Title: BO to seek Congressional Declaration of War Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 31, 2013 Author:BO Post Date:2013-08-31 14:13:24 by Lod Keywords:None Views:529 Comments:39
The First Ape is mad: Syria poses NO threat to America or American interests, and that's discounting Israel's security being an American interest.
That being said, I fully expect Congress to give that declaration of war after the "Yea" votes are counted and the appropriate number of "Nay" votes are passed out to those who need them to win re-election next year.
I fully expect Congress to give that declaration of war after the "Yea" votes are counted and the appropriate number of "Nay" votes are passed out to those who need them to win re-election next year.
Obama needs 218 votes in the House to get his war of aggression approved. That's no cake walk.
Apart from Pelosi and Boehner who are for sure/in the pot/slam dunk "yes" votes, TheBikeRiderInChief still needs to scrape together 216 yes votes. His own Demrat critters are getting increasingly more nervous about voter backlash - not just in 2014 but also in 2016 when the WH is up for grabs.
This Syria thingy has gotten a pretty high profile with the public at large and there's been very loud voices from many quarters claiming that the CW attack was a false flag, something I can't recall happening before.
Even Putin has taken a public stand today saying he has ZERO DOUBT that the CW event was a ruse. That's strong language coming from the leader of a Euro nation, who is begrudgingly respected even by Americans.
Furthermore, having the Greasy Saudis identified as America's ally tied to its hip, who are promoting the war on Syria, has not helped Obama's case. It's tricky saying anything critical about Israel these days, but Americans are not constrained from being openly contemptuous of the House of Saud. Even politically correct Californians hate the greasy Saudis.
But the administration had not convinced everyone. Mr. Putin argued that it was “simply utter nonsense” to believe Syria’s government would launch such an attack and challenged the United States to present any evidence to the United Nations.
“I am convinced that it is nothing more than a provocation by those who want to involve other countries in the Syrian conflict, who want to gain the support of powerful members in international affairs, primarily, of course the United States,” Mr. Putin said in his first public remarks since reports of the chemical attack emerged. “I have no doubts about it.”