Posted on 09/05/2013 7:05:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
If the House voted today on a resolution to attack Syria, President Barack Obama would lose — and lose big.
That’s the private assessment of House Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides who are closely involved in the process.
If the Senate passes a use-of-force resolution next week — which is no sure thing — the current dynamics suggest that the House would defeat it. That would represent a dramatic failure for Obama, and once again prove that his sway over Congress is extraordinarily limited. The loss would have serious reverberations throughout the next three months, when Obama faces off against Congress in a series of high-stakes fiscal battles.
Several Republican leadership aides, who are counting votes but not encouraging a position, say that there are roughly one to two dozen “yes” votes in favor of military action at this time. The stunningly low number is expected to grow a bit.
But senior aides say they expect, at most, between 50 and 60 Republicans to vote with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who support the president’s plan to bomb Syria to stop Bashar Assad from using chemical weapons on his people. That would amount to less than one-third of the House Republican Conference.
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Russia has.
Kerry has already said that Arab money is available for the USA if we take out Assad.
What if OPEC is threatening to abandon the US dollar for the oil markets? Once they pull this card out of the house of cards, the gig is up. Imagine the US dollar no longer the dominant world currency.
Then we get our idiots in congress to build the dam pipeline and go with domestic oil and the Saudis gig is up.
The only way to stop him if congress votes him down is for the military brass to tell him, in private so he can save face, that they will not obey an illegal order. I won’t hold my breath.
It was our technology that brought them oil and without our purchase and refining capabilities they’d be back shaking their cups for coins. There is no reason to be held hostage by people barely a step above Neanderthals.
After listening to views from various people about current events that actually live or work in Syria, reading lots of news articles, and reviewing facts and aspects of the Syrian Saga including the Benghazi Betrayal I feel that there is a good posibility that Assad might have been setup so that he could be ousted because he would not allow natural gas companies in Qatar to lay pipes across Syria. Add to that, that natural gas is believed, by many in the industry, to be the next big thing and that Qatar paid 3 billion to the Syrian rebels that Chris Stevens was reportedly supplying arms to for the CIA AND the fact that ths very Seal Team 6 members that took Osama bin Laden were killed during the Benghazi debacle and it makes you wonder. It certainly makes scratch my head and I’m a skeptic by nature. I guess its not paranoia if it’s real...
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Keep the pressure on. Make the calls. Send the emails.
These clowns are bound and determined to start a war with their “limited action”, which will spiral out of control like the beginning of WWI 99 years ago.
Not bombing Syria will save more lives than if we do bomb them.
Seriously.
Jim,
A bad situation: best outcome — Pres. Dystopia folds and goes home from the card game.
Likely outcome: Congress votes down the attack, and the Muslim Brother launches his army to attack Syria.
Response: Russia attacks American warships and planes in the region; Israel receives a rainstorm of Syrian Hezbullah and Iranian missiles.
A vote in Congress will not influence the dictator. Russia will enact economic sanctions against America, probably including a naval blockade of oil tankers seeking passage through the Hormuz.
The calls to congress are coming in overwhelmingly against the Syrian strike/war.
No war for ego.
This needs to be voted down. Force Obama to do this on his own, then arrest, impeach, convict and incarcerate his sorry a$$. Yes, I know it’s just another one of my wild fantasies.
Personally I could care less about O. This is about our soldiers and doing what is right.
And after Obama finishes bribing them. "You want that federal grant for your district, Congressman? All it would take is a simple 'yes' vote on the Syria resolution."
While I’d like to believe this is true, in my heart of hearts, I think the Pubs are going to pussy out.
A lot of local polls across the nation are running 80% to 95% against.
In other news, Sun rises in the East.
If congress votes it down, and the Muslim brother launches the attack on Syria without consent, there will be a good chance of a coup if the situation leads to a wider war. There may come a time where a coup would be the only way to prevent a total takeover and martial crackdown by our evil dictator.
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