The ball less are now coming out from the darkness to kinda sorta weigh in on what should be done without critisizing the illustriuos leader who is on the way out kinda sorta
Guess the pen and the phone are not enough for the Dems.
Pass the popcorn.
The president can commit the full weight of the American military for 90 days without seeking Congressional approval. As much as I’d like to muzzle the muzzy it would also hog tie a good president and reduce his bargaining power. We’ll just have to hunker down and put up with this dangerous putz until January 20, 2017. (Does anybody have a link to an Obama-leaves-office countdown clock?)
Nancy’s nuts, an embarrassment to the country.
I don’t see how the Obama could loose. If they vote against
it, he can lay the whole defeat on congress and Bush. If they
vote for military action he can say his hands are tied and
blame it all on congress and Bush. However, if either way
turns out to be the right move he will be right there ready
to take full credit. The guys an ass.
The solution is really quite simple.
Declare Syria to be no more. If ISIS is de facto controller of the new nation, there is no need to be concerned about what the former ruler Assad thinks. He has already lost the territory and is no longer the ruler. Of course that brings up the same problem in Iraq but Iraq is also rent asunder to never be whole again. Since there have been no real offensive action in Iraq into the Sunni regions by Iraqi “government forces”, it must be assumed that the partition is actually fine with the Shia.
Obama will be going to war with a new nation still in diapers.
I’ll bet there are lots of diplomats and lawyers in the US State Department and elsewhere laying awake nights chewing on this dilemma. There is no readily available precedent for application to an off the wall event involving the sudden emergence of a totally new nation yanked from two failing former nations. Tea and crumpets and cocktail parties and sumptuous dinners offer no solution to a problem that needs rolled up sleeves and real work.
THIS WILL NOT WORK:
[Instead, the United States will expand airstrikes on the ISIS militants – including those operating in Syria – while providing “support for partner forces” fighting to eradicate the terrorist threat.
Obama also amplified his call for Congress to expand Title 10 – which governs military powers – to allow the Pentagon to arm and train Syrian rebels fighting both ISIS and the Syrian government.]
This is exactly why they go by different names - but the entire effort is one big happy family...
The insurgents in Iraq did the same thing - but the end goal was control and destruction of the Shia led govt.
Simple logic that the US politicians and the US media cannot wrap their little brains around...
Airstrikes inside Syria?
The last time this was proposed...what happened? Putin stepped-in and humiliated Obama.
Does anyone notice how Putin is very silent on this issue?
He is just waiting for the right time........
Ummm...last time I looked Pelosi was minority leader and Boehner was speaker. Pelosi can squeal all she wants, but Boehner decides to call a vote.
Pelosi has no more power than Sen. McConnell has, except for the fact that she has the DBM on her side.
Pelosi, a fierce opponent of the Iraq war under the George W. Bush.
Bush told them what would happen if they pulled out and it did he gets the last laugh TOLD YA.
This mess of ISIS is caused by Obama and if they think the price was high under bush wait for this mess to end it’s going to be a very long wait.
bkmk