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Britain and America: a couple of kakistocracies.
1 posted on 08/25/2013 3:46:24 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

I do not hear any Republican or sensible Democrat voice opposition to this incredibly stupid venture. Where oh where is Dennis Kucinich when we need you.


36 posted on 08/25/2013 4:09:34 PM PDT by conservativehistorian (civilizational suicide continues)
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To: SoFloFreeper
The people over there messed up. They have made it very rough.
The people over there messed up. They have made it very rough.
We have to go over there and show them what it means to be real tough!
--Fats Domino, from Korea Blues

41 posted on 08/25/2013 4:13:50 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: SoFloFreeper
'Wag the dog' in action.. Chem strike horror staged by rebels (and U.S.) to justify bombing Assad.

Has 0bama approached Congress for consent to war in Syria??? Libya all over again.. Another war by 0bama, not authorized by Congress. ANOTHER impeachable offense.

43 posted on 08/25/2013 4:16:20 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: SoFloFreeper

They should ask for it back

45 posted on 08/25/2013 4:17:36 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: SoFloFreeper
What American citizen, direct American interest, or Constitutional duty is in imminent danger that would allow him to act without Congressional approval in advance? The executive isn't permitted to issue military strikes which are strictly punitive under our law.
47 posted on 08/25/2013 4:18:15 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Hoping the answer is YES.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Lets ask the Israelis how easy it was for them when they intervened in Lebanon’s civil war.


49 posted on 08/25/2013 4:21:37 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: SoFloFreeper

So where is the Stop the War agitators?


50 posted on 08/25/2013 4:24:35 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: SoFloFreeper

Where is his UN permission slip?


51 posted on 08/25/2013 4:26:11 PM PDT by plain talk
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OPERATION DESERT CLOWN


54 posted on 08/25/2013 4:27:05 PM PDT by devolve (----- ----- ----- it not unlegal iffen I do`s it ----- ----- -----)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Meanwhile, The sons Obama terrorize the homeland.


56 posted on 08/25/2013 4:27:53 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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What kind of ‘’attacks’’ is our government planning to use against Syria that haven’t already been used with an extraordinary lack of success in our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade?

Does Obama have a new secret weapon that can bring the combined forces of Syria and its allies, Iran and Russia, to their knees in weeks? If so, why haven’t we been using it in Afghanistan against the mere tribal groups we haven’t been able to overcome for twelve years?

And, of course, the Obama administration realizes that it will have to wrap everything up in just a few short months since Iran is expected to have its nuclear weapon ready for deployment by that time, and if we’re still at war with the Syria-Iran-Russian axis of hatred against the U.S., things could get very unpleasant for us.


57 posted on 08/25/2013 4:29:15 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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“The missiles are flying.....hallelujah.....hallelujah!”


58 posted on 08/25/2013 4:30:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Russia and China may permit Obama to have his way with Syria ... for a price, a very steep price. Obama may just be fixated enough on his Caliphate dreams to pay that price.

The American people and freedom-loving people everywhere will end up paying that price: U.S. defense systems out of Europe, Spratling Islands to China, Taiwan to China, etc., etc.

59 posted on 08/25/2013 4:32:06 PM PDT by Praxeologue
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Picking sides in this one is bad. Let them continue to kill each other.


67 posted on 08/25/2013 4:38:20 PM PDT by Comanche
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It looks like these guys are now our best buds...

جواسيس نصيرية وقعوا بيد أسود الأنبار ! ماذا تتوقعون الرد !! ( الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام ) (Warning, Graphic content!)

70 posted on 08/25/2013 4:39:43 PM PDT by Gritty (This war against Islamism is being lost because it cannot even be acknowledged- Mark Steyn)
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тонуть этой линкора (tonut' etoy linkora "sink that battleship")
73 posted on 08/25/2013 4:41:16 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Pres—ent Present won’t do anything until he gets clearance from the real man in charge, Valerie Jarrett.


76 posted on 08/25/2013 4:44:07 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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The Royal Navy only has one class of vessel that can fire the Tomahawk missile and that is their nuclear attack submarines. Our nuclear subs can also do so, particularly the SSGN Ohio conversions, each of which can carry up to 154 Tomahawks.

We would also use our Burke class destroyers, of which we have gathered four there off the coast of Syria.

But there are also some serious concerns. The Russians sold the Syrians several very advanced surface to surface anti-shipping missiles called Yakhonts. They are the Russian export version of their P-800 Onik missiles which the NATO designation for is SS-N-26. Mach 2.5, 185 mile range, flies at 30 ft. A tough weapon to counter.

The Israelis hit the Syrian port where these missiles were delivered and most analysts believe their target were in fact these missiles. Did they get them all? We just do not know. if they have any...they would use them against naval forces attacking them if they can.

The second concern is the Russians. the Russians already have a group of decent vessels in the area and on Friday Putin threatened to reinforce them with more units as a response to the US Navy positioning four destroyers near Syria. Is Putin willing to use them? Would he do so to protet his interests in Syria? it is a critical question and consideration because the Russian vessels are state of the art and not push overs by any stretch.

Finally, the most basic question is very straight forward. What are the US interests in this?

Both Bush presidencies and Clinton found a way to work with, or tolerate Assad. None of them tried to over throw him. That is because there is a very critical balancing act going on there. Assad is far more stable and less dangerous to our actual interests than a chaos that is filled by fundamental Islamic extremists.

A storng enough Assad to keep in check the sectarian and minority strife in the region is critical. There is a delicate balance with the various Muslim sects and the Kurds there for Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. As long as we remind Assad, whenever he steps over aline that threatens our interests, using Israel as the hammer, that has kept all of this in balance.

but nomw Obama, with his “Arab Spriong,” fixation, which itself seems intent on installing radical Islamic regimes throughout the region, is in danger of upsetting all of this.

Thank God the people of Egypt and their military saw through it and had enough before two years was out and before Morsi could consolidate his power. He and the Muslim Brotherhood are no out in Egypt and that is a very good thing.

I do not believe Russia will allow Syria to either fall into chaos or become a new extremist Islamic Republic. we shouldn’t either.

So, my prayer is that the liberal administrations of the UK, France, and the US will not prevail in this desire to continue to support upheaval in Syria. Unless there is a very strong, pro-western, secular group that can take power in Syria (and there isn’t) we should not support the islamic rebels trying to overthrow Assad. We would be far better off maintaining the status quo there.


78 posted on 08/25/2013 4:56:26 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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WHAT THE HECK FOR????
It’s muslim vs muslim!
I’d give them all the guns, and when the smoke clears, THEN, eradicate Syria, for all it’s causing trouble with Israel!


79 posted on 08/25/2013 4:59:46 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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Syria is Obama’s VIetnam...there I said it.


82 posted on 08/25/2013 5:05:17 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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