Obama's decision to seek lawmakers' approval before punishing Syria

[RadicalRedneck]

So our leaders in Washington praised President Barack Obama's decision to seek lawmakers' approval before punishing Syria for a chemical attack and to consult Congress.
So one idiot will ask 535 other idiots about doing something foolish. How can this not work out well?
Obama definitely boxed himself in with his "Red Line" statement and is desperately looking for a way out after someone in Syria called his bluff. So he has punted the problem over to the US Congress.
Does anyone one of these dolts care that 90% of VOTERS are against any action?...Why did we vote for these people in the first place? Any of them? Our government is broken, and we, the people, need to take it back. Vote them all out in 2014! I have a feeling that our government has still not learned that there is nothing to achieve by becoming involved with Muslim countries internal affairs. Let them sell us oil until we don't need it anymore and leave it at that. Soon enough they will destroy themselves. They've been causing 99.9% of all the worlds problems for far too long. Now if we could just get them out of America before they start their BS here like they've done in Europe. Our Congress needs to be more like Britains parliament and LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. England does not want to get involved with Syria and neither do a lot of our allies, doesn't that tell you something. We should get out of all these conflicts in other counties and start helping our own people here. And start by getting these Thugs who are shooting and killing our citizens off the streets and into prisons.
Who are these people in Congress representing, anyhow? I'm in Kansas, a 'red' state if there ever was one, populated with Republican voters, who overwhelmingly do NOT approve of US involvement militarily or any other way in Syria Hell, just ask them at the local coffee shops, all over the State, the approval rate is 90% against Obama's action. If they vote for this Obamawar...I will never vote for a Republican again... Let the Dems have this one and lets see what they do with it. Lets see how these big Brave people react when the bodybags start rolling off the airplanes. I for one don’t want any part of any more wars. Has anyone noticed that the speeches from Obama has gone from singular (I) to we the people. He is setting up all the people in this country to take the blame for any strike on Syria. If congress says no, they will yet again be obstructionists in calling for justice. He also mentions that congress represents the will of the people. So no matter what congress decides, yes or no, they will be wrong. And he is going to act anyway, so he says. Also great move Mr Obama in telegraphing to the enemy, what this country might do in retaliation in a strike. What a piss-poor excuse for a commander in chief. Syria is NOT America's problem. America should NOT go to war over an internal problem in another country that does not threaten US interests.....LET THE STUPID UN DEAL WITH IT, ISN’T THAT WHAT THEY ARE FOR? Either the UN deals with it of get them the Hell our of our country We don’t need no more stinkin wars. Let Obama and his LIB'S go to that stinkin Hell hole in Syria... PERIOD!
Thanks, but NO Thanks,we knew this 5 years ago.

Sincerely,
A Rebublican

 

[Katzndogz]

obama's sudden decision to ask for congressional approval was the only way he could wiggle out of going from failure to incredible, world class, failure. The democrats were not prepared for voter backlash next year as voter fury was taken out on the democrats running for congressional seats.

 

[rhodescholar]

