The mess in Syria

Presidential advisor, "But Mr. President, if we don't continue on this path of aggressive geopolitical world domination our entire foreign policy for the last 100 years would have been all for nothing."
 
Runnin said:
Presidential advisor, "But Mr. President, if we don't continue on this path of aggressive geopolitical world domination our entire foreign policy for the last 100 years would have been all for nothing."
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Woodrow Wilson would roll in his grave at the prospects!
 
Rep. Alan Grayson ‏@AlanGrayson 9m

When you actually delve into the evidence of deliberate chemical weapons use by the Syrian government, the evidence is genuinely ambiguous.

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Rep. Alan Grayson ‏@AlanGrayson 7m

It seems the administration is only putting out info that would lead one to believe the Syrian gov't deliberately used chemical weapons.
 
Of course they are. They need a quick excuse to get into war and the need the American people to buy it. The syrian issue goes much deeper than this chemical weapon story
 
i read one report this morning suggesting the chem attacks were staged by the rebels for the obvious knee jerk response.
Of course, there is an awful lot of speculation but that doesn't sound too far fetched.
 
57Brave said:
i read one report this morning suggesting the chem attacks were staged by the rebels for the obvious knee jerk response.

Of course, there is an awful lot of speculation but that doesn't sound too far fetched.
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It's certainly a possibility. And I won't buy whatever "proof" the gov't gives out that it was Assad (while still believing it's possible he did it).
 
Rep. Alan Grayson ‏@AlanGrayson 5m

What is the source of this notion that every time we see something we don’t like, we should bomb it?
 
It sure would be nice if people would just support Paul instead of continually voting for the status quo candidates and then bitching about the status quo. Common sense apparently makes you unelectable to the party establishment.
 
cajunrevenge said:
It sure would be nice if people would just support Paul instead of continually voting for the status quo candidates and then bitching about the status quo. Common sense apparently makes you unelectable to the party establishment.
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No. His foreign policy "is dangerous."

The one we have in place is working rather well, don't you think?
 
I know I'm obviously not an Obama supporter, but his Syria response has just seemed really awful to me. Would be interested to hear what the Obama supporters think about it. I think Krauthammer said it best. He boxed himself in a corner and now he's desperately trying to get himself out.
 
Why can't some other country in that region deal with it? We've already been to the middle east, and given how much they hate us, why go?

The blood is on Russia/China as they could do something if they wished to, but won't.

I just don't like us getting involved at all.
 
Glad POTUS took his finger off the trigger and has decided to take this to Congress. Now, hopefully, there are enough in both parties to punt this thing. There are no good options here.
 
weso1 said:
I know I'm obviously not an Obama supporter, but his Syria response has just seemed really awful to me. Would be interested to hear what the Obama supporters think about it. I think Krauthammer said it best. He boxed himself in a corner and now he's desperately trying to get himself out.
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He did box himself in. The best response would have been no response. I'm no fan of Krautammer who I find to be a bitter little contrarian on just about everything, but he's right here. Obama should have simply let events unfold without saying anything and monitor the situation. There is no good option here, unfortunately, presidents of either party can never say something like that.

I agree with Bedell that the best thing Obama has done here is put it before Congress.

See, I can agree with conservatives.
 
BedellBrave said:
Glad POTUS took his finger off the trigger and has decided to take this to Congress. Now, hopefully, there are enough in both parties to punt this thing. There are no good options here.
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The only reason he did it though was for political reasons and particularly because of the mid term elections. Imo, if the President knows without a doubt that he has authority to use military action (I believe he does) and he strongly believes that he should use military action, then he should just do it. He's essentially punting this one.
 
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