
Obama ran into an impasse in his bid to rally international backing for a military strike on Syria as world leaders wrapped up a summit meeting.
After a dinner debate that lasted into the early morning hours, Obama emerged with a few supporters but no consensus as other leaders urged him not to attack.
Instead, the president had to resign himself to generalized statements of concern.
“Failing to respond to this breach of this international norm would send a signal to rogue nations, authoritarian regimes and terrorist organizations that they can use W.M.D. and not pay a consequence, and that’s not a world we want to live in.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/world/middleeast/obama-syria-strike.html
Sounds a lot like a certain GWB, doesn't he?