Obama with zero countries backing him on syria:I Didnât Set a Red Line,The World Did
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Howard Dean: Trust Obama On Syria Cause He Knows More Than We Do
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Obama is going for regime change. Where are the protestations?
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Updated September 4, 2013, 9:31 p.m. ET
Senate Panel Backs Use of Force Against Syria
Measure Says Goal Should Be to 'Change the Momentum on the Battlefield'; Pentagon Plans More Firepower
A key Senate panel on Wednesday backed President Barack Obama's request to strike Syria, while the Pentagon prepared to employ greater firepower to reach a shifting array of military targets.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution Wednesday saying a goal of U.S. policy will be to "change the momentum on the battlefield'' in Syria's civil war.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324577304579054973488682120.html
Updated September 4, 2013, 9:31 p.m. ET
Senate Panel Backs Use of Force Against Syria
Measure Says Goal Should Be to 'Change the Momentum on the Battlefield'; Pentagon Plans More Firepower
A key Senate panel on Wednesday backed President Barack Obama's request to strike Syria, while the Pentagon prepared to employ greater firepower to reach a shifting array of military targets.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution Wednesday saying a goal of U.S. policy will be to "change the momentum on the battlefield'' in Syria's civil war.
Shep Smith Lays Into GOP Rep. for Saying Assad Can âContinue to Kill His Own Peopleâ
by Matt Wilstein | 4:45 pm, September 4th, 2013 VIDEO
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, stepped out of todayâs hearing on Syria to speak with Fox Newsâ Shepard Smith this afternoon and ended up in a far more contentious argument that she could have anticipated.
Ros-Lehtinen began by saying many of her initial concerns of U.S. military action in Syria have been âalleviatedâ by the hearing, especially Secretary of State John Kerryâs assurances that there will be no âboots on the ground.â When she suggested that the Arab League could assist the U.S. in the operation, Smith began pushing back hard.
âThe Arab League has emphatically said no,â Smith corrected the congresswoman. âThe British are against it. Thereâs not a nation on the planet, congresswomanâwith great respect and admirationânot a nation on the planet that said if you go do this, weâre right there with you.â As for the question of âboots on the ground,â Smith laid out a worst case scenario and asked if the U.S. is prepared to âstir a hornetsâ nest that will leave us in full-scale Middle East war.â
When Ros-Lehitinen began defending the United Statesâ responsibility to hold a âmurderous thugâ like Bashar al-Assad accountable, Smith countered by laying out the parallels with the Iraq War. âIâm not equating the two things, but Iâm saying that our nation is weary,â Smith said. âWhy in the world would we bother, when we havenât even suggested that what weâre doing might stop the slaughter?â
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by Matt Wilstein | 4:45 pm, September 4th, 2013 VIDEO
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, stepped out of todayâs hearing on Syria to speak with Fox Newsâ Shepard Smith this afternoon and ended up in a far more contentious argument that she could have anticipated.
Ros-Lehtinen began by saying many of her initial concerns of U.S. military action in Syria have been âalleviatedâ by the hearing, especially Secretary of State John Kerryâs assurances that there will be no âboots on the ground.â When she suggested that the Arab League could assist the U.S. in the operation, Smith began pushing back hard.
âThe Arab League has emphatically said no,â Smith corrected the congresswoman. âThe British are against it. Thereâs not a nation on the planet, congresswomanâwith great respect and admirationânot a nation on the planet that said if you go do this, weâre right there with you.â As for the question of âboots on the ground,â Smith laid out a worst case scenario and asked if the U.S. is prepared to âstir a hornetsâ nest that will leave us in full-scale Middle East war.â
When Ros-Lehitinen began defending the United Statesâ responsibility to hold a âmurderous thugâ like Bashar al-Assad accountable, Smith countered by laying out the parallels with the Iraq War. âIâm not equating the two things, but Iâm saying that our nation is weary,â Smith said. âWhy in the world would we bother, when we havenât even suggested that what weâre doing might stop the slaughter?â
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there were some good guests on fox last night.
guest who did not say we should not attack Assad but guests like Rumsfeld who said...
you don't just fire a warming shot... you have a goal and the warming shot means you will give the other guy a chance to do what you want. (paraphrase)
In short if Obama has not plan for regime chance then it is stupid to send warning shots and will probably makes us look worse than if Obama just eats his words and does nothing.
guest who did not say we should not attack Assad but guests like Rumsfeld who said...
you don't just fire a warming shot... you have a goal and the warming shot means you will give the other guy a chance to do what you want. (paraphrase)
In short if Obama has not plan for regime chance then it is stupid to send warning shots and will probably makes us look worse than if Obama just eats his words and does nothing.
Rummy should have followed his own advice, but I do agree, if we're not prepared to launch a full scale attack, stopping at nothing until total victory would be acheived, then we have no business doing anything at all. We just never seem to learn that lesson.
And if you don't at least intend to "completely destroy the other side's ability to make war", then you've got no business warring yourself.