It seems to me that David Corn’s column is completely anachronistic. What the president needs to do tonight is fairly simple. He needs to explain that the credible use of force has compelled Russia and Syria to offer up Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile on a silver platter. We can, if Congress follows through with an authorization to use military force, simply box up all Syria’s sarin, and VX and mustard gas in crates and have them destroyed. Or not.
Would your representative like to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons at no cost to the United States, or not?
People can argue about whether this was the plan all along or simply something the administration blundered into, but as long as the president keeps the choice simple and stark, it’s hard to see how Congress can refuse him his victory.
