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Obama doesn't need Congress to intervene in Syria
AFP ^ | August 26, 2013

Posted on 08/26/2013 5:01:56 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

US President Barack Obama has the authority to launch air strikes against Syria. But he has to notify lawmakers in Congress -- a process which has begun, according to both sides.

"The administration is actively consulting with members of Congress, and we will continue to have these conversations in the days ahead," Kerry said Monday in a strongly-worded statement on Syria.

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1 posted on 08/26/2013 5:01:56 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Illegal war for oil!


2 posted on 08/26/2013 5:08:43 PM PDT by South40
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Notify?


3 posted on 08/26/2013 5:10:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Air strikes for what? To oust Assad so Al Qaeda can take his place?


4 posted on 08/26/2013 5:12:52 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You mean John “...in the manner of Genghis Khan....” Kerry? The guy with that piece of NVA rice in his brain?


5 posted on 08/26/2013 5:14:00 PM PDT by onedoug
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No Americans have been attacked in Syria so any war by this president is lawless.


6 posted on 08/26/2013 5:14:07 PM PDT by omega4179
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Air strikes for what?

They're one of the few remaining places we haven't bombed yet?

7 posted on 08/26/2013 5:20:27 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Presidents can now fund/give arms to foreigners to overthrow other governments and air strike against foreign nations is not really war?


8 posted on 08/26/2013 5:24:42 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We are so, SO screwed.
What a disaster this guy has brought to us.


9 posted on 08/26/2013 5:28:58 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
He doesn't even need a valid birth certificate to attack Syria.

Now that's just scary.

10 posted on 08/26/2013 5:29:14 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
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Only six days until
September.

Please donate today.

11 posted on 08/26/2013 5:29:19 PM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: CMB_polarization

Or a drug test


12 posted on 08/26/2013 5:31:03 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I take it that this means Egypt and Libyan are Utopian paradises now?

This guy is like a bull in a china shop.


13 posted on 08/26/2013 5:31:32 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
AMAZING how quiet the Anti-War liberal left is on yet another pending undeclared war by the Peace Prize President Obama, isn't it??

LBJ went from being a so called great liberal president with the liberals with his war on poverty, which is still being lost, to one of the worse presidents ever after he deepened the Nam War.

Now, Obozoliar appears to be following in the footsteps of LBJ with his lies about Assad and Syria, while covering for the Muslim Brotherhood Thugs and al Queda in Syria.


14 posted on 08/26/2013 5:31:52 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Obozoliar and his thugs in his outhouse lie 24/7/365. They are unable to tell the truth.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yup. Notify. He has a certain amount of time to notify and can conduct a war pretty much unilaterally until then. I want to say its 60 days under the war powers act.

Not that notifying congress would much matter. With congressional “leaders” like boehner, owebama can do pretty much whatever he wants.


15 posted on 08/26/2013 5:41:21 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
somebody ought to tell the bonehead not to expect a call from the obozo
16 posted on 08/26/2013 5:41:48 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Zero going to bomb an aspirin factory?


17 posted on 08/26/2013 5:43:57 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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To: Grampa Dave

The drone king says Obey...


18 posted on 08/26/2013 5:44:34 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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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obama doesn’t need Congress to intervene in Syria

No , he’s using Kerry ,LOL


19 posted on 08/26/2013 5:52:33 PM PDT by molson209 (Hillary Clinton)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Congress declares war, not the President.

There is no imminent threat to the US by Syria.

Congress needs to perform their mandate and impeach this lawless person Obama.


20 posted on 08/26/2013 5:53:01 PM PDT by Ray76 (Common sense immigration reform: Enforce Existing Law)
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