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Kerry refuses to rule out U.S. ground troops in Syria, then backtracks
Washington Times ^
| Updated: 3:49 p.m. on Tuesday, September 3, 2013
| By Stephen Dinan
Posted on 09/03/2013 1:22:06 PM PDT by Perdogg
Secretary of State John F. Kerry refused Tuesday to rule out putting U.S. troops on the ground in Syria, saying the president needs to retain the ability to send in forces in very select circumstances as the Obama administration officially began to make its case for retaliatory military strikes on the Assad regime.
Testifying to the Senate, Mr. Kerry accused critics of armchair isolationism and said there are risks to acting, but that the risks of inaction are even worse. But asked whether President Obama would accept an authorization from Congress that specifically banned putting U.S. troops on the ground in Syria, the secretary balked.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: backtracks; bootsontheground; ground; johnfkerry; johnkerry; kerry; kerrylies; ketsupboy; lurch; plasticsurgery; refuses; rule; syria; syriahearing; troops; worldwar3; worldwariii; ww3; wwiii
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To: Perdogg
I’m telling you when next you here ‘official word’ it will be 0bama announcing the initial strike on Syria and that Congress has voted to go to war...
Strategically there is no way to do a strike against Assad and not end up in a regional war.
While many were shocked by 0bama deciding to go through congressional approval...it is to get the authorization for war. This ‘strike’ grows in scope and size by the minute.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:38:35 PM PDT
by
EBH
(Is Damascus on the Eve of Destruction? Isaiah 17)
To: Orange1998
Did he deny having dinner with Assad several years ago.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:39:31 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Stop Worrying And Just Learn To Love The Bomb!)
To: tennmountainman
Yes...they are.
The whole matter is quite bizarre.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:39:38 PM PDT
by
EBH
(Is Damascus on the Eve of Destruction? Isaiah 17)
To: tennmountainman
“These idiots are about to start WW3.”
And they will lose it, too. Badly.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:39:59 PM PDT
by
henkster
(If the Feds create an unlimited demand for bastard children, you get an unlimited supply of them.)
To: Hotlanta Mike
Idiots. Strike, not strike. Regime change, no regime change. Boots on the ground, no boots on the ground.
No stated objective. No competence to be found.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:40:05 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
To: Perdogg
Internal polling must be scaring them.
To: Perdogg
His teeth go clickety-clack you know,
He’ll waste your time of day
Bu JFK will never talk,
Unless he has nothing to say .....
Ohhhhhhhh
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:41:59 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: henkster
I, too have a real bad feeling about this.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:45:04 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Stop Worrying And Just Learn To Love The Bomb!)
To: Perdogg
Members of the committee, if any of you would like to question me in French, I am able and eager to respond as I am completely fluent in that language.
J. Francois Kerry
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:45:23 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Obama, Juan and Linda Do Syria.)
To: Jane Long
No stated objective. No competence to be found.
Why would any self-respecting Congresscritter want to be associated with this mess...vote present!
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:46:19 PM PDT
by
Hotlanta Mike
("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
To: Perdogg
i will vote for his wet-dream ground invasion...
provided he leads it
To: Col Frank Slade
For it before he was against it again.
To: tennmountainman
If you were on the committee I am sure it would be ask. :)
To: Perdogg
We’re going to auger in, in Syria.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:50:56 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(I Like Ted.)
To: Orange1998
First question out of my big mouth! LOL.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:53:58 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Stop Worrying And Just Learn To Love The Bomb!)
To: Buckeye McFrog
“We have to occupy it to see what’s in it”- Lousy Pelousy
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:55:07 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: Perdogg
NO!
The entire country of Syria is not worth a single American life let alone Millions of dollars.
Screw them. They and their completely inferior clan vs clan culture will NEVER stop fighting each other.
Let them have their circular firing squad and hope the last one standing has a fatal bullet hole in him.
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:57:52 PM PDT
by
Wurlitzer
(Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
To: Perdogg
Do
Not
Trust
Him or his titular boss
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posted on
09/03/2013 1:58:18 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: TurboZamboni
We are seeing what would have happened if Kerry won the 04 election. He is in a much more visible position as SOS, and the results are starting to come in.
To: BenLurkin
Do Not Trust Him or his titular boss Mission creep is preplanned.
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posted on
09/03/2013 2:01:35 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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