Very muted drumbeats

If Mitt Romney was president and told the nation we must punish Syria for its use of nerve gas on its own people, there would be a continuous outcry in the conservative media for that action.  We would be told our credibility was on the line and we couldn't as a great power allow this kind of atrocity.  Fox news personalities and the ever odious Limbaugh would be telling us we must follow the president's lead.  However, with Obama in the White House, this is a fund raising opportunity for Republicans who are demonstrating a new found reluctance to use the armed forces in this situation.  Even the "liberals" who supported Bush have found their mojo and are opposing military action.  Of course, Obama badly miscalculated the international will to oppose Assad, but he should have known he would be opposed at home by almost everyone but the true believers.  He has almost painted himself into a corner where he must use force unilaterally without Congressional approval.  That is sure to trigger howls for impeachment.  If he does nothing, the same dipwads will tell everyone he is weak and we obviously need a republican daddy to make the world more secure.  I can't say I feel sorry for the president at this point.  He is in a bubble of "Yes Sir" and seems to have lost touch with most of the American people.  I hope he finds his way out of the situation, but it doesn't look too good at this point.