Posted on 09/04/2013 8:27:20 AM PDT by don-o
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the U.S. Congress had no right to approve the use of force against Syria without a decision from the U.N. Security Council, and that doing so would be an "act of aggression".
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In remarks that could raise tension further before he hosts President Barack Obama and other G20 leaders on Thursday, Putin also said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lied to Congress about the militant group al Qaeda's role in the Syrian conflict.
"They lie beautifully, of course. I saw debates in Congress. A congressman asks Mr Kerry: 'Is al Qaeda there?' He says: 'No, I am telling you responsibly that it is not'," Putin said at a meeting of his human rights council in the Kremlin.
"Al Qaeda units are the main military echelon, and they know this," he said, referring to the United States. "It was unpleasant and surprising for me - we talk to them, we proceed from the assumption that they are decent people. But he is lying and knows he is lying. It's sad."
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Benghazi? Benghazi has disappeared down the memory hole. Best not to mention it again.
You mean the homos in the Pentagon?
Putin must be one of those Swiftboat guys.
I believe that is the key point. They are elected to look after the USA and it's citizens. That is their priority.
Spending a fortune on a foreign civil war where both sides hate us, with money we have to borrow from another adversary of ours?
How could that be in "our" best interest?
The Brits gave the world a civics lesson last week. I’m praying Congress does the same. U.S. credibility will not be hurt by this, it will be enhanced.
A real problem.
-The driveby media successfully took down an American President, Richard Nixon.
-The tried and failed to take down Reagan. Look how much time they took on Iran-Contra-gate, only to have Lt Col Oliver North turn the tables on them.
-They decided to get even by going after GHW Bush as some kind of goofy elitist by making him look like an idiot because he never saw a bar code scanner.
-The driveby media GAVE us Clinton by pumping up a third party under Ross Perot, who never had a chance. Do watch how they ignore third parties when it’s a democrat in the White House.
-They disparaged GW Bush to the point of making him a pariah.
-They were ready to give us Hillary but Obama snatched that away, which was fine by them. Now any criticism of Obama is either swept away or called racism.
For 50-75 years, liberal elitists in the press have ruled American politics, and therefore the world, and still do.
These idiots are taking us right into WWIII if they do not start thinking.
Which gives Russia a national economic interest in saving Assad which we do not have and thus a reason to fight against us if we stick our noses in. If Europe wants that gas pipeline then they need to do the dirty work themselves we have no national interest in helping al Quaeda over Russia's historic dictator partner just so Europe can outmaneuver Russia on oil.
We definetly do not have a national interest in bombing Assad and leaving those WMDs in al Qaeda's hands.
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