USA TodayObama told lawmakers Tuesday he has decided to put off a potential strike as he pursues a Russian-backed plan at the United Nations that would place Syria's chemical stockpile under international monitoring.
There is healthy skepticism at the White House about the plan, and administration officials have made clear to the Russians that this can't become a process of delay and avoidance.
But the proposal offers Obama a potential path away from a military confrontation that would allow him to claim Syria paid a price for a chemical attack that killed more than 1,400 people Aug. 21.
Nice work, Commander Obama!














