Posted on 06/18/2013 5:49:49 PM PDT by jazusamo
Senators from both parties on Tuesday urged President Obama to immediately send weapons to the Syrian opposition and take out President Bashar Assad's air forces.
Syria is at a “critical juncture” and the United States must do what it can to reverse Assad's recent gains on the ground, the chairmen of the Foreign Relations and Armed Forces panels, Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.), wrote in a letter to Obama along with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
The senators pledged their “full support” if Obama takes “decisive military actions in Syria.”
The lawmakers called on the president to send arms to vetted rebel groups, but said such a move would likely be insufficient because the situation is “deteriorating so dramatically.”
“We must also degrade Assad’s ability to use air power and ballistic missiles against civilian populations and opposition forces in Syria,” they wrote. “Such actions could include the targeting of regime airfields, runways, and aircraft on the ground, which would also limit Assad’s ability to transport and resupply his ground forces and those of his allies by air.
“Finally, as part of this military effort, we encourage you to take steps to support the Syrian political and military opposition in creating and defending safe zones inside Syria where they can better organize and unify their efforts.”
The White House announced Thursday that it has concluded that Assad's forces have used chemical weapons several times, crossing Obama's red line. White House officials said the administration would respond by giving vetted rebel groups “military assistance,” but Obama has not specified what that means and made it clear in an interview Monday that he would not rush into a decision.
“I’m ramping up support for both the political and military opposition. I’ve not specified exactly what we’re doing, and I won’t do so on this show,” he told PBS's Charlie Rose. “I will preserve every option available to me and continually make assessments about what's in the interests of the United States.”
one senator goes in smelling of FEET and they all come out smelling of FEET
Well come on now, he only helped them take over Egypt and Libya. What good is that if they can’t have Syria as well? Then when they start WW3 on Israel he can blame a video on Youtube again.
That’s enough Irresponsible wars on Obama’s part.He is like every democrat since Kennedy who got us into a war and Never succeeded in winning it.
Parents keep your children out of the Service while this guy is running the show.Only misery will come about with what he’s doing.
Obama’s a loser and so are we the longer he remains in office.
Frankly, I hope Assad’s forces roll those terrorists up before we get a chance to turn it all into a quagmire.
I couldn’t agree more.
Go along to get along, Senators. Our Pro-al Qaeda administration shall have its way.
Amen to that.
When has the U.S. ever really taken “decisive action”? There must be a few cases, but they don’t immediately come to mind. Maybe Normandy
A loser? You mean “the people’s winner”!
i bet even an outhouse fly couldn’t gut being in the same room with these three crapheads
Here come da pinkies! Barry’s turn to put up with their insane Kerry style commie bull****. LOL! Good luck ‘RATS!
The just can’t wait to aid the Islamic terrorists and get the Christians killed. Bonus points will be if they get us into a shooting war with Russia or American aircraft get shot down with Russian systems. They have all gone mad.
The lawmakers called on the president to send arms to vetted rebel groups, but said such a move would likely be insufficient because the situation is “deteriorating so dramatically.”
What the hell is this? It's too urgent to vet the rebel groups to make sure we're not arming our bloody-handed enemies, just go for the gusto? These people are absolutely insane!
seriously what the HECK is wrong with our government!!!!!?
insanity!
A loser? You mean “the people’s winner”!
Yea!the the minority of the People voted for this A-Hole and returned him to office with the help of massive Voter fraud and intimidation by the Internal Revenue Service.
It’s all coming out in the wash now.
Man, barry must really have the goods on these turds of bass.
Hopeless change. Popcorn time. Basturds are systematically wrecking USA
Our government has been taken over, and these are the guys who are making money off of it.
McCain is going to rot in Hell for what he has done to betray America. He has no excuse at all.
Yeah, let’s give Al Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood another foothold.
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