How do you have a world without war with sociopaths running countries?

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I'm curious why Obama needed to bring the Syria bombing to Congress over WMDs but was free to bomb Lybia without approval where WMDs were not involved.

Can you explain this? One thing certain about liberal sheeple and kool aid swilling voters;logic and consistency are not their forte'.


He should have brought both to Congress, but didn't need to bring either.
 
Wasn't the stated goal all along (1) to punish Assad for using chemical weapons and (2) to degrade his ablity to do it again? The initial stategy to achieve that goal was a military strike that lots of people thought probably achieved goal number 1 (with "collateral damage" - ugh, I hate that term) but wouldn't really do much to achieve goal number 2. So, like, what's the big deal with changing strategy when presented with an opportunity to achieve those goals without "collateral damage?" How is that "ineffectual?" How is that "deferring leadership" to Putin?

This is what I don't get. How is adapting to changing circumstances to achieve the desired outcome is somehow a bad thing. Why is that? Is your position that Obama should have told Putin and Congress to go screw and launched military strikes because that was the initial strategy to achieve the desired outcome?

All I'm seeing is a lot of people starting at the conclusion that Obama is bad and working badward from there to find a justification for it.

Simple; you are mistaking verbal gaff with strategy. This wasn't the result of a change in strategy. Kerry, in typical fashion, made a verbal miscue while trying to have a coherent thought; Putin and Assad jumped on board knowing that the inept leadership grasping at straws would see it as a life preserver for their moronic rhetoric on red lines.

Now people with even half a brain would ask themselves how we can trust a nation that defends and befriends Syria's Assad and armed him to actually work to disarm the Syrian dictator.

I find it amusing when leftist sheeple who sound like Bush on Iraq now wet themselves to declare Putin Obamas savior and a peacenik extraordinaire.

If you think that anything will come of this policy based on verbal gaffs, I have a bridge I would like to sell you.
 
He should have brought both to Congress, but didn't need to bring either.

That wasn't the question though. Why did Obama not bother to ask for Lybia liberation but now suddenly thinks he needs Congressional authority on Syria; a much worse situation involving chemical weapons?
 
Simple; you are mistaking verbal gaff with strategy. This wasn't the result of a change in strategy. Kerry, in typical fashion, made a verbal miscue while trying to have a coherent thought; Putin and Assad jumped on board knowing that the inept leadership grasping at straws would see it as a life preserver for their moronic rhetoric on red lines.

Now people with even half a brain would ask themselves how we can trust a nation that defends and befriends Syria's Assad and armed him to actually work to disarm the Syrian dictator.

I find it amusing when leftist sheeple who sound like Bush on Iraq now wrt themselves to declare Putin Obamas savior and a peacenik extraordinaire.

If you think that anything will come of this policy based on verbal gaffs, I have a bridge I would like to sell you.


So the problem is that Kerry said something that led to the possibility to achieve the stated goals without military action? Why is that a problem? What should Kerry have done? Said that there was nothing Assad could do to prevent the United States from striking militarily?

I don't get it.
 
That wasn't the question though. Why did Obama not bother to ask for Lybia liberation but now suddenly thinks he needs Congressional authority on Syria; a much worse situation involving chemical weapons?

No, the question was why Obama need to bring this to Congress. The answer is that he didn't. Why he decided to bring it to Congress is a whole 'nother issue that no one here can actually address since we're not inside his mind.
 
That wasn't the question though. Why did Obama not bother to ask for Lybia liberation but now suddenly thinks he needs Congressional authority on Syria; a much worse situation involving chemical weapons?

A couple of reasons:

1) He wanted political cover so that he could get the Reps on record with him should he bomb Syria. Add to that the fact that no one else was going along with us except the French. Hence, we were on our own.
2) Libya was approved by the UN security council. While he still should have asked for approval of Congress, he did not need to
 
So the problem is that Kerry said something that led to the possibility to achieve the stated goals without military action? Why is that a problem? What should Kerry have done? Said that there was nothing Assad could do to prevent the United States from striking militarily?

