Posted on 09/05/2013 2:13:29 PM PDT by jazusamo
The resolution authorizing military action in Syria is in danger of failing in Congress, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday.
Speaking in his home state of South Carolina, the Republican senator said he has serious doubts that Congress will back President Obama’s call for strikes.
“I think if the vote were taken right now, it would be too close to call in the Senate, [and] would surely lose in the House,” he told reporters after speaking to constituents, according to .
Graham said Obama is "well short" of the votes he needs in the House because has failed to make the case to the American people.
“Mr. President, you’ve been uncertain, you’ve been unclear, you’ve changed your mind,” he said. “You have to now come out with a certain plan and a resolve that I have not seen.”
Graham, who is up for reelection in 2014, supports a limited military strike on Syria. He told reporters he plans to host a dinner on Sunday with Vice President Biden and more than a dozen Republican senators to discuss the matter.
Obama is scrambling to round up support in Congress for his Syria plan. With opposition building on Thursday, he canceled a planned trip to Los Angeles so he could remain in Washington to round up votes.
Graham said a strike against Syria would only be successful if it accomplishes three things: changes the balance of power in Syria, helps the opposition and gets other countries in the region involved.
“Saudi Arabia should be paying for this,” he said.
Graham was also critical of Obama's statement that a strike will be effective even if it doesn't come soon.
“When I hear from our military leadership that we can be just as effective 30 days after chemical weapons were used as if it were quick, I’m just baffled,” he said.
“Don’t you believe that [Syrian President Bashar] Assad is moving all of his equipment around? Don’t you believe that he’s preparing for a strike?” he said.
If Congress votes down this ridiculous resolution, and 0bama orders the strike anyway, the military MUST uphold their oath to the Constitution. They must REFUSE to follow an unlawful order!
So Graham wants to lease out our military as mercenaries for the Saudi Empire?
Obama bows to the Saudia King, the king of mecca.
The same as Osama was al Qaeda and also sunni but worked with Iran we are now certain, Saudi is sunni but also intrigues with the Shi’ites.
“The resolution authorizing military action in Syria is in danger of failing in Congress, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday.”
We hope.
I loathe these milquetoast, finger in the wind politicians with no balls or core values. Just like McConnell and Boner. They are looking out for themselves and not the people they represent. Cowards. Pussies. Traitors. Damn them all.
If that happens, then can we impeach him?
I applaud your sentiment. I wish he would get booted in the primaries, but let’s keep it real. It is highly unlikely. That my FRiend, is one of the main reasons I am not optimistic about our future.
Too many people invest too much in these career prostitutes to let them fail in a party primary or a general election. They serve themselves - not the people.
While he is just one Senator among 100, he, McConnell, and McCain are far more damaging to the GOP than the 50+ rats are. They are corrosive to common sense and kill the GOP with their constant appeasement interviews. How can they be so wrong, so often?
Sure. If you can get a democrat Senate to convict. Good luck with that.
“Saudi Arabia should be paying for this,” he said.
That would HAVE to be the Mother of ALL unConstitutional acts by this treasonous bast*rd.
To reduce our troops to no more than mercenaries of another country?
I don’t hardly think so...
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John Kerry said in testimony on 09/05 that “the Arabs have offered to pay for the invasion” and that “offer was still on the table” for consideration.
so yes, American blood is the currency the WH is trading in now
Don't care. Ska-rew the Senate.
Just use it to focus on all the stuff he's been hiding with his fake news stories and crises. Run it right up to the election, rub the RATs noses in scandal after scandal after scandal.
The senate vote is too close to call. But we can sure as hell “call” Graham’s vote, can’t we.
Thanks for that! Excellent smack-down of the swifty.
Why has no one been able to expose this man for his faggotry? Seriously. It’s not even merely that he’s a homosexual - he’s far more depraved than the garden variety homosexual. He’s now compromising our nation’s security, probably motivated by some bizarre fetish.
Who was Linda Graham going to meet in LA? Did he have pedicure appointment?
SC voters still believe that Lindsey and McPain are “conservatives”. Jim DeMint has always backed Lindsey.
They are wrong so often because the people, uninformed and self-interested, are wrong so often in keeping them there.
As Einstein would say: "Intelligence is finite. Stupidity is not."
It is a little encouraging to see voters are really pushing back on the Syria issue.
The left whipped this nation into an anti war frenzy just to defeat W and they are now reaping the results of their efforts. LMAO
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