Incoming Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Corker (R – TN) claims the Pentagon was prepared to launch a “very targeted, very brief” war against Syria in August of 2013, before the deal was reached on chemical weapons disarmament.
Sen. Corker claimed that it was going to be a “10-hour operation” and that “folks were going to be a part of it with us,” who weren’t informed that the war wasn’t going to happen until they saw Obama on CNN.
Corker was very clear about his opposition to the lack of war at the time, saying Obama “jumped in Putin’s lap” by agreeing to the chemical disarmament deal, and says that led directly to where the US is on Syria today.
Corker’s comments set the stage for an incoming Senate full of hawks who are likely to be extremely critical of the current wars not being bigger than they are, and constantly complaining over the potential wars that somehow weren’t launched.
corker is easily flattered and thinks he is a big shot.
Our attack may have been planned for 10 hours. That does not mean the war would end when that attack ended. Once a war starts, the other side has a say in when it ends, and how it ends. Along the way, the other side will react to attacks, in this case perhaps by getting and/or using weapons they hadn't without the attack.
Corker's statement matches extreme ignorance to extreme arrogance.
"…extreme ignorance to extreme arrogance…"
The perfect definition of who/what we send to represent us in Congress. Says a lot about us, doesn't it?
The way he says "Obama jumped in Putin's lap" is the kind of thing that makes you wanna jump in Corker's face and give him a brief but brisk back-handed slap in the jowls.
The American people did not want war against Syria, skumbag! If this bloated gas bag has kids, please have them sign up immediately for combat duty, otherwise shut your goddamn hole.
It's Kritters like this who make Kongress the popular elected institution it is today.
"…popular elected institution it is today."
And as long as the American voter is never asked to pay a price for the idiots that they elect, they will never change their habits of electing these people.