Massive use of chemical weapons in Syria, 1,429 killed including 426 children

[mongers]

I agree that chemical weapons use is a dangerous crossing of an important red line that must be deterred and punished, but I don't agree that we should rush into action for the sake of credibilty without showing how they fit a strategy of ending the civil war.

Bu that's not the issue here.  We're talking about bombing the horse, not the cart.

But how do you shut the stable door ?

[CountDeMoney]

Well gee, Mr. Peabody, lets go back in time to 1946.

[CountDeMoney]

President Obomba will be holding a public statement and remarks in the Rose Garden at 1:15pm today.
Confirmed that he will be conducting a "conference call" with Congress later today.

There's your Whore Powers Act right there.

[11B4V]

So my American friends - are you ready for yet another round in the the middle-eastern quagmire?  Obama should detonate a nuke high above Damascus - as a warning.



G.

He will do nothing.

I bet the admit the Obama administration will take some form of military action.  You wanna take that bet.

Has to be direct action. What you want to bet?

Obama is all bluster and his own party wont back him.

[sbr]

How do you define "direct action"?

[CountDeMoney]

11Bravo takes his lead straight out of Teabagger Central Casting.

[Legbiter]

Obama's asking for Congress to give a DOW? 

[Ed Anger]

What a goddamn pussy.

[Legbiter]

So, how does this thing work?

[CountDeMoney]

LOL, like this is the President to seek Congressional approval for the War Powers Act.  Really?   

Don't worry, Mr. Cameron, looks like you've got a roommate now!

[Legbiter]

Looks like the French will have to do another Mali. 

[Eddie Teach]

France can't do much about this alone. Mali didn't have the Tsar propping it up.

[CountDeMoney]

Meh, it's really not that big of a deal;  under the mechanisms WPA, the president is required to consult Congress per Section 3 but they can't bar him from using military force;  it's just that he's got 48 hours to inform them of the commencement of hostilities, and the clock for the 60 day limit begins.  Since there's no reason to believe it would go past 60 days, no fuss, no muss.
If Congress passes a resolution saying "Bad Obama, Bad", it won't look good, but it can't really stop him, either.

[Razgovory]

So my American friends - are you ready for yet another round in the the middle-eastern quagmire?  Obama should detonate a nuke high above Damascus - as a warning.



G.

He will do nothing.

I bet the admit the Obama administration will take some form of military action.  You wanna take that bet.

Has to be direct action. What you want to bet?

Obama is all bluster and his own party wont back him.

Define "direct action"

[Razgovory]

Meh, it's really not that big of a deal;  under the mechanisms WPA, the president is required to consult Congress per Section 3 but they can't bar him from using military force;  it's just that he's got 48 hours to inform them of the commencement of hostilities, and the clock for the 60 day limit begins.  Since there's no reason to believe it would go past 60 days, no fuss, no muss.
If Congress passes a resolution saying "Bad Obama, Bad", it won't look good, but it can't really stop him, either.

It's a mistake to ask this congress.  He'll give them a platform and they'll go on about Benghazi, Obamacare, and Fast and Furious.  You'll never get them to shut up.