THE DEMOCRAT "DOVES" - LIKE SENATORS OBAMA AND KERRY AND BIDEN - WHO VICIOUSLY ATTACKED BUSH AS A WARMONGER ARE THE ONES WHO MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SECRETARY KERRY TO USE THE MILITARY AGAINST ASSAD

IN A SENSE, THEIR UTTER FAILURE TO GET CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR AN UNBELIEVABLY SMALL PINPRICK AGAINST THE EVIL ASSAD, MEANS THEY'VE BEEN HOISTED BY THEIR OWN PETARDS.

FROM A MILITARY AND GEOPOLITICAL POV, I REMAIN UNCONVINCED THE TYPE OF ATTACK PLANNED BY OBAMA, BIDEN, HAGEL AND KERRY WOULD HAVE DONE MORE GOOD THAN HARM.

AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CONGRESSMEN HAD THE SAME POSITION.

BUT A LARGE NUMBER OF CONGRESSMEN AND CITIZENS OPPOSE THE USE OF FORCE BECAUSE THE ATTACKS OBAMA AND HIS DOVE COMRADES RELENTLESSLY LEVELED AGAINST BUSH HAVE MADE THEM MISTRUST MILITARY SOLUTIONS AND THE US MILITARY ITSELF.

THEY TURNED THE IRAQ WAR INTO A VIRTUAL REPEAT OF THE VIETNAM WAR, AND GOT THE SAME RESULT: THE PERCEPTION ON THE WORLD STAGE THAT THE USA IS WEAK.

AND WHEN BAD GUYS PERCEIVE THAT, THEY GET MORE ADVENTUROUS.

AND THE FREE WORLD GETS LESS SAFE.

THANKS OBAMA!