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U.S. Senate panel passes authorization for use of military force in Syria by 10-7 vote
Reuters ^ | September 4, 2013

Posted on 09/04/2013 12:30:22 PM PDT by maggief

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mccain; senate; syria
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To: BubbaJunebug

Voting NO on #Syria resolution: Udall (D-N.M.), Murphy, Risch, Rubio, Johnson, Barrasso, Paul


21 posted on 09/04/2013 12:42:29 PM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: BubbaJunebug

(+ Menendez - Aye)

Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports

Senator Tom Udall says he voted no because thinks will lead to wider war full force of international outrage should come down on Russia/China for blocking UN.


22 posted on 09/04/2013 12:44:07 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

I thought McCain’s e-mail was JohnMcCain@Idiot.com ?


23 posted on 09/04/2013 12:44:58 PM PDT by ZULU (Barack Hussein Obama is the Prince of Misrule)
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To: BubbaJunebug

funny...Boxer and dickhead durbing voted against authorization for use of force against Iraq:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/107-2002/s237


24 posted on 09/04/2013 12:45:09 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: maggief
obama nobel photo: Obama Nobel Prize Nobel-Prize.jpg
25 posted on 09/04/2013 12:45:10 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: maggief

The real red line...
“ I’M THE PRESIDENT, I GOT ELECTED!”


26 posted on 09/04/2013 12:46:40 PM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not just selectively for Democrats.)
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To: maggief
The Senate Committee bill authorizes military action against Syria but not to exceed 90 days and no deployment of troops.

Great... we'll just commit a little act of war.

27 posted on 09/04/2013 12:47:17 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: maggief

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/09/04/breaking-senate-commitee-passes-resolution-approving-military-action-in-syria-n1691409

Republicans McCain, Corker and Flake voted for the resolution. Democratic Senator Ed Markey voted present.


28 posted on 09/04/2013 12:47:43 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

The Senate might be lost, but we can still hope that any deal can be defeated on the House floor.


29 posted on 09/04/2013 12:48:24 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: maggief

Let the blood be on this administration’s hands. The American people were against this disaster.

Time to stock up on wet wipes, ramen and lots of ammo.


30 posted on 09/04/2013 12:49:04 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: maggief
Present?..LOL..who does Markey think he is, Obama?

This ratio...if it holds in the full Senate, isn't enough to overcome a filibuster..

31 posted on 09/04/2013 12:49:52 PM PDT by ken5050 (According to Dick Lugar, I'm a "random outlier." Woo Hoo!!!!)
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To: pgyanke

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324577304579054973488682120.html

Mr. McCain had insisted the resolution state that U.S. policy is to “change the momentum’’ in the war. An amendment which added that language, sponsored by Mr. McCain and Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.), also called for an increase in U.S. efforts to provide lethal and non-lethal support for vetted elements of the Syrian rebel opposition.


32 posted on 09/04/2013 12:50:30 PM PDT by maggief
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To: TheThirdRuffian

NOPE “No Blood for Al-Queda”!


33 posted on 09/04/2013 12:51:04 PM PDT by crazydad (Obamamohamed is a traitor)
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To: TheThirdRuffian
Has America had anything at stake during the wars started by the last two democrat regimes? They say republicans fight for oil but what do democrats fight for? Politics, to change the news cycle and to help their terrorist buddies.
34 posted on 09/04/2013 12:51:39 PM PDT by peeps36 (I'm Not A Racist, I Hate Douchebags f All Colors)
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To: maggief; HiJinx; ASA Vet; Progov; Seizethecarp; darkwing104; 2ndDivisionVet; LonePalm; ...

35 posted on 09/04/2013 12:52:33 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: bgill

The American people are indeed against this disaster and healthcare disaster and common core disaster and immigration disaster.....ya get the feeling it doesn’t matter what we think?


36 posted on 09/04/2013 12:52:53 PM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: maggief
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mccain-amendment-us-policy-to-change-momentum-in

The two McCain amendments to that effect, co-sponsored by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), change the non-binding Statement of Policy in the resolution to say:

It is the policy of the United States to change the momentum on the battlefield in Syria so as to create favorable conditions for a negotiated settlement that ends the conflict and leads to a democratic government in Syria.

The amendments point to degrading the Assad regime's chemical weapons capability and the arming of Syrian opposition as means of reversing the situation on the ground in Syria, where the Assad regime is generally considered to be winning.

The language appears to address McCain's concerns about the resolution that he voiced Wednesday morning when he said he would not support the resolution as it was then written. McCain has consistently said he supports further U.S. intervention in Syria to topple Assad.

The White House has repeatedly said that its goal with military intervention is not “regime change.”

37 posted on 09/04/2013 12:53:02 PM PDT by maggief
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To: BubbaJunebug
Obama 2008... He called Bush's intervention in Iraq "a dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason, but on passions, not on principle, but on politics. I know that an invasion of Iraq, without a clear rationale and without strong international support, will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than the best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment of al-Qaeda."

and so here we are hung on his own petard....

38 posted on 09/04/2013 12:53:03 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: God luvs America

Did Babs volunteer to be the first one in Syria?


39 posted on 09/04/2013 12:53:03 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: maggief

Of course the Senate would. It’s democrat territory.

It’s “Bush, The Search for WMD - Another Faith-based Initiative” democrat, peace-nik front-liners.

These are the peace-lovers, the peace-niks: “War is a registered trademark of the Bush administration an unholy owned subsidiary of corporate America”

Hypocrites.

They believe in power, not peace.


40 posted on 09/04/2013 12:53:30 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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