US Prepares For Cruise Missile Attack on Syria

[KBScobravert]

Remind me again who received a Nobel Peace prize and why? He needs to turn it into the Russian along with the last sliver of his man card.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Remind me again who received a Nobel Peace prize and why? He needs to turn it into the Russian along with the last sliver of his man card.

They asked for it back, IIRC.

[talisman]

They asked for it back, IIRC.

Nope.

[BP]

Funny how the "mad Russian" defused the situation almost effortlessly, as if by design to make Barry look petulant and child-like. The difference is that Syria respects Putin. Funny thing is, I do, too.

It's even worse than that really, apparently Kerry had planned a speech where he was going to say the Syrians would not willingly give up their weapons and Putin took it and turned it around on him. He was trying to justify an attack based on what he assumed the Syrians would do, only they agreed to do the opposite which is going to buy them a lot more time.

Obama and Kerry need to step aside and let Israel, Iran, Turkey and whoever is running Iraq these days figure out a solution. Putin and Assad are master chess players while Obama and Kerry are playing Pokemon.

[KBScobravert]

It's even worse than that really, apparently Kerry had planned a speech where he was going to say the Syrians would not willingly give up their weapons and Putin took it and turned it around on him. He was trying to justify an attack based on what he assumed the Syrians would do, only they agreed to do the opposite which is going to buy them a lot more time.

Obama and Kerry need to step aside and let Israel, Iran, Turkey and whoever is running Iraq these days figure out a solution. Putin and Assad are master chess players while Obama and Kerry are playing Pokemon.

More like Go Fish. "Do you have, any, chemical weapons to kill your own citizens with?"

[black2002ls]

It's even worse than that really, apparently Kerry had planned a speech where he was going to say the Syrians would not willingly give up their weapons and Putin took it and turned it around on him. He was trying to justify an attack based on what he assumed the Syrians would do, only they agreed to do the opposite which is going to buy them a lot more time.

Obama and Kerry need to step aside and let Israel, Iran, Turkey and whoever is running Iraq these days figure out a solution. Putin and Assad are master chess players while<B> Obama and Kerry are playing Pokemon.<B>

Ftfy

Obama and Kerry are playing video poker.

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[sc281]

Ftfy

Obama and Kerry are playing video poker.

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[Captain Crawfish]

is it me or does that face look like its melting?

[stevo]

Roosevelt was elected for his third term in 1940. Try again,

Where did I say he wasn't? And before you make a statement about us not entering the war until 1941, we had basically been in the war for years, sending war munitions to Europe and actually having our ships attack. It was through war fears and propaganda based on those events that he was able to continue to be elected into in office.

and this time use the word, "accepted."

The Grammar Nazi saves the day again...

Stevo

[The King]

Funny how the "mad Russian" defused the situation almost effortlessly, as if by design to make Barry look petulant and child-like. The difference is that Syria respects Putin. Funny thing is, I do, too.

Putin is highly intelligent, and has so much more experience with internal and international affairs than Obama could ever hope to have.

Obama, well, used to give great speeches apparently.

[Forever_frost]

This happens when you have a community organizer trying to match wits with the KGB

[BP]

This happens when you have a community organizer trying to match wits with the KGB

Not to mention a secretary of state that has a history of blowing up covert operations. One of the first things he did as a senator was head to Nicaragua to negotiate with Daniel Ortega, completely against what our government was trying to do.

[Vertnut]

Not to mention a secretary of state that has a history of blowing up covert operations. One of the first things he did as a senator was head to Nicaragua to negotiate with Daniel Ortega, completely against what our government was trying to do.

Considering the same man was a turn-coat to our country, this is no surprise. Anyone that isn't aware of his 3 "purple hearts" and how he got them, needs to read up on it. Symbolically tossing his medals over the Whitehouse fence was another act of idiocy...and they weren't even his.
He has a long history of disliking this country.

[Chas_svo]

Everyone should read up on Kerry and his pleas for Purple Hearts vs the injuries. Sunburns are serious shit!

[cyclonescott]

FACT CHECK: Obama's Syria case still lacks proof

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama voiced his conviction Tuesday night that Syrian President Bashar Assad was to blame for deadly chemical attacks against civilians, but again he offered no proof.

A look at his remarks to the nation, seeking support for a military strike against Syria, and how they compare with the facts as publicly known:

OBAMA: "We know the Assad regime was responsible.... The facts cannot be denied."

THE FACTS: The Obama administration has not laid out proof Assad was behind the attack.

The administration has cited satellite imagery and communications intercepts, backed by social media and intelligence reports from sources in Syria, as the basis for blaming the Assad government. But the only evidence the administration has made public is a collection of videos it has verified of the victims. The videos do not demonstrate who launched the attacks.

Administration officials have not shared the satellite imagery they say shows rockets and artillery fire leaving government-held areas and landing in 12 rebel-held neighborhoods outside Damascus where chemical attacks were reported. Nor have they shared transcripts of the Syrian officials allegedly warning units to ready gas masks or discussing how to handle U.N. investigators after it happened.

The White House has declined to explain where it came up with the figure of at least 1,429 dead, including 400 children — a figure far higher than estimates by nongovernmental agencies such as the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has counted only victims identified by name, with a current total of 502. In his remarks, Obama more generally accused Assad's forces of gassing to death "over 1,000 people, including hundreds of children."

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OBAMA: "So even though I possess the authority to order military strikes, I believed it was right in the absence of a direct or imminent threat to our security to take this debate to Congress."

THE FACTS: Obama's statement that he has the authority to launch military action is par for the course for presidents, and historically disputed by Congress. The issue never gets settled.

The Constitution delineates power between the president, who serves as commander in chief of the armed forces, and Congress, which has the ability to declare war. Over time, however, questions arose over where the president's authority ends and where Congress' begins.

The 1973 War Powers Resolution sought to end the debate, but it has only fueled arguments between Republican and Democratic administrations alike and those who consider themselves constitutional purists.

The law gives the president the power to act without congressional approval in cases of national emergency for up to 60 days. In such a case, the president must consult with Congress. And if the deadline passes without congressional authorization, the president has 30 additional days to remove troops.

But what constitutes a national emergency and what consultation means remain subjects of continued disputes.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130911/US--United.States-Syria-Fact.Check/