So our leaders in Washington praised President Barack Obama's decision to seek lawmakers' approval before punishing Syria for a chemical attack and to consult Congress.
So one idiot will ask 535 other idiots about doing something foolish. How can this not work out well?
Obama definitely boxed himself in with his "Red Line" statement and is desperately looking for a way out after someone in Syria called his bluff. So he has punted the problem over to the US Congress.
Does anyone one of these dolts care that 90% of VOTERS are against any action?...Why did we vote for these people in the first place? Any of them? Our government is broken, and we, the people, need to take it back. Vote them all out in 2014! I have a feeling that our government has still not learned that there is nothing to achieve by becoming involved with Muslim countries internal affairs. Let them sell us oil until we don't need it anymore and leave it at that. Soon enough they will destroy themselves. They've been causing 99.9% of all the worlds problems for far too long. Now if we could just get them out of America before they start their BS here like they've done in Europe. Our Congress needs to be more like Britains parliament and LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. England does not want to get involved with Syria and neither do a lot of our allies, doesn't that tell you something. We should get out of all these conflicts in other counties and start helping our own people here. And start by getting these Thugs who are shooting and killing our citizens off the streets and into prisons.
Who are these people in Congress representing, anyhow? I'm in Kansas, a 'red' state if there ever was one, populated with Republican voters, who overwhelmingly do NOT approve of US involvement militarily or any other way in Syria Hell, just ask them at the local coffee shops, all over the State, the approval rate is 90% against Obama's action. If they vote for this Obamawar...I will never vote for a Republican again... Let the Dems have this one and lets see what they do with it. Lets see how these big Brave people react when the bodybags start rolling off the airplanes. I for one don’t want any part of any more wars. Has anyone noticed that the speeches from Obama has gone from singular (I) to we the people. He is setting up all the people in this country to take the blame for any strike on Syria. If congress says no, they will yet again be obstructionists in calling for justice. He also mentions that congress represents the will of the people. So no matter what congress decides, yes or no, they will be wrong. And he is going to act anyway, so he says. Also great move Mr Obama in telegraphing to the enemy, what this country might do in retaliation in a strike. What a piss-poor excuse for a commander in chief. Syria is NOT America's problem. America should NOT go to war over an internal problem in another country that does not threaten US interests.....LET THE STUPID UN DEAL WITH IT, ISN’T THAT WHAT THEY ARE FOR? Either the UN deals with it of get them the Hell our of our country We don’t need no more stinkin wars. Let Obama and his LIB'S go to that stinkin Hell hole in Syria... PERIOD!
Thanks, but NO Thanks,we knew this 5 years ago.

Sincerely,
A Rebublican

It makes no difference if the 90% of the idiot public is against a strike, the US is OBLIGATED to act on a number of fronts, including defending the Geneva conventions, the R2P protocol, and others. Let alone, it is the RIGHT thing to do, stopping this fucking animal from slaughtering more children. If obama was worth a nickel he would have intervened in the first months of the uprising when assad had began shooting unarmed demonstrators in the streets.

At first it certainly looks like yet another feckless, weak move by the president - a political maneuver to try and pass some responsibility onto congress, so that if things go badly, he can share the bowl of shit with them...BUT....one point he made has some measure of reasonableness, and that is he needs to keep the trash in congress on board in the next year or two when an attack on iran is required.

Iran is not going to stop developing nuclear weapons, and it will take a massive strike to crush that fake regime, its war machine, and illegal nuclear weapons program, and congress' acceptance will need to be acquired, so by engaging them now, he can stay in their good graces, avoid anyone claiming he did not consult with them, and when the time comes, hit iran as is so, so long overdue.

 

[dilloduck]

So our leaders in Washington praised President Barack Obama's decision to seek lawmakers' approval before punishing Syria for a chemical attack and to consult Congress.
So one idiot will ask 535 other idiots about doing something foolish. How can this not work out well?
Obama definitely boxed himself in with his "Red Line" statement and is desperately looking for a way out after someone in Syria called his bluff. So he has punted the problem over to the US Congress.
Does anyone one of these dolts care that 90% of VOTERS are against any action?...Why did we vote for these people in the first place? Any of them? Our government is broken, and we, the people, need to take it back. Vote them all out in 2014! I have a feeling that our government has still not learned that there is nothing to achieve by becoming involved with Muslim countries internal affairs. Let them sell us oil until we don't need it anymore and leave it at that. Soon enough they will destroy themselves. They've been causing 99.9% of all the worlds problems for far too long. Now if we could just get them out of America before they start their BS here like they've done in Europe. Our Congress needs to be more like Britains parliament and LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. England does not want to get involved with Syria and neither do a lot of our allies, doesn't that tell you something. We should get out of all these conflicts in other counties and start helping our own people here. And start by getting these Thugs who are shooting and killing our citizens off the streets and into prisons.
Who are these people in Congress representing, anyhow? I'm in Kansas, a 'red' state if there ever was one, populated with Republican voters, who overwhelmingly do NOT approve of US involvement militarily or any other way in Syria Hell, just ask them at the local coffee shops, all over the State, the approval rate is 90% against Obama's action. If they vote for this Obamawar...I will never vote for a Republican again... Let the Dems have this one and lets see what they do with it. Lets see how these big Brave people react when the bodybags start rolling off the airplanes. I for one don’t want any part of any more wars. Has anyone noticed that the speeches from Obama has gone from singular (I) to we the people. He is setting up all the people in this country to take the blame for any strike on Syria. If congress says no, they will yet again be obstructionists in calling for justice. He also mentions that congress represents the will of the people. So no matter what congress decides, yes or no, they will be wrong. And he is going to act anyway, so he says. Also great move Mr Obama in telegraphing to the enemy, what this country might do in retaliation in a strike. What a piss-poor excuse for a commander in chief. Syria is NOT America's problem. America should NOT go to war over an internal problem in another country that does not threaten US interests.....LET THE STUPID UN DEAL WITH IT, ISN’T THAT WHAT THEY ARE FOR? Either the UN deals with it of get them the Hell our of our country We don’t need no more stinkin wars. Let Obama and his LIB'S go to that stinkin Hell hole in Syria... PERIOD!
Thanks, but NO Thanks,we knew this 5 years ago.

