President Obama's about-face Friday to seek Congressional approval for a military strike on Syria for its purported use of chemical weapons drew strong reactions from the war-torn nation.
Syria’s government called it “the start of the historic American retreat,” and said Obama hesitated because of a “sense of implicit defeat and the disappearance of his allies."
"Whether the Congress lights the red or green light for an aggression, and whether the prospects of war have been enhanced or faded, President Obama has announced yesterday, by prevaricating or hinting, the start of the historic American retreat," Syria's Al-Thawra newspaper said.