Posted on 02/20/2014 8:39:55 AM PST by chessplayer
The White House has begun quietly looking at military options for intervention in Syria, especially those which will not require Congressional approval.
Efforts to broker a diplomatic settlement between Assad and moderate rebels show no promise right now. Russia and China have blocked any effort by the United Nations Security Council to tighten the pressure on the regime in Damascus.
But senior intelligence officials late last month opened a new path for Obama to increase U.S. involvement in a way that wouldn’t require congressional authorization, could minimize a public backlash, and might give Syria’s moderates some breathing room.
How? By telling Congress that Syria increasingly serves as a base, not just a battleground, for extremist groups looking to someday attack the United States.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper compared areas of Syria held by groups the United States considers terrorists to remote areas of Pakistan that are thought to harbor Al-Qaeda. Those groups have “aspirations for attacks” on the United States, he told the Senate Intelligence Committee. …
Likening Syria to Yemen raises the possibility that America could widen its much-criticized strategy of targeting extremists with drone strikes.
Only Putin's intervention saved Obama from humiliation.
Perhaps instead Sen’s McCain and Graham should sign out a couple of DHS rifles and go on a commando raid. Obama could monitor the raid from a command bunker located next to a golf course.
The Clown Prince is being distracted from his TV video-watching and his incessant golfing. Clown Prince nobama is just thrashing around trying to “do something”. What an incompetent, detached, limp, feckless fool.
Well, gee, the Caliphate needs help.
“Moderate rebels” = al Qaeda. Bammy really wants to send in our troops to fight alongside his terrorist pals.
OK. Other than the fact that all the other boys are calling him a wuss, what would be our compelling national interest?
I dare you to cross that line! No, that line. OK, that line. No, that line.
What was that definition of insanity again?
When the economy continues to stink for the fifth straight year; when things in the nation go south and the peons are getting restless, wag the dog.
So, saying >telling Congress that Syria increasingly serves as a base, not just a battleground, for extremist groups looking to someday attack the United States<
How is that different than Iraq?
The only reason obama would invade Venezuela is to give the thug president a big party and a "freedom" award!
Watch out! I’m sure Michael Moore is just running around to secure financing for his next documentary on how Obama has trumped up these charges to bring war to Syria......what?.....wait......he’s not?
So, tell me again why the left was against us going into Iraq?
Amen.
Ass-clown is too kind a descriptive for this animated sphincter.
I thought he was considering military action in the Ukraine....
I would pay a lot of money to watch a pay-per-view, no-holds-barred, ‘fight-to-the-death’, cage match between Obama and Asshat.
All the GIRLS are also calling him a wuss?
Oh come on! That was completely DIFFERENT.
In Iraq, it was a REPUBLICAN ‘lying’ to lead us in to war, and that made it a BAD war.
In Syria it’s a DEMOCRAT [actually] lying to lead us in to was, so OBVIOUSLY it’s a GOOD war.
Don’t you know ANYTHING?
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