Quote Originally Posted by VictorCharlie View Post
The President will take credit for the diplomatic results but lets be honest, he got his hand forced to not use military force by overwhelming public opinion in the US and being out maneuvered by Putin/Assad. If the administration had gotten their way we would be engaged militarily in the Syrian civil war.

On a side note, what is a rogue nation? This sounds like another one of your made up terms like illegal war.
A rogue nation is a nation that ignores the will of the international community and continues to do something the international community considers illegal. Like invading Iraq for instance.