We have to bomb Syria to find out what's in it

Flopping Aces ^ | 08-30-13 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

For some time Barack Obama has been issuing some powerful dictates.

Mubarak must go. Gadaffi must go. Assad must go.

Obama has taken on the role of Supreme World Ruler, deciding who should be deposed and when.

But then a year ago Obama uttered some words that have become infamous. He drew a figurative red line in the sand"

"We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized," the president said. "That would change my calculus. That would change my equation."

Now those words have come back to haunt him.

The danger of getting the language wrong is that it becomes shorthand for a more damning critique. If we're talking simply about language, the president's pickle can be chalked up to the inevitable tension in foreign affairs between what you can say in public and what you do behind the scenes (or are prepared to do in the future). But the disconnect between what Obama says and what he is prepared to do can also be linked to the larger claim that he does not perceive the underlying challenges of foreign policy clearly. He not only got the rhetoric wrong last August, goes the thinking, he misunderstood the conditions. Had he a clearer vision, he might have agreed with his advisers who pushed him to support the Syrian opposition more heavily last year. By acting earlier he might have removed the conditions that are forcing him to act now. Or, more realistically, the chances of a good outcome a year ago were no worse than a good outcome from the coming attack.

John Kerry announced that there was undeniable evidence of the use of chemical weapons and absolutely pinned the blame on Assad:

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the use of chemical weapons in attacks on civilians in Syria last week was undeniable and that the Obama administration would hold the Syrian government accountable for a “moral obscenity” that has shocked the world’s conscience.

Obama then piled on

President Barack Obama declared unequivocally Wednesday that the Syrian government was responsible, while laying the groundwork for an expected U.S. military strike.

"We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out," Obama said in an interview with "NewsHour" on PBS. "And if that's so, then there need to be international consequences."

But then the concrete cookie crumbled.

[Standing Wolf]

"We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized," the president said. "That would change my calculus. That would change my equation."

What would a guy who still does arithmetic on his fingers know about calculus or equations?

[drypowder]

Mubarak must go. Gadaffi must go. Assad must go.

obozo just following orders from the banksters to use US military to remove the dictators of middle eastern oil rich countries, same as W did. These are NWO goals necessary for the implementation of world government. The dictators of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are not included, yet.

[Cyber Liberty]

Somebody needs to tell Obastard: Your mouth needs to stop writing checks you can’t cash.

[The Public Eye]

Back in the day it was said that Saddam moved his WMD into Syria before his regime collapsed. It would be interesting if we found out that those are the chemicals Assad has been using. It would shut the liberals up right quick.