Obama's Speech Tonight : TARP with Tomahawks

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No War in Syria

It’s time for Obama to back down from his ill-conceived and unnecessary call for war.

Gene Healy | September 10, 2013

Tonight, President Obama, who rose to the presidency on the strength of stirring speeches, goes back to the well with a prime-time address urging Congress to authorize an attack on Syria.He admits it’ll be “a heavy lift.” And how: per the Washington Post’s latest whip count in the House, even if all 170 undecideds break their way, the administration won’t be within shouting distance of a majority.

That’s good, because the Authorization for the Use of Military Force that’s on the table deserves to fail. It’s TARP with Tomahawks.

The provisions purporting to restrict the president to a brief, “limited and tailored” war are too weak to stick.

What’s more, they’re undermined by the AUMF’s gratuitous overstatement of presidential power: “The President has authority under the Constitution to use force in order to defend the national security interests of the United States.”

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Is he scheduled to talk down to us again?

I thought last night would have been enough...

 

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Is he scheduled to talk down to us again?

I thought last night would have been enough...

Kerry Tells Lavrov Chemical Disarmament Demand Was "Rhetorical", Not Meant To Be Proposal


Kerry to Syria: Turn over your chemical weapons!
Syria to Kerry: Ok
Kerry to Syria: I was being rhetorical. We will just bomb you anyway, as soon as we are done gassing you.


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D.C. media biased in favor of Syria strikes

The Cato Institute is arguing that the Washington press corps, dominated by the major networks, is “working together” with politicians to try to push the U.S. to get involved in the Syrian conflict.

Christopher A. Preble, a foreign policy expert at the libertarian-leaning think tank, said that despite the public’s overwhelming opposition to strikes, this weekend’s Sunday political talk shows were dominated by panelists or hosts who want action.

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