Senate Syria resolution: 60 days with an option for 90, no ground troops

Hotair ^ | 09/04/2013 | Ed Morrissey

[elpadre]

Gretchen on F&F read a piece of the Senate resolution which called for the US to get involved in the civil war and find a resolution to it(or words to that effect)- this must not pass!!

[KeyLargo]

[Wurlitzer]

Sure takes the ruling elite (both parties) a hell of a lot of words to craft enough loop holes to do what they damned well please.

Thank you, all you enemies within congress, for helping the worse KNOWN rag head faction to rise to the top.

I sure Al-Qaeda will be our friend after the dust settles. They will be a better friend than Great Britain in the Prophet Obunghole’s mind.

And I did not think it possible to think less of congress or our pResident.

[Fresh Wind]

Senate says Obama can play ObamaWar for 60 Days, maybe 90, but that's it!

Yes, but Obama gets a free upgrade to Global Thermonuclear War®.

[GreenHornet]

Dennis Miller: “We are the only country in the world that sends out save-the-date attack cards.”

[ExTexasRedhead]

Ground troops can be the US Congress lead by OBayMe and his gutless wonders.

[Deo volente]

You’re right. This began as a 2-3 day “limited” attack using cruise missiles to target Assad’s chemical weapons facilities and command/control centers, and now they’re talking about 60 to 90 days?!

[SeekAndFind]

From the Washington Post

President Obama is weighing a military strike against Syria that would be of limited scope and duration, designed to serve as punishment for Syria’s use of chemical weapons and as a deterrent, while keeping the United States out of deeper involvement in that country’s civil war, according to senior administration officials.

The timing of such an attack, which would probably last no more than two days and involve sea-launched cruise missiles — or, possibly, long-range bombers — striking military targets not directly related to Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, would be dependent on three factors: completion of an intelligence report assessing Syrian government culpability in last week’s alleged chemical attack; ongoing consultation with allies and Congress; and determination of a justification under international law.

[simka]

No one has considered that Syria’s Air Defense systems were supplied by Russia, and probably manned by Russians. What will happen when we start killing Russians??

[Pit1]

And manned with P-800’s missiles. Crap is about to hit the WH fan.

[SisterK]

What?
No proof that Assad is the guilty party.
MB admitted that they fumbled the ordnance.
Satan gets his war.

[SisterK]

Don’t know that it is actually gold bars at stake....Perhaps empty US petro dollars on the line. Regardless, you are correct: follow the money.

[Nowhere Man]

And manned with P-800’s missiles. Crap is about to hit the WH fan.

I have an old article from a 1981 issue of Elementary Electronics about electronic warfare and it discussed the 1973 Yom Kippur War where the Israelis had trouble against the SA-6's and SA-8's back then. I'm sure they are still there as well as many pointed out, they are also among more updated SAM's too.

[1010RD]

War on, war off.

What do these guys think this is some kind of game?

It’s like international tiddlywinks with a little death and mayhem tossed in for grins and giggles. They’re treating war like some kind of shambles you open and close at will.