Posted on 08/28/2013 10:33:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Official: White House seeks Syria response 'just muscular enough not to get mocked' By Justin Sink - 08/28/13 12:45 PM ET
A U.S. official briefed on the military options being considered by President Obama told the Los Angeles Times that the White House is seeking a strike on Syria "just muscular enough not to get mocked."
"They are looking at what is just enough to mean something, just enough to be more than symbolic," the official told the paper, giving credence to similar reports describing a limited military strike in the aftermath of last week's alleged chemical weapons attack.
NBC News reported earlier this week that the administration would launch three days of missile strikes, while CNN cited a senior administration official saying that the White House wanted to conclude any action before the president departs for the G-20 summit next week.
The New York Times also reported that the initial target list drafted by the Pentagon had fewer than 50 sites. The Pentagon has moved four U.S. Navy destroyers off the Syrian coast, which can launch low-altitude cruise missiles at selected sites.
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney said that no course of action had been decided upon, but that the administration was not seeking "regime change" with its response.
"It is not our policy to respond to this transgression with regime change," he said.
In the U.K., foreign secretary William Hague said at a press conference that the government there was approaching the retaliation in Syria as a "very different situation from Iraq."
"Our government is going about it in an entirely different way," he said.
Meanwhile, Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi said Wednesday said his county would turn into a "graveyard of the invaders" if foreign powers intervened in its civil war.
The "colonialist threats" of Western powers "do not terrorize us because of the will and determination of the Syrian people, who will not accept being humiliated," Halqi said, according to AFP.
Where’s that pic of a monkey with 0bama’s face and ears when you need it?
Thanks Sub-Driver.
The Right Choice? - - The [paleo]conservative case for Barack Obama
The American Conservative | March 24, 2008 | Andrew J. Bacevich
Posted on 03/26/2008 2:51:50 PM PDT by TSchmereL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1992096/posts
The world's first Metro-sexual nation under the world's first Metro-sexual President and I am not just Metrosexual-bashing. This administration, from Reset to Arab Spring have caused the US to lose power, prestige and allies, left and right since January 2009. Look at the President, then look at the VP after that look at Kerry - they're all neutered pretend men.
This statement about attacking with “just enough muscle” is in-line with this whole administrations’ policy of soft power. What is “soft power” if not being indecisive, timid and afraid of your own shadow.
The Old National Lampoon magazine ran a great special section once on France with a picture of Marshall Petain, “The Hero of Verdun” on it. This was in the late 1970’s. The famous French call of:
Liberte
Egalite and
Fraternite
were converted to:
Passivete' (Passive)
Timidte' (Timid)
Debilite' (Debilitating)
That's what we are now under Obama, the...hard for me to say this but, the FRENCH!!!! Oh no, sorry Freepers!
I wish it were Metro. I’m afraid it is Homo.
If Obama’s entire administration are not Metrosexuals but rather Homosexuals then I understand Putin’s ire at America - he hates them...
/giggle....
Yup.
The limp, insipid, preening nobama will be mocked into eternity. nobama is the uber-putz of his generation. It will be impossible for nobama, the Weak One, to avoid being mocked. nobama reminds me of the kid in seventh grade that everyone picked-on. nobama reminds me of failure and weakness.
The UK says no to any response by the Muslim Brotherhood Potus:
David Cameron loses Syria vote in Commons
BBC ^ | 29.08.13 | BBC
Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2013 2:39:52 PM by Zajko
British MPs have voted against possible military action against Syria to deter the use of chemical weapons.
David Cameron said it was clear the British Parliament does not want action and “I will act accordingly”.
The government motion was defeated 285 to 272, a majority of 13 votes.
In Nato, only France will back their buddy, Obozo Liar:
Obama Liar’s mediots are having a hard time with the reality, that only France is willing to back Obozo Liar and his Muslim Brotherhood kitchen cabinet in a war with Syria.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130830/Syria-Crisis/?
US finds itself with only 1 War with Syria partner, France:
ELAINE GANLEY, AP
Fri Aug 30, 1:55 PM UTC
PARIS (AP) — The United States found itself Friday with France as its only major partner in a potential strike against Syria, after a stunning rejection of military force in Parliament forced Britain, America’s staunchest ally, to pull out of any operation.
The collapse of British support for a mission to punish Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons puts pressure on President Barack Obama as resistance grows at home — and comes with the irony that France was the most vocal critic of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
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