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russ_watters said:Granted. I'm mainly referring to the current confrontation between Obama and Putin/Assad though and the implication that this is as much about power for Obama as them. It isn't. Obama is a pacifist/isolationist and his position on this largely goes against who he wants to be/what he wants for America, so it really can't be about power for him.
In this instant, he just painted himself into a corner by talking about "red lines"... But he does approve all those weapon shipments - hardly a pacifist act.
He has to be a really naive guy to think that supporting these rebels is humanitarian, and I don't think he is that naive on his second term.
So it is about power for him too, but he would prefer to keep his army out of direct involvement there (as would any of the other players).
In this respect they are pretty much similar.
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