Allen West Rips Obama's Handling of Syria

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West ripped President Barack Obamas handling of Syria on Tuesday.

Barack Obama doesn't get it, West wrote in an email sent out to supporters. He doesn't know how or when to use military force and his on-the-job training as commander in chief is embarrassing all of us. Obama is stumbling toward military action in Syria. He drew a red line on chemical weapons use and Syria crossed it. We did nothing and it badly wounded our credibility. Not surprisingly, they used chemical weapons again ... but now we are forced to act.

As Obama slowly and publicly puts plans in place for a military strike, we're televising every move so the Syrians can hide their weapons, decentralize their command and control, and make themselves harder to successfully strike, West insisted. The world is laughing while we look weak and reactive.

A military campaign needs an objective -- we can't just launch a feel-good bombing campaign to try and save face after Obama retreated when he was tested by an insane dictator," West continued. If we wanted to use military force, we should have done it immediately and decisively.