Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
That is not true. Obama was going to force the USA to war, against US opinion and against the opinion of its Allies in the UK (parliament had vote and said no). Russia came in and said "We will do a deal with Assad and get rid of all the chemical weapons.. that will make you happy, da?" and Obama agreed to it.
OK, I'll amend that to "did nothing in the end". As we can see, the Russians lied and let Assad keep some gas (surprise).