Obama to seek congress approval

[Vox]

What happened? All the right wingers were crying that Obama was going to wave his magic wand and sign an executive order to start WWIII?

He fooled them--he passed the buck to Congress.

he simply caved. as he always does.

GOOD

 

[Redfish]

I know he doesnt have it, hence y opinion on it. If he gets congress to approve then he gets it and they are all to blame.

But if all he does is lob some missiles over there, then the outrage will be minimal. mostly on the right.

any member of congress who approves attacking Syria should be tried for treason.

Why the fuck can't we learn from our mistakes in viet nam, kosovo, iraq, afghanistan, korea?

We are not the world's police force. Let syria fight it out until one side wins. Its none of our damn business.

treason for doing their job?

shut up

where is "invading another country" in the congressional job description?

 

[Redfish]

yes yes an incompetent tyrant who forces things down your throat while he sits on the fence about issue, except when it comes to Muslims, who he is one, all the while being gay and from Africa.....I know.....

was obamacare forced down our throats? Did any republicans vote for it? Was there any open debate? were any republican amendments allowed to come to a vote?

Did he do an apology tour in the mid east? did he support the wrong side in Egypt? Did he bow to the saudi king?

How do you know that he is gay?

no, not sure, yes for over a year, sure, no, no, yes but so what.

wrong on all counts, but you knew that and are just playing the asshole role today.

 

[Jos]

Obama has done the right thing.

This is NOT OUR WAR!!!!!

both sides are guilty of attrocities!!!!!

there are no good guys here, and we have no business there!!!

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Since WWI, the USA has been the force for good in the world.

Maybe it is time we quit. We certainly are broke.

But would Ronald Reagan have tolerated the gassing of children by a government. Would John F. Kennedy have?

If we back away from this one, we truly are abandoning the role we have tried to serve.

Do you want that?

CIA 'helped Saddam Hussein carry out chemical weapons attack on Iran' in 1988 under Ronald Reagan

CIA 'helped Saddam Hussein make chemical weapons attack on Iran' 1988 under Ronald Reagan | Mail Online

 

[Plasmaball]

was obamacare forced down our throats? Did any republicans vote for it? Was there any open debate? were any republican amendments allowed to come to a vote?

Did he do an apology tour in the mid east? did he support the wrong side in Egypt? Did he bow to the saudi king?

How do you know that he is gay?

no, not sure, yes for over a year, sure, no, no, yes but so what.

wrong on all counts, but you knew that and are just playing the asshole role today.

lol....coming from you who throws treason around, i really dont care if you think i am wrong.

 

[Vox]

Obama has done the right thing.

This is NOT OUR WAR!!!!!

both sides are guilty of attrocities!!!!!

there are no good guys here, and we have no business there!!!

.......................................................................

Since WWI, the USA has been the force for good in the world.

Maybe it is time we quit. We certainly are broke.

But would Ronald Reagan have tolerated the gassing of children by a government. Would John F. Kennedy have?

If we back away from this one, we truly are abandoning the role we have tried to serve.

Do you want that?

yes, I DO.

the referee is tired. and the others do not deserve our sacrifice.

let the others get their hands dirty.

we will eat popcorn and whistle along.

 

[Contumacious]

That motherfucking TYRANT!!!!!! Impeach the fucking bastard for using the proper channels!

It is simply a way for him to sidestep his declared "redline", do nothing as usual - and be able to hide behind and blame congress for it.

Excuse the fuck out of me

Does he have the Constitutional authority to invade other countries so that he can grandstand for the Zionists and Saudi Arabia's Sunnis?

Didn't the federal government use CS Gas in Waco, TX ...murdered 79 people ---20 children.

So what' with the holier than thou bullshit?!?!?!?

 

[aaronleland]

Obama has done the right thing.

This is NOT OUR WAR!!!!!

both sides are guilty of attrocities!!!!!

there are no good guys here, and we have no business there!!!

.......................................................................

Since WWI, the USA has been the force for good in the world.

Maybe it is time we quit. We certainly are broke.

But would Ronald Reagan have tolerated the gassing of children by a government. Would John F. Kennedy have?

If we back away from this one, we truly are abandoning the role we have tried to serve.

Do you want that?

We already know how Ronnie (the conservative man-god) would have handled it. He would give them weapons in exchange for peace. Then we could blame the other party when those weapons are used against our allies.

 

[Hoffstra]

If we are going to attack Syria, we should do it as a united country.

if the country doesn't support this action, we shouldnt be doing it.

Obama has done the right thing.

 

[Hoffstra]

this is NOT OUR WAR!!!!!

anyone here who thinks we should attack Syria should go down to their local military recruiting center and sign up immediately.

or shut up!!!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I painted a red line but Congress made me erase it...because I'm black

 

[Interpol]

I don't care about popular opinion.

Assad used chemical weapons on his own people. It breaks every global convention on the matter. We have the means to make it a lot more difficult for him to kill his people en masse while letting Syrians determine their own future.

The strikes in Libya worked. They allowed for Libyans to knock Gaddafi off and begin to go down the road of their own self-determination.

If Ronald Reagan were President, he would've taken Assad out like the day before yesterday and Republicans would call him a hero. Reagan was very clear when it came to chemical and nuclear weapons use. It was one of his signature policies in his legacy, the determent of such weapons.

