Posted on 09/03/2013 12:09:25 PM PDT by lbryce
Lawmakers weighing whether to give President Barack Obama the green light to attack Syria grilled his top national security aides on Tuesday, amid profound doubts that the fractured Congress would easily give its approval in the face of stiff public opposition.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) opened the hearing with a call to approve legislation authorizing what Obama has promised will be a limited military operation – not a repeat of Iraq or Afghanistan.
“This is not a declaration of war but a declaration of our values to the world,” Menendez, who voted against the war in Iraq, said in his opening statement.
“We are at a crossroads-moment. A precedent will be set either for the unfettered and unpunished use of chemical weapons -- or a precedent will be set for the deterrence of the use of such weapons through the limited use of military force,” he warned.
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I am listening to this farce right now. It is being staged for those who read at the fifth grade level. What a joke!
They aren’t saying anything and when they are “accidentally” asked a substantive question it is “classified”.
Total waste of taxpayer money. It is degrading to every thinking American.
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And . . . that . . . completes . . . my opening statement.
I’ve been trying to think of anything that Kerry loves more than hearing the sound of his own voice. So far, nothing comes to mind.
Listening to Barbara Boxer....a good example of their target audience...barely reads at a fifth grade level.
What an embarrassment to watch this on TV. The Marxists are mocking the process. Benghazi, IRS targeting and DOJ spying on Fox news is still kept secret from us, but here they are telegraphing to the world what our war strategy is. What a F**KING JOKE.
..and a Code Pink lady put on quite a show. Hahaha... 0bama’s going to swat at the media for showing that.
“..and a Code Pink lady put on quite a show.”
LOL
IMO all of us should be funding Code Pink.
Let them do the heavy lifting.
Corker talking about the moderate opposition in Syria.
Absurd.
“IMO all of us should be funding Code Pink.
Let them do the heavy lifting.”
LOL
Noticed Kerry never answered the question about what the Russian Foreign Minister’s thoughts were if we strike Syria!!
Moderate Al Qaeda???
Gee, for a minute there, when Kerry was apparently talking about the Assad family enterprise, I could have sworn he was really talking about the Obama regime.
Oh goody... more theatricals.
Obama Lite..(formerly known as Marco Rubio)..just firmly clarified Obama’s limited strike scenario.
You are a good soldier for the left Rubio.
I have a question for John F’n Kerry:
How do you ask a man to be the first man to die for a mistake?
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