Posted on 09/04/2013 5:01:29 PM PDT by Nachum
Regardless of what Barack Obama is saying he, and not the world or humanity, drew a red line in the sand regarding the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Now that either the Syrian government, or the al-Qaeda rebels we are about to support, used chemical weapons Barack Obama is seeking authorization from the Congress to conduct military operations in the war-torn country.
The president is assuring the Congress, and the American people, that this will be a limited strike and will include no boots on the ground in Syria, however when John Kerry was pressed on this he hedged his bets:
It would be preferable not to, not because there is any intention or any plan or any desire whatsoever to have boots on the ground,” Kerry said.
“But, in the event that Syria imploded, or in the event there was a threat of a chemical weapons cache falling into the hands of” someone who should not have chemical weapons, “then clearly in the interest of our allies … to prevent those weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of the worst elements,” Kerry said later. “I don’t want to take that off the table an option that might or might not be available to the president of the United States
When pressed even further John Kerry stated that “there will not be American boots on the ground with respect to the civil war.” That statement does leave the issue open-ended, doesn’t it? While the United States will not put boots on the ground to interfere with the Syrian civil war it leaves the possibility open that we would actually put boots on the ground for some other issue related to Syria, but for what purpose would that be?
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They can have mine. I need a new pair anyways.
That’s a lot of Saudis.
FReep You Barack Obama!! Idiot!!
Is that 75,000 troops or 37,500, at 2 boots per man?
I think our vaunted homosexual military members should take the lead in Syria and show the rest of how it’s done.
How many high heels?
Theyd need less than 10,000 Russians to secure the weapons and stop a large scale war.
Since the Saudis have said that Arabs will bankroll the US invasion, why is it that US guys and gals die and Arabs don’t?
For my money, let the Arabs organize their own people to go storm Syria. Let Arab blood spill to clean out their own outhouse. Who do they think we are? their slaves?
Something is wrong here with Kerry, Obama and the tilt of the globe. Get it straight, folks. We are being used as cannon fodder for the sheikhs.
boy, they are escalating this fast
Nowadays, some of those boots can be light loafers.
The whole country is not worth one pair of boots, minus soldier!
Bump!
I heard they recently came out with some type of very special, new bomb that can dispatch these agents safely —I’m not talking nuclear.
I do not believe that the bomb would be totally safe, in spite of the grandiose claims.
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