Posted on 09/01/2013 9:02:12 AM PDT by Nachum
John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, said on Sunday that the administration had new evidence that sarin gas was used in an attack by Syrian government forces that killed 1,400 people last month. Kerry also said that he is certain that Congress will approve the attack on Syria, and invoked the name of Israel in this context.
I cant contemplate that Congress would turn its back on Israel and Jordan and the allies of the region, Kerry said on Fox News Sunday, saying that lawmakers had a duty to act to uphold international norms against using chemical weapons. Kerry stressed that it was important to send a tough message to other nations pursuing weapons programs, like Iran and North Korea.
Kerry, also sent a warning to Assad, saying that if he were foolish enough to harm his people again, then US President Barack Obama might take military action without waiting for Congress.
Of course the president of the United States knows we have the power to do this, and I assume he would move very, very rapidly, Kerry said.
Kerry said hair and blood samples from first responders who were helping victims in the Damascus neighborhood of Ghota al Sharkiya have tested positive for signatures of sarin. He did not say how the administration had obtained the evidence, but expressed confidence that the case against Assad was going to build.
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These days, most of the time, they can't even be bothered to get out their rubber stamps.
They just look the other way, pretend nothing is going on and let Premier O'Bozo run wild.
I hope Congress votes no because we have no business being there. It's immoral to our military. I think the rebels launched this attack and there has no proof that says who did it. This will not be a short little hit and run. It will certainly turn into a ground invasion.
He needs to explain exactly how this is a problem for Americans, not anyone else - but America here at home in the USA. That's why I believe Kerry/Obama wants to go to congress. So the US can have a license to go the whole 9, not just missile strikes. The entire world is tired of this crap. We have enough problems at home.
And the Repubs are already on the hot seat because they castigate him for "deciding to go to Congress now". He broke it; he owns it. Let it be part of his "legacy".
Every war the U.S. has been involved in since 1990 has had as its purpose the saving of the lives of Muslims.
Cantcha just FEEL all that muzzie gratitude what be coming our way for all them years??
Hot d@mn, now we get to go do it some more, praise Allah!!!
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