Sincerely,
A Rebublican

It makes no difference if the 90% of the idiot public is against a strike, the US is OBLIGATED to act on a number of fronts, including defending the Geneva conventions, the R2P protocol, and others. Let alone, it is the RIGHT thing to do, stopping this fucking animal from slaughtering more children. If obama was worth a nickel he would have intervened in the first months of the uprising when assad had began shooting unarmed demonstrators in the streets.

At first it certainly looks like yet another feckless, weak move by the president - a political maneuver to try and pass some responsibility onto congress, so that if things go badly, he can share the bowl of shit with them...BUT....one point he made has some measure of reasonableness, and that is he needs to keep the trash in congress on board in the next year or two when an attack on iran is required.

Iran is not going to stop developing nuclear weapons, and it will take a massive strike to crush that fake regime, its war machine, and illegal nuclear weapons program, and congress' acceptance will need to be acquired, so by engaging them now, he can stay in their good graces, avoid anyone claiming he did not consult with them, and when the time comes, hit iran as is so, so long overdue.

The entire world community is obligated yet they did nothing ? Why ? Because this isn't about WMD's. It's about Muslim sectarian bullshit and most importantly PIPELINES.

 

[Katzndogz]

Slaughtering children is what muslim terrorists have done from Gaza to Damascus. They kill the children, then drag out the corpses for western cameras. They call it Pallywood, a nod to the Palestinian birthplace of the practice.

Pallywood | The Al Durah Incident | Lethal Journalism

Terrorist say that the death toll is over 1,400, doctors without borders found only 355 dead. 3,500 were exhibiting "symptoms" without a diagnosis. Symptoms are easy. Especially if no one is testing for actual exposure. Our movie studios can do it with less than an hour's preparation.

Were chemical weapons used? Sure. They were used by the anti Assad forces who got them from Saudi Arabia for the sole purpose of killing people for western news agencies.
One message cited a Syrian TV journalist who is embedded with the troops in the district who said the army confiscated an arms cache that included gas masks and several barrels with "made in Saudi Arabia" stamped on them. It did not say what was in the barrels, but appeared to suggest that some sort of chemical agent was inside and supplied by Saudi Arabia, the region's Sunni Muslim power and a staunch supporter of Syria's Sunni-led revolt.

Syria: Doctors Without Borders reports 355 dead from chemical attack - CSMonitor.com

obama needed to fall for this fake because his terrorist buddies were losing.

 

[Black_Label]

Obama did a superb move by giving the GOP what they wanted.

The GOP has been playing games as usual, trying to paint Obama as some kind of warmonger that is going to wave his magic want to do whatever he wants and he won't even let congress vote on it (which isn't needed per the constitution).

By calling the GOP's bluff and dumping it on them, a collective "oh shit" is now coming from the GOP because they love war and would gladly sign off on anything that involves it.
Now they have to decide if they will feed their bloodlust and vote for it, and try to stick it to the black guy just because he wants it.

Either way if the GOP votes for it, Obama can paint the GOP as a bunch of hypocritical asshats that are playing games again with yet another failed PR stunt, and if they vote against it, Obama can blame them for supporting the killing of innocent children and why they would not support saving them.

In the end, it's a win/win situation for the president and the democrats. Well done Obama

 

[Wolfsister77]

It may be a win/win for Obama but it will always be a lose/lose for the people in Syria being slaughtered.