RT: There has been a lot of world reaction from people against intervention. Obama yesterday said that he had made no final decision, so why is he suddenly going ahead? Pepe Escobar: It’s his Hail Mary pass. He is thinking in terms of Congress and in terms of public opinion in the US. You can say this is a win-win situation: the senate is a slam dunk – he’s going to win. Congress is more complicated, it’s dominated by Republicans. If they say yes, he’ll go ahead – and become “Nobel Prize Winner – former President Obama.” If Congress says no, he can always say, “Look, I tried, but they don’t want me to bomb anybody.” I don’t think the US Congress will refuse the opportunity to once again bomb a Middle Eastern country. But this is Obama’s role. He looked today at what happened to Cameron in England and said, “OK, I need a Hail Mary pass.” That’s it.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:42:30 +0000
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