English: United States President Barack Obama signs into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as Vice President Joe Biden looks on. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an excellent, MUST READ article by historian Tim Stanley, who specializes in modern  US history; check it out!

Obama and Syria: Britain has helped Obama rediscover the Constitution. No need to thank us, America – Telegraph Blogs.

I too think this is a very shrewd move by President Obama to gain Congressional approval; he claims that that military intervention in Syria is not time limited so this gives him room for further leverage using the US’s full weight.

I support the return to democracy.

Let me now turn this to an open question:

Should President Hollande now seek French parliamentary approval before military intervention in Syria?

Any views?

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