Publicly, President Obama and other officials have lamented the lack of an obvious military solution to the civil war in Syria. Privately, and sometimes not so privately, they’ve continued pushing forward with plans for direct military intervention in Syria.
Based in Jordan, US troops started funneling Saudi-bought weapons to the rebels, but that’s not the end of the intervention, as the US military is feverishly constructing runways for military aircraft along the Jordan-Syria border, nominally for “reconnaissance aircraft.”
Recently though, officials have talked of the possibility of launching air strikes against targets inside Syria, attacking al-Qaeda-linked rebels as well as government targets, and insinuating the US as yet another belligerent force in the already complex civil war.
President Obama intended a full-scale invasion of Syria last year, but was foiled by overwhelming public opposition to the war. The plan now seems to be to pretend a war is not in the offing while advancing it every chance they get, hoping that they can get the war more or less under way before anyone has a chance to object.
Well with those military masterminds planning the attack it is bound to fail – thank God – but I guess Obama and Kerry will say it was a success just like Iraq and Afghanistan – when will these people ever learn?
Well with those military masterminds planning the attack it is bound to fail – thank God – but I guess Obama and Kerry will say it was a success just like Iraq and Afghanistan – when will these people ever learn?
Obama/Kerry must think that, in their minds, they made a mistake by publicly announcing the missile strike. This time, I'll bet that, as Ditz said, they just go ahead and start bombing, (like they did in Libya), before anyone is paying attention. The president of the "exceptional nation" doesn't need no stinkin' Congressional or UN authorization.
Obama/Kerry must think that, in their minds, they made a mistake by publicly announcing the missile strike. This time, I'll bet that, as Ditz said, they just go ahead and start bombing, (like they did in Libya), before anyone is paying attention. The president of the "exceptional nation" doesn't need no stinkin' Congressional or UN authorization.
Well, what does anyone expect from a president that leads from behind.
Imagine reversing the headline: Syria still sees military option against America. America so casually issues threats.
The failure to renounce the "Unitary Executive" doctrine at the very outset of his presidency gave the Nobel Peace Prize winner's game away even before he started to play. A big part of the reason America elected him in the first place was the citizens rejecting that doctrine, but he wanted that authoritarian power.