text_1: "On Syria, ""a lot of the allies signed on. At the last minute, Obama backed off."
text_2: "Cheney said a lot of allies ""got ready to go"" on Syria and ""signed on,"" but Obama backed out. Actually, very few American allies were ""ready to go."" We counted France, Turkey and Saudi Arabia as countries that were supportive. And France’s support seemed to wane as time went on. Among the ""no"" crowd were key allies like the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. In fact, the United Kingdom’s parliament offered an embarrassing rebuke to Cameron when it blocked British participation. The Arab League did not endorse the military action, nor did the United Nations. Obama has said he declined to pursue military action because Syria agreed to weapons inspections. There’s no dispute that for whatever reason, military action was not pursued in Syria. But Cheney was re-writing history when he said ""a lot of the allies signed on."""