Should we bomb Syria?

Pretend you are Congress and have to vote about bombing Syria.

NO, we should not! I just voted. I finally agree with you Don?????

WHL wrote:NO, we should not!  I just voted.  I finally agree with you Don?????

Hooray, Donzel's been reading my unemotional and logical opinions!

 

News Hawk wrote:

WHL wrote:NO, we should not!  I just voted.  I finally agree with you Don?????

Hooray, Donzel's been reading my unemotional and logical opinions!

 

I have?

I voted against the bombing of Syria because we shouldn't be taking sides in a civil war of another country.  War is war and you do what you need to win (at least that is how you should fight it) and both sides are out to win.  We should not make it harder for one side to win because we don't like the existing leadership.
We bombed Japan with an atomic bomb because we wanted to end the war anyway we could.  A lot of innocent women and children died when, not one, but two, bombs were dropped on the civilian population.

We need to let these countries settle their own internal problems without the USA interfering.

President Obama is doing what he thinks is right but I just don't agree with him.

Donzel wrote:

News Hawk wrote:

WHL wrote:NO, we should not!  I just voted.  I finally agree with you Don?????

Hooray, Donzel's been reading my unemotional and logical opinions!

 

I have?

Surely, you read of my posting of "Why are we considering killing Syrians?

"There is a large element of 'insanity'' in the idea that we are going to be killing Syrians to punish Syrians for killing Syrians"...

Donzel wrote:I voted against the bombing of Syria because we shouldn't be taking sides in a civil war of another country.  War is war and you do what you need to win (at least that is how you should fight it) and both sides are out to win.  We should not make it harder for one side to win because we don't like the existing leadership.
We bombed Japan with an atomic bomb because we wanted to end the war anyway we could.  A lot of innocent women and children died when, not one, but two, bombs were dropped on the civilian population.

We need to let these countries settle their own internal problems without the USA interfering.

President Obama is doing what he thinks is right but I just don't agree with him.

Well said! I also voted no.

We are stronger when we act together. That's the new spin from the left.

He is not trying to create a imperialist presidency.  Kerry

I feel sorry for Kerry having to make excuses for obomya.

I feel sorry for the United States because this person, this person the left elected, is making us look like incompetent nincompoops.

News Hawk wrote:
"There is a large element of 'insanity'' in the idea that we are going to be killing Syrians to punish Syrians for killing Syrians"...

You're right, it's a civil war and they must settle their differences without interference from anyone.

oboma is in over his head.

I'll say it for the lefties, It's Bush's fault and you are a racist!

Glad to see everybody's head is screwed on right, at least on this issue.

No, of course.

Now, don't think for one second The Powers That Be give a frog's fat ass about what us Mundanes think about anything.

Nice to have it on the record though.

As the scheduled time for President Obama’s address on Syria came and went yesterday, reporters in the Rose Garden could see him through the Oval Office windows, talking on the telephone.

He was probably talking to political guru David Axelrod about the latest polls — just before he demanded that Congress rise above partisanship.

You don’t have to be a cynic to scoff at Obama’s claim that his sudden decision to seek approval for a military strike shows his loyalty to the Constitution. In truth, it is all about saving his own bacon. He talked himself into no-man’s land and is now desperately seeking an escape hatch.

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GRIEF:A Syrian couple mourns following the regime’s chemical-weapons attack on Aug. 21. Meanwhile, Obama does nothing.
Boxed in from the left and right, at home and abroad, heckled as a hypocrite and a flip-flopper, he didn’t have a single friend, let alone a coalition. So he kicked the can to Congress and challenged its members to make the unpopular decision he’s not willing to make as commander in chief.

The 11th-hour reversal is a Gilda Radner moment — “Never mind!” She did it as comedy; Obama does it as farce.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/politics_over_morals_in_audacity_F9fbiQz9wZeF7fJFOTbqsM

Could you see if his feet were on the desk, fsh?

“If we can’t stop Syria on a red line with chemical weapons, how can anyone expect us to stop Iran with a red line on nuclear weapons?” Mr. King said on “Fox News Sunday.” “I think it is going to difficult to get the vote through in Congress, especially when there’s going to be time over the next nine days for opposition to build up to it.”

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/1/some-gop-lawmakers-skeptical-congress-will-ok-mili/#ixzz2dgs3lJCU
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Well, at least obama has the support of the French ... What ... You sure? .. They just surrendered?

fshnski wrote:“If we can’t stop Syria on a red line with chemical weapons, how can anyone expect us to stop Iran with a red line on nuclear weapons?” Mr. King said on “Fox News Sunday.”

What's really disappointing today is our incompetence in tracking WMDs.

What happens when Jimmy Carter's "Islamic Republic of Iran" attacks the mainland of the US? We should retaliate, but would we be waffling so badly in the White House? Actually, the time to rehabilitate Iran was when Iran simmered—civilly—earlier in O-bomb-ya's reign.

Opportunity lost—maybe forever.

It was a brilliant move on Obama's part to consult with the Congress, but of course the Tea Party (Koch brothers) will demand an end to Social Security and Medicare for their yes vote!!

A brilliant move? He passed the buck!

News Buzzard wrote:It was a brilliant move on Obama's part to consult with the Congress, but of course the Tea Party (Koch brothers) will demand an end to Social Security and Medicare for their yes vote!!

Well said!

I liked this part of his speech:

"I’m also mindful that I’m the President of the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. I’ve long believed that our power is rooted not just in our military might, but in our example as a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. … I believe that the people’s representatives must be invested in what America does abroad."

Donzel wrote:"I’m also mindful that I’m the President of the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. I’ve long believed that our power is rooted not just in our military might, but in our example as a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. … I believe that the people’s representatives must be invested in what America does abroad."

I believe that sets up Obama to consult the Congress on any red line that Iran might cross!

Even Mitch McConnell likes Obama's decision:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mcconnell-seeking-congress-approval-on-syria-a-good-move-strengthens-obamas-presidency.php?ref=fpb

Nice signature, Donzel!

He passed the buck.

What with our president having received the Nobel Peace Prize and leading us in a pivot to Asia, I guess the White House wants to pretend that the humiliating debacle America is suffering — in front of the world — isn’t happening. What’s wrong with asking Congress for authorization to go to war? The Obama apologencia will tell us it is what the president meant to do all along. They will tell us things are going according to plan. What’s the rush? But no, for the first time ever, an American president is saying, “The buck does NOT stop here.”

News Buzzard wrote:

Donzel wrote:"I’m also mindful that I’m the President of the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. I’ve long believed that our power is rooted not just in our military might, but in our example as a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. … I believe that the people’s representatives must be invested in what America does abroad."

I believe that sets up Obama to consult the Congress on any red line that Iran might cross!

Even Mitch McConnell likes Obama's decision:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mcconnell-seeking-congress-approval-on-syria-a-good-move-strengthens-obamas-presidency.php?ref=fpb

Nice signature, Donzel!

It is good that the Senate republican leader has said good things about how President Obama is handling Syria.

"Lawmakers had widely called for Obama to include Congress in the decision under the War Powers Act."

I think the GOP is finally realizing that they need to work together with the President and to stop being the party of "NO".

obambi is an embarrassment. We look like incompetent boobs to the rest of the world.