US preparing to launch cruise missile attack on Syria

[Spata]

Obama Willing to Pursue Solo Syria Strikes


WASHINGTON - President Obama is prepared to move ahead with a limited military strike on Syria, administration officials said on Thursday, even with a rejection of such action by Britain’s Parliament, an increasingly restive Congress, and lacking an endorsement from the United Nations Security Council.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/us/politics/obama-syria.html?smid=re-share&_r=0

UK lawmakers vote against military action against Syria after its alleged use of chemical weapons.


LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron has lost a vote endorsing military action against Syria by 13 votes, a stunning defeat for a government which had seemed days away from joining the U.S. in possible attacks to punish Bashar Assad’s regime over an alleged chemical weapons attack.

http://globalnews.ca/news/810041/uk-parliament-votes-down-syria-resolution/

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[DPI]

We need a coalition. No way he will go alone. Yeah right, O is a flamin liar!

 

[AKJ20]

 

[farmerbyron]

Well this explains everything.

 

[0311]

What's this on CNN saying that most Republican law makers support a strike? I'm no law maker, but I'm a Repulican, and I sure as heck don't support it. Where does Boehner stand on this?

 

[uncle money bags]

 

[Spata]

Congressman: Intercepted Talks Prove Syria Used Chemical Weapons


Obama administration officials briefed members of Congress on Thursday on the intelligence they say proves it was Syrian President Bashar Assad who used chemical weapons against his own people.

Frank Thorp, of NBC News, and Reuters report that after the conference call, Rep. Eliot Engel, a Democrat from New York, said the administration told them intercepted communications from high level officials proved it was the regime, not the rebels who used chemical weapons.

"They weren't specific in terms of 'Person A named so-and-so did this and said that.'" Thorp quotes Engel as saying.

This is not exactly new. Foreign Policy Magazine reported as much on Tuesday, saying "an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense exchanged panicked phone calls with a leader of a chemical weapons unit, demanding answers for a nerve agent strike that killed more than 1,000 people."

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement after the briefing. He said that while he doesn't support "boots on the ground," he would support "surgical, proportional military strikes given the strong evidence of the Assad regime's continued use of chemical warfare."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[71buickfreak]

Well this explains everything.

That made my brain hurt.

 

[Glocktogo]

So..., fiction then.

I thought you might be talking about the Reagan that sent his national security advisor, Bob McFarlane, on a secret mission to Tehran with a cake to express good will.
Yep, brilliant foreign policy in those days.

The only fiction is in your head dude. Keep chattering about Iran, but that crap goes back to 1913. NO ONE had a chance on that front and not one single U.S. president since 1979 has made a dent in that nut. Eisenhower made damned sure of that! As for Reagan, he wasn't the best but he was better than any that have followed him, regardless of the FOPA.

You got anything else? Cause what you've brought so far is weak sauce!

 

[Glocktogo]

What's this on CNN saying that most Republican law makers support a strike? I'm no law maker, but I'm a Repulican, and I sure as heck don't support it. Where does Boehner stand on this?

Most frequently? On his boner.

Congressman: Intercepted Talks Prove Syria Used Chemical Weapons

Obama administration officials briefed members of Congress on Thursday on the intelligence they say proves it was Syrian President Bashar Assad who used chemical weapons against his own people.

Frank Thorp, of NBC News, and Reuters report that after the conference call, Rep. Eliot Engel, a Democrat from New York, said the administration told them intercepted communications from high level officials proved it was the regime, not the rebels who used chemical weapons.

"They weren't specific in terms of 'Person A named so-and-so did this and said that.'" Thorp quotes Engel as saying.

This is not exactly new. Foreign Policy Magazine reported as much on Tuesday, saying "an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense exchanged panicked phone calls with a leader of a chemical weapons unit, demanding answers for a nerve agent strike that killed more than 1,000 people."

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement after the briefing. He said that while he doesn't support "boots on the ground," he would support "surgical, proportional military strikes given the strong evidence of the Assad regime's continued use of chemical warfare."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Odds are this is correct. Therefore we should send in the World Police to arrest Assad. BTW, the United States isn't the World Police, no matter how desperately some war mongers in DC wish we were.