If the White House hasn’t reached any firm conclusions yet about what comes after airstrikes on Syria, it may still have an opportunity to review the issue. Early this morning, the president tweeted, “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all!” There is no time like the present, however, to launch a campaign of maximum economic and diplomatic pressure.

David Adesnik is Director of Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy. Follow David on Twitter @adesnik and FDD @FDD.

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