With less than five months until Nov, the last thing Obama needed on his already very full menu is another surprisingly terrible, politically complex issue in the Center Eastern, complete with horrible, heartrending pictures, a recalcitrant master, and popular comments contacting on California to do something.
Photos: In Syria, family members escape and rebels fight
You can't put history on hold until after Selection Day, but you can certainly try.
The Current has put other major international policy issues to the side to avoid giving Conservatives deacyed plant material for critique, to avoid new threats to the economic climate, or simply to avoid getting on a landmine while moving along a risky international surroundings.