After several weeks of delays, Rep. Mike Rogers (R – MI) reported that Congress has abandoned its opposition to President Obama’s plan to arm Syrian rebels, and says that the president is free to “move forward.”
Congressional concerns centered around the plan’s lack of specificity about who would get the arms, and how the administration intends to keep those arms out of the hands of al-Qaeda, which is increasingly dominant among rebel factions.
The public has no more clue about the answers today than we did when the president first announced his intentions, though several secret sessions of the House Intelligence Committee have been held on the matter.
Still, several in Congress reiterated their opposition to the plan, saying they don’t believe the arms are going to have a positive impact on the civil war, and that al-Qaeda will definitely be a beneficiary of the US largesse. That suggests the secret sessions haven’t so much erased the doubts as simply placated enough well-positioned Congressmen to go ahead with the plan, no matter how bad an idea it is.
Here we go… I guess it will be up to the powerful forces in the military to intervene and to keep the US government from doing stupid stuff, again. When it comes to these Congress creatures, just what occupies the space inside their skulls that is occupied by the brain in most humans?
just what occupies the space inside their skulls that is occupied by the brain in most humans?
Zionist kickbacks.
My question is, did NSA surveillance hade anything to do with senators giving up.???
great question.
Looks like it's going to be another "Peace Prize" for Obama.
tragedy & no hope.
i felt the rubbish about kerry & talks about talks to resolve the israel/palestinian issue meant war was on in another muslim country.
remember when geoge jr. announced the two-state road map for peace in june 2002 so that it LOOKED LIKE the US wasn't anti-muslim, as they ramped up the illegal attack on iraq! same thing happening now.
Almost everyone in the country is against this, and yet it is happening. Can people please stop referring to this country as a democracy?
The legislative branch people have about 200 million of their own personal money invested in war companies. How can you expect them to refrain from enriching themselves by drumming up business? This is an unacceptable and outrageous conflict of interest that could not exist in a moral society.
Funny how our politicians try to disarm Americans and poo-poo the notion of an armed American populace overthrowing an oppressive government, but at the same time have no problem arming foreigners for the specific purpose of overthrowing their government.
"…[Congress]…says that the president is free to “move forward.” Here they go again. Arming insurgents in a sovereign nation is an act of war. If Congress agrees that the President is justified in starting another war, Congress should pony up and take their Constitutional responsibilities seriously and vote on an OFFICIAL Declaration of War – not another of these "go do what you think is necessary" passes. Make Congress go on record as the ones who are declaring war on Syria – they can even get Israel to countersign.
Obama has already been arming them covertly for years. the below comment is correct that openly arming them is just another step on the way. it is getting the public into the cold water slowly so they get used to it.
I have a plan. Send Mike Rogers and his children if he has any into the meat grinder since he is such a war hawk from 5000 miles away.
It really doesn't matter. This is just a "check the box" action before the US and NATO initiate an air campaign against Syria. It doesn't matter what weapons the insurgents get, they can't defeat the Syrian military. So nothing will change on the ground.
The real goal of all this is to use the US and NATO military intervention to degrade Syria and Hizballah in Lebanon from being effective actors in an Iran war. That is the overall strategic goal of the Syria crisis. The US and NATO will attack Syria, Israel will attack Lebanon – probably by end of the year. After that conflict is resolved, the US and Israel will attack Iran under some pretext.
Correction needed:
US Congress Signs Off on Arming al Qaeda in Syria
There really must be something in the water in Washington that renders them completely stupid.
Nothing better to do than stick our noses in another war! Where ever there is a battle count on the US getting involved. Ridiculous.