[freekitty]

Why does Obama want this war?

[jazusamo]

He says no but I believe it’s all about face saving on his red line idiotic statement.

[xzins]

He wants a strict Islamic movement in charge wherever he turns. The groups they want us to support in Syria are the Wahabis and the Salafists calling themselves the “free Syrian army.”

“Free” only until those jokers get in charge.

[jamaksin]

"Giddy Minds and Foreign Quarrels" from the bard and later by Beard circa 1938 ... it is a deflection of any/all attention to domestic "screw ups" such as the various scandals - F&F, IRS, corrupt DoJ, ... , etc.

As the GOP, leaderless as well as hapless, cannot get a clue, the Nation awaits the 2014 elections now being skirmished and that in 2016 for the anointed one.

Another obvious question - where is Issa et al. on any of the above? Sound and Fury signifying [absolutely] Nothing.

[tbw2]

Obamacare is due to be implemented in October. War is a distraction - and it typically rallies people behind the leader.
He gets to go to war and look like a hero, distracting us from the social chaos Obamacare will cause on top of the economic malaise is has already given us.