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Senate Syria resolution: 60 days with an option for 90, no ground troops
Hotair ^ | 09/04/2013 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 09/04/2013 6:33:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 09/04/2013 6:33:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Senate says Obama can play ObamaWar for 60 Days, maybe 90, but that's it!

Geeezzzzz

2 posted on 09/04/2013 6:35:32 AM PDT by TexasCajun (Creepy-Ass Cracka -- Don't Call Me Cracker)
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To: SeekAndFind

No matter how it is written, it is an authorization
to transfer MORE WEAPONS to al Qaeda in order
to help al Qaeda murder Christians in Syria,
Jews in Israel, and finally all non-Moslem Americans.

Since Congress AND THEIR FAMILIES are protected
(and usually avoid military service)
unlike ALL other Americans,
any payoff, kickback, or brothel pass, will work, as before.


3 posted on 09/04/2013 6:38:56 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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The dumbest of all possible scenarios. Congress either authorizes military action or they don't. They cannot micromanage the particular form and timing of military action when they do.

Someone remind me of what particular U.S. interest is at stake here? It can't be BO's credibility, as some have suggested, for he has none.

4 posted on 09/04/2013 6:40:02 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind

A win...win for obama, a lose...lose for the American people again, thanks to the RINO’s, the enemy within, the enemy within! (intended)


5 posted on 09/04/2013 6:41:26 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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What the HELL are these idiots doing... do they have no idea they are igniting WWIII... do they not know Syria, Russia and Iran, Hamas and Al Qaeda have been planning for this day for a long time. Obama will get ships sunk, people killed and leave anarchy in his wake, not to mention a terrorist’s heyday on US soil.


6 posted on 09/04/2013 6:45:07 AM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Okay I’m totally against getting involved with Syria but if we are going to do it then let’s do it right. No limitations. Hamstringing yourself before the first play is run is just downright stupid.


7 posted on 09/04/2013 6:46:38 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh goody.

Not a declaration of war. An authorization to use force. Complete with time limits and where force can be applied. And no clear goal. This is Obama’s Vietnam.

This will actually FORCE the internal civil war to move to neighboring countries, where the combatants will wait out the time period to expire. Meanwhile, the neighboring countries will defend themselves against the new invaders.

The article discusses how Israel might become involved, but it doesn’t discuss how the US will respond to an attack from Russia.


8 posted on 09/04/2013 6:46:45 AM PDT by kidd (No blood for ego)
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To: SeekAndFind

Everybody called their congressman by now, right?

Time to call ‘em again?


9 posted on 09/04/2013 6:49:39 AM PDT by HomeAtLast
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To: SeekAndFind

This sounds like a parent’s rules governing a teenager’s use of the family car: “You can drive it, but only to the store and back. No picking up friends and no cruising.”


11 posted on 09/04/2013 6:52:25 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: SeekAndFind

60 days with an option for 90?

Sounds more like the Congress and the POTUS are negotiating the terms of buying a new dishwasher.


12 posted on 09/04/2013 6:54:27 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: dps.inspect

Congress dictating terms of engagement is disaster waiting to happen. I expect Iran will try to sink oil tankers in the Strait, blocking it off. Israel will be dragged into it quickly after being attacked, perhaps attacks on Saudi oil infrastructures, the list is endless. AQ will accelerate terror plans in the works, and the lone nutcase attacks are always a possibility. This is like pouring gas on a hornets nest and setting it ablaze.


13 posted on 09/04/2013 6:55:32 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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What happened to Bozos 3 day deal last week. Wants to see more flagged draped caskets. O is a jerk face.


14 posted on 09/04/2013 7:00:48 AM PDT by Pit1 (Obama is the big pile in the road.)
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The FEDRES and our crooked politicians who had their ‘money’ in the form of GOLD BARS in Libya, which Ghaddafi had shipped out before we Shoved him into the street to be butt-raped and murdered, want their DAMN GOLD back, and nothing will stop them.

They thought it went to Egypt, so they went after The Egyptian President. Then, after not finding it, they traced it to Syria.

That is what this is all about. It is always about the MONEY. This money is in the form of REAL GOLD BARS, not the tungsten filled crap the Chinese flooded the market with.

England, France, Germany, etc (US allies) are all in this together as they are all ‘funded’ by the consortium of International Bankers. Some of our allies are backing out because they think Obama is trying to do this the wrong way, and instead of recovering the GOLD, will be starting an unstoppable war.

And they are right. Russia is laughing because they have the upper hand, and it’s not THEIR GOLD that is on the table.

They know if the FEDRES bankers don’t get it back, our economy will collapse.

We laughed as Soviet Russia collapsed financially. He who laughs last, laughs best.


15 posted on 09/04/2013 7:02:22 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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What is at stake is the midterm elections. The Dems want to drag the Repubs into this mess.

Pray for America to Wake Up


16 posted on 09/04/2013 7:02:42 AM PDT by bray (Coming soon: The Republic of Texas 2022)
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To: Vigilanteman
They cannot micromanage the particular form and timing of military action when they do.

When Obama shifted the responsibility to Congress, he opened the door for micromanagement. And Obama claims that he doesn't need Congressional approval or authorization to take action against Syria.

The War Powers Act already sets time limits on the President's use of force.

17 posted on 09/04/2013 7:02:44 AM PDT by kabar
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What part of “NO” is so hard for these idiots to understand?


18 posted on 09/04/2013 7:03:26 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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The dumbest of all possible scenarios.

Completely agree. You cannot have the Committee of 535 morons micromanaging military action. It's bad enough when the bozos in the White House do it. Congress can authorize military action, but they can't start to regulate it like it's health care or gun control. That would be a disaster. In this case, they just need to say no.

19 posted on 09/04/2013 7:14:39 AM PDT by centurion316
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Theoretically, yes. As a practical matter, no. Short of a defunding resolution (as congress did in 1975 for Viet Nam) or, even less likely, impeachment, congress has no way of micromanaging what goes on in the battlefield.

Given congressional unwillingness to defund Obamacare, just how likely do you think they can put toothpaste back in the tube once a military action is authorized?

20 posted on 09/04/2013 7:16:58 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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