1. What point did the president attempt to make.

2. Rate how effective you believe he was in persuading other nations to help


1. The point the president tried to make was that violence was going to set back a lot of the progress the UN made.

2. On a scale of 1-10 I would give him a 4. A lot of the countries were unsure whether it was a good idea for Obama to lead this address because of the attacks the U.S. inflicting on Syria.