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Obama plans to tightly control strikes on Syria (Mother may I...)
Market Watch-WSJ ^
| Thursday, September 18, 2014
| JulianE. Barnes - CarolE. Lee
Posted on 09/18/2014 11:13:35 AM PDT by yoe
he U.S. military campaign against Islamist militants in Syria is being designed to allow President Barack Obama to exert a high degree of personal control, going so far as to require that the military obtain presidential sign-off for strikes in Syrian territory, officials said.
The requirements for strikes in Syria against the extremist group Islamic State will be far more stringent than those targeting it in Iraq, at least at first. U.S. officials say its an attempt to limit the threat the U.S. could be dragged more deeply into the Syrian civil war.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obamaisis; obamanewisisstrategy; syriaairstrikes
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Barrack Obama on "How To Lose A War for Dummies......." This Community Organizer is going to get our warriors killed...Obama thinks more of his misinformed base than he does of Islam beheading Americans....His Generals would do well to put him under house arrest....he will willingly go so as not to upset our enemy Islam and his ignorant base here in America. Obama is not up to the demands of POTUS...those who elected him are no better.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:13:35 AM PDT
by
yoe
To: yoe
“I would like to increase our level of intimacy by using cluster bombs on the soft area east of Damascus. Do I have your permission to do so?”
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:15:54 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Thank you for self-censoring.)
To: yoe
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:16:47 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: yoe
Either you karate do yes or karate do no. You karate do guess so, *squish!*
Mr. Miayagi
Barry does “I’ll scratch your eyes out!” karate.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:19:24 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: yoe
Wow starting to sound like Vietnam.
I thought we fought a war to win or stay the frill out.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:19:27 AM PDT
by
Bailee
To: yoe
Limpwrited strikes from the girlie-”man”.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:20:20 AM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: yoe; All
Shades of LBJ..Viet Nam War.
Let the Generals "General".
of course; the Gov't Media shall say nothing.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:20:40 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
To: yoe
0bummer taking after LBJ in Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson. He once bragged that they can’t bomb an outhouse without my approval
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:21:41 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: yoe
On a positive note, if he happens to take out a few, they will no longer consider him Family...
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:23:29 AM PDT
by
VRWCarea51
(The original 1998 version)
To: jazusamo
Under the definition of insanity, “doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result,” this policy is further proof that liberals are insane.
It’s also proof that liberals will never, ever win a war, because they refuse to fight war as war is meant to be fought.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:24:05 AM PDT
by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: yoe
Obama will call the target first to see if they are friends
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:24:12 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: Steely Tom
TO ALL:
President George Bush, surrounded by leaders of the House and Senate, announces the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, October 2, 2002.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:25:50 AM PDT
by
yoe
To: yoe
Obama is a military genius.
"As far as [B.] Hussein [Obama] being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that he's a great military man-I want you to know that."
-General H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1991
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:27:55 AM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: Jim Robinson
Obama is a military genius.
Just like Hitler was the Allies secret weapon
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:30:58 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: yoe
To: Jim Robinson
That’s a great comparison, Jim. Two peas in a pod.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:35:43 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: yoe
He will do everything possible to maximize American casualties and minimize harm to the terrorists.
To: jazusamo
Yup. LBJ and Vietnam all over again. But it’s not his fault.
Like hell it’s not!
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:44:47 AM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: yoe
Obama should put Joe Biden in charge of airstrike authorizations and target selection. Surely ISIS knows as well as anyone:
Nobody messes with Joe.America is being led by clowns. And the wheels are falling off the little car they're driving in.
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posted on
09/18/2014 11:50:35 AM PDT
by
Smashing_Pundit
(http://www.smashingpundit.com)
To: Jim Robinson
He is our “the dog ate my homework President” it is always some bizarre excuse excuse why things are screwed up.
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