG.
But not everyone is so hopeful.
Mclatchy:
“Of course, people are depressed, and I’m having trouble convincing everyone that there will be a strike.”There’s a good reason why Nemah is having difficulty selling his argument to his fighters of the Free Syrian Army, the loose tangle of disparate guerrilla bands nominally backed by the United States and its European and Arab allies. Obama’s abrupt decision on Saturday to delay the strikes that seemed just hours away is being seen in the region as the latest confirmation of an incoherent U.S. approach of mixed messages and unfulfilled threats that have driven America’s standing to a new low.“Washington doesn’t understand the Middle East. His (Obama’s) image here is of someone who is afraid of getting enmeshed in the machinations of the Middle East,” said Maher Abu-Teyr, a political columnist with Ad-Dustour, a semi-official Jordanian daily newspaper. “There is no trust in Washington in the area because (people) think Obama is weak.”
“There is no trust in Washington in the area because (people) think Obama is weak.”
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