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Boehner: Obama’s request for authorization to arm the Syrian “moderates” is a sound one
HotAir ^ | Sep. 16, 2014 | AllahPundit

Posted on 09/16/2014 1:19:54 PM PDT by Bettyprob

I’m dying to know what this guy knows to make him think our quixotic project to essentially build an army in Syria from scratch is worth publicly endorsing. I can’t recall reading a single analysis lately that’s bullish about it; the best-case scenario seems to be that the “moderates” will end up being ineffective but not egregiously counterproductive. As it is, this authorization request seems like a naked attempt by O to get Republicans to sign on to the part of his strategy that’s most likely to backfire so that he can share blame later.

Happy to oblige, says the Speaker.

“I frankly think the president’s request is a sound one. I think there’s a lot more that we need to be doing, but there’s no reason for us not to do what the president asked us to do,” the Ohio Republican said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Syria
KEYWORDS: boehner; crybaby; obama; syria
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To: Bettyprob

Oh what a great idea... boehner only wants to arm the guys who now have a non-agression pact with Isis


21 posted on 09/16/2014 1:37:12 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Bettyprob
Boehner: Obama’s request for authorization to arm the Syrian “moderates” is a sound one

Moderate muslims are like Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster and patriotoc democrats..

Many say they exist but no one has actually seen one.


22 posted on 09/16/2014 1:43:05 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Bettyprob

What good are the Republicans? Can they be this dense?

There are no good guys in the middle east. They’re all bearded savages. Some are worse than others. Arming these bastards will come back to haunt us.


23 posted on 09/16/2014 1:45:59 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Bettyprob
obumbler overthrew Hussein and how did that turn out?

obumbler overthrew Kadafi, and how did that turn out?

obumbler overthrew the Egyptian government, or at least made it easier, and how did that turn out? It would have been the worst disaster of all had not the Egyptian people taken things into their own hands and got rid of the Muslim Brotherhood....and what did obumbler do? He tried to make the Egyptian people take the Muslim Brotherhood back and threatened to cut off our foreign aid if they did not. Luckily they hung tough.

What will happen if obumbler overthrows Assad?

The result will be even worse as ISIS will own Syria.

We should be arming Assad with the condition that he kill every ISIS.

Assad is a single person. We know where he lives. He could be managed as Reagan managed Kadaffi. ISIS is impossible to deal with or manage other than killing every last one of them.

Assad is not nearly as dangerous to us as is ISIS.

24 posted on 09/16/2014 1:53:21 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: dforest

It would be a lot more effective, and cheaper in the long run, to provide the Kurdish Peshmerga with a full range of modern weapons, and tell them, anything you take away from the ISIS is yours.

Including all the territory the ISIS now holds.

Turkey would be able to build a dozen cities, with all the bricks they would crap out. And right now, Turkey is an enemy. Regardless of whether they are a part of NATO or not.

Turkey is the gateway through which ISIS is selling oil on the black market, and the entry point for newly recruited ISIS fighters.

We may even yet end up being allies to Bashar al-Assad. He might be an SOB, but he would then be OUR SOB, and not Iran’s.

In “1984” the switch from support of one side in the eternal war that was going on, it was a frequent change of one side to the other. Winston Smith’s full-time occupation then was to remove all references to the side that was the enemy the previous day, and re-insert documentation that provided “proof” that the one-time enemy had been on the side of Oceania all the time. Eurasia and Eastasia were the other two superpowers, which were constantly shifting alliances, but never with all three on the same side at any given time.

Now, more than ever, “1984” was almost eerily prescient.

Excuse me. It is time for the daily Two-Minute Hate.


25 posted on 09/16/2014 1:56:47 PM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: Diogenesis

26 posted on 09/16/2014 1:58:41 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Bonehead Boehner is an idiot. Never give a sinking ship a life raft.
27 posted on 09/16/2014 2:04:10 PM PDT by Fungi (Who is June Christy?)
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To: molson209
moderates get free weapons from Obama and sell them to ISIS.

How about those signing up for ISIS are directed to this US program, get free training and weapons and a paycheck. Then, they can join ISIS, good to go.

It is TOTALLY INSANE that the US is not on Assad's side, fighting to keep him in power, stabilize Syria, and disintegrate ISIS.

28 posted on 09/16/2014 2:10:25 PM PDT by grania
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To: alloysteel
1984 was almost eerily prescient

But off by 30 years. Now take IDIOCRACY. That's eerily prescient, but happening ahead of schedule.

29 posted on 09/16/2014 2:13:54 PM PDT by grania
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To: Bettyprob

Boehner is Exhibit A of what’s wrong with the Republican Party. But there are hundreds of other exibits too.


30 posted on 09/16/2014 2:16:55 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Bettyprob
"At the end of the day, most of the arms that we give to people are used against us. Most of the people we train turn against us,"--Sen. Joe Manchin, D WV

Sad day when a Democrat has more common sense than the GOP Speaker.

31 posted on 09/16/2014 2:17:08 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: hal ogen

His Viking name—Boehner the Boneless.


32 posted on 09/16/2014 2:18:31 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Diogenesis

Long time Isis embracer, than McQueeg.


34 posted on 09/16/2014 2:48:58 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Bettyprob

So we are going to find a group of fighters who we will train and arm so that they can give up their fight against the Syrian regime and be our “boots on the ground” against against ISIS (and maybe other groups)? Come on, how much is Assad paying Obama?


35 posted on 09/16/2014 2:49:38 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Fungi
Bonehead Boehner is an idiot. Never give a sinking ship a life raft.

I don't think Obama will find anybody willing to fight for the USA.

36 posted on 09/16/2014 2:52:59 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Bettyprob

Boner has his nose so far up Obunghole’s bunghole......


37 posted on 09/16/2014 3:04:40 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Bettyprob

We should not be arming any group or nation that is hostile to the US, nor without ongoing US military supervision. These weapons, like those left behind in Iraq, will come back to haunt us.


38 posted on 09/16/2014 3:31:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: old curmudgeon

Major error.

obumbler did nt overthrow Hussein.

Bush did that.

But it still was a major error.

In fact, our actions in the Mideast have been a disaster through four administrations Bush, Clinton, Bush and obumbler.


39 posted on 09/16/2014 3:32:55 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: Starboard
Globalists all. Voting will not solve this problem.
40 posted on 09/16/2014 6:49:32 PM PDT by cowboyusa
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