This is a moment we can do something positive. On top of that, it would show that you can't just poison your people and expect to get away with it.

I respect Obama for being one of the only Americans right now who isn't such a great big pussy on this very black and white issue. Looks like he's going to respect what the Congress says, which is too bad, because Congress sucks. They have a 9% approval rating. They can't agree on the day of the week. This is a clear issue involving the moral authority of the global community against those who would massacre their people and with non-conventional weapons.

Take this motherfucker's capabilities out, and now.

 

[Redfish]

no, not sure, yes for over a year, sure, no, no, yes but so what.

wrong on all counts, but you knew that and are just playing the asshole role today.

lol....coming from you who throws treason around, i really dont care if you think i am wrong.

Getting the USA involved in an illegal war is treason. If congress authorizes the invasion of Syria then they are all traitors because they are putting the citizens of the USA at risk when there is no US interests involved. we have no business in syria's civil war. Why should we get into it while the rest of the world sits back and laughs at our foolishness.

The UK got it right, so did the Russians.

we do not need a false flag war with the russians in syria.

 

[Plasmaball]

wrong on all counts, but you knew that and are just playing the asshole role today.

lol....coming from you who throws treason around, i really dont care if you think i am wrong.

Getting the USA involved in an illegal war is treason. If congress authorizes the invasion of Syria then they are all traitors because they are putting the citizens of the USA at risk when there is no US interests involved. we have no business in syria's civil war. Why should we get into it while the rest of the world sits back and laughs at our foolishness.

The UK got it right, so did the Russians.

we do not need a false flag war with the russians in syria.

great a false flag retard.
Look he gets congresses approval that is not treason, but you knew this.
go back to Alex jones fruitcake.

 

[ScienceRocks]

I think we should stay out of it and build America!

Infrastructure, science and tech

Fund our science programs!

Fuck war for terrorist!!!

 

[PixieStix]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.

But he says he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force.

He says congressional leadership plans to hold a debate and a vote as soon as Congress comes back in September.

Obama says he has the authority to act on his own, but believes it is important for the country to have a debate.

Military action would be in response to a chemical weapons attack the U.S. says Syrian President Bashar Assad's government carried out against civilians. The U.S. says more than 1,400 Syrians were killed in that attack last week.

That motherfucking TYRANT!!!!!! Impeach the fucking bastard for using the proper channels!

I wonder how many polls he looked at before coming to the right decision

 

[Pheonixops]

I'm glad that he did it, now we can all see "who's, who" in both parties.

 

[Contumacious]

I don't care about popular opinion.

Assad used chemical weapons on his own people. It breaks every global convention on the matter. .

Is it "radical centrist" or radical dumb ass?

How the fuck do you know that it wasn't the CIA, The Mossad or Saudi Arabia?

Didn't the US use CS gas on the Davidians?

So, shut the fuck up.

.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

And Congress won't vote to fight for Al Qaeda

 

[waltky]

Fearless Leader passin' the buck to Congress...

Obama to seek congressional approval on Syria
Aug 31,`13 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials in the Obama administration and on Capitol Hill say President Barack Obama intends to seek congressional approval for action against Syria.

Obama will speak on the developments in Syria from the Rose Garden on Saturday. The officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak ahead of the president

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

President Barack Obama's national security team was to consult senators Saturday about Syria while House Speaker John Boehner invited House members to return early from their August break for a classified briefing as the White House readied for a possible military strike. Vice President Joe Biden, who was scheduled to be in Delaware this weekend, was instead at the White House, where Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry joined him.

Hagel, Kerry and others were to consult by phone Saturday afternoon with Senate Democrats and Republicans. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, also were to participate. The White House said the calls would be unclassified, meaning officials would be limited in what they can say.

But on Sunday, the White House planned a classified, in-person briefing for House members, according to a notice from Boehner's office to House Republican staffers. House Democrats were planning to invite their members as well. "This will be one of many classified briefings," read the invitation. "However, given the numerous requests made, the speaker wanted members to have an opportunity this weekend."

The briefing was coming a day after the administration publicly released an unclassified intelligence report concluding that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government killed more than 1,400 last week in a chemical attack. A classified version of the assessment arrived on Capitol Hill late Friday night, the GOP notice said, and was available for all House members to review. Obama is considering a limited military strike in response to the chemical attack, but said Friday he had not yet made a decision.

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Obama: Syria 'Atrocity' Must Have Response
August 31, 2013 > U.S. President Barack Obama says he has decided the United States should take military action against the Syrian government, for its alleged chemical weapons attack.

Speaking to the nation Saturday at the White House, Mr. Obama said this would not be an open-ended intervention and will not include U.S. troops on the ground in Syria. Obama said the U.S. operation would be limited in scope and duration.

The president also said no military action will begin until and unless his plan is authorized by the Congress. President Obama said an "atrocity" with chemical weapons must not just be investigated but also confronted.

He said the United States can not and must not "turn a blind eye to what happened in Damascus." He also urged members of Congress to consider that some things are more important than "partisan differences" as they consider the U.S. response to Syria.

Obama: Syria 'Atrocity' Must Have Response