Except for a very few brave hearts in the US Congress, the lawmakers caved, conceding their irrelevance to TV screenwriting.
The Reality TV people know how to take scripts through production and onto the world stage, without the slow unworkable process of churning out gigantic laws no one reads.
Gigantic laws are OK for budgets maybe, such as the latest wish list (please buy our bonds!), but when it comes to fast action, we don't want to think that hard.
The question is whether the military coup is complete. Threats were issued, that more unauthorized actions might be necessary, to silence Congress once and for all.
Earlier presidents had expressed an interest in closing Gitmo. The latest president, determined to appear strong, went along with the torture camp. He also gave his mercenaries almost twice what they asked for. In exchange: the right to dictate wars at will.
Of course "animal Assad" was literally true, not insulting. Animals are cool, unless you're a yahoo (chuckle). The missiles would be "smart" (i.e. dumb). Indeed they were. They helped cover up the Syrian chemical weapons program, or lack thereof, by destroying evidence. Classic.
With Congress out of the picture (in terms of even rubber stamping attacks on nations), we've moved to a faster paced world. Lawless warlords and nuclear weapons don't mix, so we'll need to get rid of lawless warlords, given the nukes will take a longer time to get rid of. Stay tuned.