I don't get it.

Wrong again; Kerry's verbal gaff has led to nothing other than embarrasment and the false belief and claim that Putin gives a rats ass about Assad's chemical stockpiles or that Russia and Syria will address this, comply with this or even care about this issue.

But if you desperately want to wallow in denial and believe that Putin and Assad can be trusted, I cannot help you.
 
A couple of reasons:

1) He wanted political cover so that he could get the Reps on record with him should he bomb Syria. Add to that the fact that no one else was going along with us except the French. Hence, we were on our own.

100% correct. But why did he need the Reps on record to bomb Syria?

2) Libya was approved by the UN security council. While he still should have asked for approval of Congress, he did not need to

Why would he not need to for Libya but need to for Syria? The UN has nothing to do with our own Constitution; when did the UN supercede the Constitution? Answer; NEVER.
 
Wrong again; Kerry's verbal gaff has led to nothing other than embarrasment and the false belief and claim that Putin gives a rats ass about Assad's chemical stockpiles or that Russia and Syria will address this, comply with this or even care about this issue.

How can a series of questions (that were unanswered, by the way) be wrong? Maybe you don't understand the concept. In any event, I don't see how it is embarassing (to whom? for what?) that there is a potential diplomatic solution on the table when what was on the table previous to that was a military strike that would not likely achieve the desired outcome (and could lead to lots of very bad negative consequences) or nothing at all. ANd I'm not aware of anyone who genuinely believes that Putin or Assad have anything but their own best interests


But if you desperately want to wallow in denial and believe that Putin and Assad can be trusted, I cannot help you.

I don't think much will be determined by the trustworthiness of either.
 
100% correct. But why did he need the Reps on record to bomb Syria?

For political cover.

Why would he not need to for Libya but need to for Syria? The UN has nothing to do with our own Constitution; when did the UN supercede the Constitution? Answer; NEVER.

Never said the UN superseded the US Constitution. I never stated it had anything to do with it.

I said the UN security council approved it. That provided him with the political cover that he does not have with Syria.
 
For political cover.

BINGO!

That provided him with the political cover that he does not have with Syria.

BINGO!

Obama is a political animal that hasn't got the first clue what real leadership is, exhibits an incredible ignorance on economics and what creates jobs and is nothing more than a community organizer on permanent campaign mode because it is the only real experience Obama has ever had.

The only thing more amazing is how gullible sheeple still desperately support this moron in the face of his incredible failures, lies and verbal gaffs. This is what happens when low information voters elect incompetent buffoons based on nothing more than trite campaign slogans like "hope and change."
 
BINGO!



BINGO!

Obama is a political animal that hasn't got the first clue what real leadership is, exhibits an incredible ignorance on economics and what creates jobs and is nothing more than a community organizer on permanent campaign mode because it is the only real experience Obama has ever had.N

The only thing more amazing is how gullible sheeple still desperately support this moron in the face of his incredible failures, lies and verbal gaffs. This is what happens when low information voters elect incompetent buffoons based on nothing more than trite campaign slogans like "hope and change."

Says someone who voted for Bush.
 
So the problem is that Kerry said something that led to the possibility to achieve the stated goals without military action? Why is that a problem? What should Kerry have done? Said that there was nothing Assad could do to prevent the United States from striking militarily?

I don't get it.

you aren't an Obama-hater; that's why you don't get it.

Obama can't do anything right in the eyes of those who hate him
 
you aren't an Obama-hater; that's why you don't get it.

Obama can't do anything right in the eyes of those who hate him

Must one hate him to not approve of how he's handle this situation? Or is it either you say he's done an excellent job or you hate him no other options?
 
Must one hate him to not approve of how he's handle this situation? Or is it either you say he's done an excellent job or you hate him no other options?


At they very least, one should explain what Obama has done that he should not have done or what he should have done differently. I haven't really seen any assessment that does that.
 
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