Posted on 06/13/2013 3:37:49 PM PDT by edpc
In a sharp escalation of the U.S. role in Syria's bloody civil war, the White House announced late Thursday that it will provide military aid to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad after confirming that his government used chemical weapons on the opposition.
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes told reporters on a conference call that President Barack Obama had heard pleas from Syria's rebel Supreme Military Council (SMC) for more help. "Our aim is to be responsive," Rhodes said, underlining that the new assistance would have "direct military purposes."
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“Weapons...to counter aircraft” coming to an airport near you soon!
Formal Congressional declaration of war? Or another unconstitutional funded war.
NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F*ck you Zero! You useless piece...
Actually it comes from my boss who when we wanted to
do business with some people, just wouldn’t listen to us.
“Some people just won’t stand still when you try
to cram money up their butt.”
Any way, Obama be sticking it to the tar baby and
he’s going to find out it’s hard to fight with only
one hand.
Seriously, this is insane!
Who can halt this? I should be used to this never ending cycle of surprises, but I am just stunned with this one.
Maybe mclame can fly over and give his help! Get him out of my country, one man wrecking ball....
Dear Leader sides with the Sunni terrorists (al qaeda) who are killing Christians. Duh.
Key difference: Bush at least tried to support those who were against islamic violence, whereas Zero loves to support those for islamic violence!
The only stake in this game that we have is to a) verify that Assad actually DID use chemical weapons, and then b) determine just where Assad came up with these chemical weapons. Could this be where Iraq's stash of weapons went?
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Well, so be it, chemical weapons not being new news. As Samantha Power would tell the President, 90,000 dead, who cares, unless they used chemical weapons. Iran and Hizbollah having a substantial presence in this hemisphere for a long time, I'm sure we're ready for any reprecussions. After all, we have their phone calls. Assad is winning, which I suspect is the real issue. At least McCain admits it. In view of our forthcoming escalation, wonder what the USSR, sorry Russia, new people now, does. Wouldn't take much to pay us back for Afghanistan. Give the good terrorists weapons (money) to fight the bad terrorists (not that long ago folk like Nancy Pelosi thought Assad was the good terrorit), OK. Military force, not my choice but we better be prepared to win on behalf of our Sunni allies. Wonder if the Saudis and Egypt will ever use the arms we sell them for something other than attacking Israel. Call up the Turks too, they've got overwhelming force to put Assad to bed, and a base of operations in Turkey. Don't need us, don't even need the Euros.
I am wondering if Clinton is giving Obama a fig leaf. Obama can’t make a decision himself and he can’t blame this on Bush. He will blame Clinton now! :p
It is obvious they will not question Emperor Zero because not one of them have asked Obama and his National Insecurity Agency what actual proof they have ? At least Bush sent Powell to the UN to present his case. The Obama drones now need no proof.
And what is their excuse gonna be when WW III begins ? There will be millions dead. For what ? To try paint some clothes on Emperor Zero ? Come on. We deserve better then this. The world deserves better then this (hat tip Clint).
1. Gitmo - open
2. Drone strikes - 900% more
3. Leak prosecutions - 200% more than ALL others in all of US history
4. Wars - 3, now 4. Probably more we don’t know about.
5. MANPADS - 21,000 unaccounted for
6. Debt - up dramatically
7. OTHERS?
No way ... this must be stopped. Eqypt, Libya and now Syria will be given over to Al Qaeda friendly elements
“These are the Iraqi WMDs.”
so true!
How soon we forget.
McCain’s a blood-thirsty monster. Send his stinkin’ grandkids to war, then the rest of his extended family. Get rid of that gene pool entirely.
So Obama is the Clinton House Negro.
Aren’t “the rebels” al-qaeda? WTF is going on???
I fear we may soon find out two things:
1 - How well the Russian 4th generation aircraft and S-300 perform.
2 - How many Hezbollah sleeper cells there are within our borders.
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