Posted on 08/31/2013 9:57:44 PM PDT by Errant
President Obama will carry out military action against Syria even if Congress votes against it, a senior State Department official tells Fox News’ Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen.
Rosen’s notes concerning the White House’s reported intentions regarding the Syrian crisis were posted on Fox News colleague Greta Van Susteren’s Gretawire site late Saturday afternoon.
Rosen reports that “the president’s decision to seek a congressional debate and vote was a surprise to most if not all of” his national security team members. The state department official who communicated with Rosen added that Obama’s move to seek congressional approval “did not supplant the president’s earlier decision to use force in Syria, only delayed its implementation.”
“That’s going to happen, anyway,” the source told Rosen, which is why Obama’s Rose Garden remarks Saturday included his belief that he possesses the authority to launch strikes even without congressional authorization, Rosen adds.
The White House Saturday sent Congress a draft of a resolution authorizing Obama to use military force against Syria and laying out the administration’s claim that Assad’s regime killed more than 1,000 last week in a chemical weapons attack.
The resolution also says the objective of a U.S. military response would be to “deter, disrupt, prevent and degrade” the regime’s ability to use chemical weapons going forward.
The resolution authorizes Obama to use the military as he determines “necessary and appropriate” to serve that goal. The draft doesn’t lay out a timeline for action but does say only a political settlement can resolve the Syrian crisis.
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- I agree
- But I don’t do new parody graphics anymore
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Will do.
Wonder if the NSA is paying attention to our analysis.
Lol.
Machine issues?
As Ted Cruz commented,he is glad the President has decided to come to Congress to ask for approval,but the decision by Congress will be based not on international norms,but on the Constitutions authority granted to Congress to declare War based on the fact that there is an imminent threat of attack against the United States.
Perhaps Obama is tugging on his chain, forgetting who he works for.
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OK, fine. That gives Congress every reason to vote against it, then, especially the GOP since any/all failures will be hung on them anyway.
The “imminent threat” does not exist UNTIL Zero goes in without authorization. He’s provoking an attack!
I believe he is trying to come up with an excuse to not go after blowing his load all over the globe on it. But, discretion being the greater part of valor, and him being without valor, he may let the ego make the decision.
Folks in the NSA and CIA know that America has given up way too many assets during the last 5 years. They know how much more weakened America is under the current President, they know and they're shaking their heads in disbelief as well...
You might consider adding “Fast and Furious (gunrunning to Drug Cartels)” to your list.
A classic Freeper conversation, hitting the nail on the head as usual. Thanks.
Maybe his thinking is if Congress shoots the strikes down, pun intended, he can then blame the Repubs for not acting while kids are dying in Syria. Then Obama can strike anyway with or without Congress’s blessing. The Repubs will be his punching bag when it all goes to shit.
Destroying WMD’s in gas form is very hard. A bomb or missile strike will only release the gas and kill more people.
Q: How do you get rid of the stuff?
A: Experts say nerve gas has to be disposed of properly in locations with high temperatures and controls to keep gas from escaping to minimize the risk of accidentally gassing other people.
Q: So how can the U.S. military destroy Syria’s nerve gas supplies?
A: “Several of the options that are being discussed for military intervention have downside risks,” said Amy Smithson, a chemical weapons expert at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. “Bombing the (weapons storage) site risks releasing the chemicals over nearby population.” Making matters worse, Syrian President Bashar Assad has threatened to use the weapons if attacked, she said.
Hell, I hope I’m wrong.
I see the plan for a UN resolution against liberal Americans is in the pipelines. Thanks to libs we will have blue helmets, just like socialists in France helped motivate abdication to he EU....
Well, then, all he needs is to get us attacked, right? I'm sure someone will muster what it takes to provide this vital element. (/s?)
Hoping they vote against it - and make him own it.
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