Senator McCain Urges Congress to Protect Obama’s Threat Credibility

frontpagemag.com ^ | September 1, 2013 | Daniel Greenfield

[moonshinner_09]

Senator McCain has had a busy day making a variety of confused statements

1. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is “euphoric” about President Obama’s surprise announcement Saturday that he will seek congressional authorization for a limited strike in the war-torn country, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday on “Face the Nation.”

2. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., criticized President Barack Obama’s plans for limited air strikes on Syria as “cosmetic” Friday, saying the failure of the United States to intervene in the country’s civil war was “shameful.”

3. “We’re in a bit of a dilemma here, because I think Senator Lindsey Graham and I and others will be wanting a strategy, a plan, rather than just, ‘We’re going to launch some cruise missiles and that’s it.’”

4. “The consequences of the Congress of the United States overriding a decision of the President of the United States of this magnitude are really very, very serious,” he said. “And already we’re sending a bad signal to Iran, to North Korea, to Bashar al-Assad. But if we overrode the president’s decision, and did nothing?”

McCain does have a point on the last one. This whole thing is sending a terrible message, but starting a war that will aid our enemies to avoid looking stupid because Obama shot his mouth off sounds even worse.

[Conspiracy Guy]

He flew A-4E Skyhawk attack/bombers in Nam. That’s what he was flying when he was shot down.

[Diogenesis]

Traitor McCain NEVER knew a US border he did not want open,
a criminal illegal he did not want armed and free,
or an al Qaeda terrorist he did not want to be supplied
with the latest MANPADs, SAMs or sarin
to kill Christians, Jews and Americans.

[capydick]

He was on Greta the other night and was totally incoherent - I honestly thought dementia was settling in

[Innovative]

McCain lost all credibility a long time ago...

[tennmountainman]

The only response I have is, Obama is bad, very bad, but thank God this nut case does not have his finger on the bomb.

[cripplecreek]

“The consequences of the Congress of the United States overriding a decision of the President of the United States of this magnitude are really very, very serious,” he said

That's "No Labels" doctrine.

http://www.nolabels.org/

No Labels 11 ways to make the presidency work.

These people are scum.

[wiggen]

plotting? more like playing proctologist.

[skinkinthegrass]

either way; Juan has made 0'Butplug's task so much easier now...win/win for 0'Butplug.
imho...too bad, Juan didn't die on that Carrier fire in the Gulf.

[hattend]

Damn, McLame. Change parties or die already. We have no use for you.

[okie01]

3. “We’re in a bit of a dilemma here, because I think Senator Lindsey Graham and I and others will be wanting a strategy, a plan, rather than just, ‘We’re going to launch some cruise missiles and that’s it.’”

Juan, ol' buddy, ol' pal, you had your chance. And you told us, remember, that Obama would "make a fine president".

Instead, he's a failure. And you're a worse failure.

[dalereed]

McCain’s communist brainwashing is being exposed!!!

[FAA]

“Maybe they should get an old F-4, strap McCain in, let him take off and that will be it...”

Best plan I’ve heard yet.

It was said somewhere by someone that they were kinda relieved that McCain didn’t win in ‘08. Reason being that if this was the way McCain would’ve handled civil wars in the M.E. then we might have gotten roped into a half-a-dozen different little shoot-ups by now.

The country is tired of fighting. This country has been at war for virtually 20+ years. GW1, Somalia, Kosovo, enforcing the Iraqi no fly zone, Haiti, Afghanistan, GW2, drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, Libyan civil war, etc. I’m no pacifist but, come on, unless someone is attacking us or a vital U.S. ally lets give it a rest for a while.

Also heard someone else that “limited action in Syria” was akin to getting a little bit pregnant. I thought it fitting.

[RetiredTexasVet]

I’m just amazed that the white coats haven’t just swooped down and hauled off Mc Cain, Reid, and the other brain dead senators.

[Bratch]

[Errant]

I think the best way to protect the Obama threat credibility, would be threatening to exchange him for Assad!

[PieterCasparzen]

4. “The consequences of the Congress of the United States overriding a decision of the President of the United States of this magnitude are really very, very serious,” he said. “And already we’re sending a bad signal to Iran, to North Korea, to Bashar al-Assad. But if we overrode the president’s decision, and did nothing?”

Why, people might get the idea that the President can't act unilaterally.

[JCBreckenridge]

Imagine your presidential choices coming down to Barry O and McCain.

[JCBreckenridge]

“It was said somewhere by someone that they were kinda relieved that McCain didn’t win in ‘08.”

This is like getting dumped and going back 5 years later to find that the ex is on the street doing tricks.

Dodged a bullet we did.

[JCBreckenridge]

On a roll tonight.

[TigersEye]

“The consequences of the Congress of the United States overriding a decision of the President of the United States of this magnitude are really very, very serious,” he said.

That is a problem Who the hell would trust this Congress to make very, very serious decisions like that? In spite of their Constitutional authority to do so?

With asshats like McCain holding seats there they should stick to legislating school menus.