Inside the president's last-minute decision not to bomb Syria in 2013 .... When the  two men came back to the Oval Office, the president told his ..... In his efforts to off -load some of America's foreign-policy responsibilities to its allies, Obama ..... “ She's won, by the way, a lot of prizes and gotten a lot of attention, so this is not  like ...
Aug 31, 2014 ... At the last minute, Obama backed off." We rated that ... Unlike Cheney, King does  not go so far as to claim "a lot of allies signed on" to air strikes.
Apr 14, 2017 ... How Syria's civil war became America's problem. ... in 2013, he tweeted  repeatedly and angrily against a strike, warning Obama to back down.
Mar 9, 2014 ... A lot of the allies sign on, and at the last minute, Obama backed off." ... very few  allies were willing to "sign on" to military action against Syria.
Feb 3, 2017 ... ... in a last-minute decision, President Barack Obama called off U.S. air strikes in  ... seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. ...  both enemies and allies would be likely to interpret this as a sign of .... in a  Western-backed military victory were deflated, Syrian government ...
On Syria, "a lot of the allies signed on. At the last minute, Obama backed off."