After Painting Himself Into a Corner and Losing All His Allies, NOW Obama Looks to Congress!

Reaganite Republican ^ | 31 August 2013 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

As an excuse to back down, that is... 

then blame the Republicans, of course

After days of talking VERY publicly of all the terrible things he could do to Bashir Assad's odious regime in Demascus... Russia's sent 6-7 warships in and told him to back off while France scampered and the Brits said 'pass'. All of a sudden now he wants to ask Congress, please.

Either somebody warned Obama he's opening himself up to impeachment with another violation of the war powers act... or he simply realized he's been abandoned or opposed by just about everybody on Earth, including the UN.

The Peace Prize president tries to go on the warpath and the effort collapses with a resounding thud... time to blame the Republicans, what else. I've never favored aiding Al Qaeda in Syria -as Obama would like to do- but whatever just happened over the last week makes this country appear absolutely feckless... clueless... and leadership-less.

It at minimum buys him time while he slithers away from this humiliating leadership implosion by the Obama Administration- the pivot towards Capitol Hill establishes a timetable that could drag on for weeks.

I never thought I could be so embarrassed to be an American... the Russians must be laughing their ass off.

[Reaganite Republican]

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[bicyclerepair]

For the first time in my adult life, I’m ashamed to be an American.

[Yaelle]

The Dems including the media might have a hard time propping him up after that speech. The rest of the world sees it for what it was, a cowardly back down from a supposedly moral reason to attack.

He couldn’t be seen as the hypocrite he was. He is on record re Iraq.

It’s not about the gassing of children. It’s about his undeserved Peace prize.

[tennmountainman]

Well, well, well. Guess Waldo Boehner, Cantor, McConnell and the rest of the RINO’S will have put their vote on record.

[oldbrowser]

The smartest man on earth, a virtual demigod, has just punted.

[Navy Patriot]

Just Obama stepping out of the way to let the blame fly right by him and into the laps of Republicans.

Those accursed Republicans will block superhero Barry from saving all the little children from Assad the evil gasser.

[dfwgator]

I suspect the spin will be that Obama did what Bush didn’t do, back down, instead of getting the country into a disastrous war.

[SampleMan]

This will now become a Congressional strike or non-strike.

[USNBandit]

He is looking for a way out. He won’t go it alone, so he wants to either have Congress to blame for blocking action or to share the blame if things go wrong. If things are even marginally successful he will claim full credit and that he had to drag Congress kicking and screaming into action.

[Tupelo]

For the first time in my adult life, I’m ashamed to be an American.
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You must be quiet a bit younger than I.
My first time to be ashamed was the Turner Joy and Maddox lies.
And at least once during ever administration since. I am sure those older than me can start with earlier administrations.

[allendale]

He knows that that he will never receive Congressional approval and there probably will never be a formal vote. Obama can “save face” and of course blame Republicans. Kerry can stew and the neocons will howl, but Ron Paul has won the day. A catastrophe has been avoided. The neocons have lost their first major battle. The United States has avoided a foreign entanglement that would not have benefited Americans but would have cost them dearly.

[fullchroma]

Again, present.

[dfwgator]

“Call me if you need me.”

[erlayman]

Most Americans are going to be more relieved than blameseeking or revenge minded. I know that I am.

[The Cajun]

Wonder if *Jon Carry's* "we know, we know, we know" speech was a bunch of lies and BS?
The truth may be fixing to come out that the rebels used the nerve gas and OBozo is trying to slime his way out of his dumb ass statement.

[Standing Wolf]

He wanted to seem manly, but didn’t quite dare.

[digger48]

BINGO

[Dallas59]

But Obammy will save us from the Syrian George Zimmermans!

[RginTN]

This made me smile. The lamestream media propped up this incompetent and he is failing so spectacularly.