Posted on 09/05/2013 2:21:26 PM PDT by Kaosinla
Heritage Action on Wednesday said it opposes a military strike against Syria, a position that will put pressure on Republicans to block President Obama’s request.
The group said Tuesday’s Senate hearing made it clear there was no vital U.S. interest at stake.
“Further, there is not a clear, achievable, realistic purpose to the use of force being contemplated by the Obama administration and officials offered little evidence such action would prevent further abuses,” the group said in a statement.
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How do they feel about striking Iran, Saudiland AND Syria?
You can take the neighborhood thug out of Chicago, but you can't take Chicago out of the neighborhood thug.
Well, neither Heritage Action nor Congress has an Air Force or Navy to command, so no matter how they feel about it (the devil would be in the details - always is - what’s the purpose? what’s the plan? what’s victory? etc), the real issue is that Obama can order whatever is done, done. And he proposes a stupid idea. Better to do nothing.
5 Reasons Congress Should Press Obama on Syria
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/09/04/morning-bell-5-reasons-congress-should-press-obama-on-syria/
That’s a heavy foot! Good.
“It’s becoming more and more obvious that Ubama has the international equivalent of a drive-by shooting planned.”
That is exactly what it is!
It would be interesting to see how this affects the ratings of some RINOs who game the Conservative Ratings systems.
What is Jeff Flake’s rating after supporting an attack on Syria and amnesty?
Or compare Raul Labrador who wants amnesty against Steve King who voted for the farm bill.
I oppose striking Syria.
Syria protects (whats left of) the Christians in that area.
I do however think it would be good to eradicate Iran.
The Syrian situation reminds me of a neighborhood fiasco recently. Two dogs got into a fight. A neighbor leaps in to “protect” her dog.
The result is puncture wounds in both arms: trip to ER, pain meds and rabies shots. Oh, it was HER dog that bit her.
Neither dog had a scratch.
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