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Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition
http://washingtonexaminer.com ^ | September 16, 2013 | JOEL GEHRKE

Posted on 09/16/2013 5:28:45 PM PDT by lowbridge

President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups to clear the way for the U.S. to provide military assistance to "vetted" opposition groups fighting Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

Some elements of the Syrian opposition are associated with radical Islamic terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, which was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., in 2001. Assad's regime is backed by Iran and Hezbollah.

The president, citing his authority under the Arms Export Control Act, announced today that he would "waive the prohibitions in sections 40 and 40A of the AECA related to such a transaction."

Those two sections prohibit sending weaponry to countries described in section 40(d): "The prohibitions contained in this section apply with respect to a country if the Secretary of State determines that the government of that country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism," Congress stated in the Arms Control Export Act.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; graham; i; impeach; mccain; moderates; moderateterrorists; obama; syria; syrianrebels; wot
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To: EternalVigilance

...”He humbly stands at the door of the heart of the individual and knocks”....

Indeed ...but I do think He’s standing at the door of the church as a whole now and knocking to let Him in!

Too much in our churches today acts and does like the Laodicia Church ...and God spit them out of His mouth for their lukewarmness.

Unfortunately I’m afraid to wake them we must face another attach here....one that cannot be twisted by the media. Too many have forgotten 9/11 and or softened the impact it once had on the hearts and minds of Americans.

I sincerely hope you’re right...perhaps by looking ‘further ahead’ we can have that hope once more in our nation collectively.


81 posted on 09/16/2013 10:53:27 PM PDT by caww
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To: Paladin2

What is amazing is this thread has only 80 post. If this post was about Miss America it would have 200+ post.


82 posted on 09/16/2013 11:34:31 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: lowbridge

I’m glad Dear Leader is a Noble Peace Prize laureate. There’s no telling what a lesser mortal might do in his gargantuan shoes.


83 posted on 09/16/2013 11:35:05 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Orange1998

Maybe if Treason were given a graphic sexual connotation?


84 posted on 09/16/2013 11:41:56 PM PDT by Paladin2 (h)
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To: lowbridge

"you got to make sure the Turks don't stop any shipment of arms to Syria....don't blow it like you did with the Mexican set deal....all you did there was make the American people more interested in stopping our plan"

85 posted on 09/17/2013 12:30:35 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle
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86 posted on 09/17/2013 12:32:14 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: lowbridge

where to even begin to start....

House can refuse to fund this! In fact, they have a duty to defund this...even if it is only going to go down in history as a worthless piece of legislation. The action will show the level of treason and that it was recognized. Always, always remember ...Silence is complicity.

All these “lawyers” up on the Hill? None of them can figure out how to bring ‘obstruction of justice’ charges against the Senate regime? “Obstruction of justice and treason,” sounds like charges that need to at least be stated and put into the Congressional Record. And folks, I’m not just talking about Harry Reid here...this little band of Rino’s that think they control the majority need to be called up on the charges as well.

This is where I don’t know enough, but since this is dealing with government workers and war...would all these folks actually see a court martial, instead of civilian court? Which then all of this leads us, We the People, to look to our military to uphold this type of law.

Make no mistake on the military aspect here either as 0bama did some housecleaning of top brass last year. They may be just as complicit as the rest of the regime partners.

This all sucks and stinks to high heaven. Elections have consequences and I’m not just talking about for President. There is a small minority controlling congress, they never expected We the People to elect Tea Party people to get in there are ‘hold the line’ for us. As the Tea Party continues to set up and obstruct...WE need to revitalize and work to overturn the rest of the seats in the House and Senate.


87 posted on 09/17/2013 4:29:01 AM PDT by EBH (I am a Tea Party Patriot from the founding of the Nation (1719).)
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To: Talisker

How about Why?


88 posted on 09/17/2013 4:34:21 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Truth29

My father, rest him soul, told me when I was a youngster that we would fall from within just like roman empire. Lazy fat corrupt unprincipled selfish and spiritually dead!

He was right...as usual


89 posted on 09/17/2013 5:24:17 AM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary)
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To: headstamp 2
There goes Barry again. Picking and choosing what laws he will follow.

That alone is grounds for impeachment and removal. My Congressman gets another call today. Gotta at least keep planting seeds in their heads.

90 posted on 09/17/2013 5:42:11 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o
My Congressman gets another call today.

Same here. It is the very least we can do -- grumbling at the keyboard doesn't even make the list.

New tagline for the occasion...

91 posted on 09/17/2013 5:49:29 AM PDT by HomeAtLast ( Get involved. Because you ARE involved.)
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To: HomeAtLast

Hand salute. Love your new tagline.


92 posted on 09/17/2013 5:59:22 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: lowbridge

Really Obama? Treason should be on the lips of all of Americans... We don’t need any stinking red line to impeach your dumb a$$


93 posted on 09/17/2013 6:02:15 AM PDT by just me (We are taking our first steps into a thousand years of darkness)
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To: Truth29

Muslim Brotherhood. Brothers in arms.


94 posted on 09/17/2013 6:10:46 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: lowbridge

So arms control for the citizens of the USA, but arms buildup for our enemies.

Is there any more doubt whose side this PUTUS is on?


95 posted on 09/17/2013 6:26:45 AM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: lowbridge
Can we impeach him now?

Obama's love for the muslim brotherhood terrorists is boundless!

96 posted on 09/17/2013 6:54:05 AM PDT by TexasCajun (Creepy-Ass Cracka -- Don't Call Me Cracker)
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To: lowbridge
How can any President "waive" a duly constituted law, unless there is a provision in it for him to do so? Oh, wait. I forgot. We no longer have a President. We now have a King who is above that silly Constitution thingy. He does what He wants.

Never mind.

97 posted on 09/17/2013 7:07:48 AM PDT by Gritty (Nobody wants to hear about American exceptionalism when the issue is American ineffectualism-MSteyn)
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To: lowbridge
How can any President "waive" a duly constituted law, unless there is a provision in it for him to do so? Oh, wait. I forgot. We no longer have a President. We now have a King who is above that silly Constitution thingy. He does what He wants.

Never mind.

98 posted on 09/17/2013 7:23:08 AM PDT by Gritty (Nobody wants to hear about American exceptionalism when the issue is American ineffectualism-MSteyn)
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To: lowbridge

Yet Americans fiddle while America burns...


99 posted on 09/17/2013 7:34:08 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Talisker
Under what authority?

Treason. Aiding the enemy.

100 posted on 09/17/2013 7:37:22 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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