Posted on 08/22/2014 7:31:55 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama May Seek New Funds To Battle Islamic State: Senate Aide By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could ask the U.S. Congress in coming weeks to approve new funds for airstrikes against Islamic State targets, according to a congressional aide, following the militants' beheading of an American journalist and activities in Iraq.
A Senate Democratic aide on Friday said the Obama administration could detail by early to mid-September the amount of additional money it wants for the military operations, although the aide did not estimate the size of the possible funding request.
The administration has indicated it does not want to put combat troops into the region, although it has said it is evaluating all options on how to deal with Syria.
The request would come as some influential members of Congress call on Obama to step up U.S. military pressure against Islamic State fighters. On Thursday, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona called for a significant increase in air strikes, including bombing missions against targets in Syria.
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Can’t he just use his peace prize cash?
Read the headline wrong, thought it said that Obama is looking for new ways to FUND ISIS..after all, Obama is ISIS’s number one fan
The Clinton-Obama Benghazi Rule is as follows:
“1.) ALWAYS STAND DOWN WHEN MUSLIMS ATTACK,
2.) WAIT FOR THE MUSLIMS TO FINISH THEIR BLOOD SPORT KILLING, AND
3.) THEN DO NOTHING.”
Since September 11, 2012, Obama has:
* Invoked the field-tested, Clinton-Obama Benghazi Rule for the US in order to allow the ongoing genocide of Christians, and Yazidis in current US Ally Iraq;
* Refused to keep his Word on his Redline in Syria;
* Released the GITMO FIVE to supervise the rapid growth of ISIS;
* Repeatedly proclaimed that HIS “American People” are war weary;
* Ordered the dismissing of front-line US Military Officers;
* Ordered the downsizing of the US Military to that of pre-WW2 levels;
* Repeatedly promised to unilaterally quit fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
* Invested more hours in playing Golf than visits to the Pentagon.
If Muslim Hussein Obama were to be forced to resign today, would Catholic Joe Biden revoke the Benghazi Rule co-authored by Hillary Clinton and Hussein Obama, and bring the fight to ISIS?
Increased greens fees?
Post of the day.
You know it!
Did Obama ever get his money for the illegal kids?
If the Republicans ask for a comprehensive plan and refuse to fund mere “community organizer” tactical strikes, he’ll then turn around and blame the Republicans. This is his “politicization” of foreign affairs.
Why doesn't he bomb them with all that toxic crap that was left in the broke solar plants he funded?
This is absolutely too precious for words: the POTUS (aka Commander-in-Chief) is incapable of leading or formulating a plan and he punts the ball to Congress? NONE of the idiots in this picture could lead a group of randy gay poofters through a male homosexual bath house with a wad of $1,000 bills and a wallet full of credit cards.
In otherwords Obama will attach military spending to Amnesty. Republicans will not pass the bill and Obama will cry that republicans don’t want to fight ISIS.
WAK UP REPUBLICANS.
LOL
Always, always it’s we need more money. Sounds like another Cloward-Piven exercise to me.
No, it is an opportunity to steal more money.
Having exhausted the till, new money is needed to steal for those in the state of Grace. For ever $billion supplemental funds, at least $300 million will be siphoned off to Democrats.
The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.
Our money funded ISIS when it was Syrian Rebels, now they are ISIS and he wants more money to bomb them?
It’s the same thing, Keep on pushing ‘something’ until the process, money supply, patience, whatever breaks and the ‘people’ say NO-MORE!
Then the stick comes out and the government says we are in revolt against it.
The congress should ask then if Obama is seeking congressional approval for strikes against ISIS. Make the Democrats vote for use of force.
And the advanced military equipment and money that they have stolen was all given to other Iraqi groups to help stand up their country. We are financing both sides of this conflict.
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