Syria is minding her business; let’s do the same

I’ve written to the White House and my congressional representatives expressing my opinion. It is my opinion you do not save face and credibility by killing people or destroying their property.

Pres. Obama put his foot in his mouth by announcing “Assad has to go!”  and “..crossing a red line”. Let him deal with it! This will not be the first time he has put his foot in his mouth. He has more experience then anyone as to how to deal with it.  And to take the whole country to the brink of war to save face is idiocy. The President, in his own charming way, may want to apologize to the Syrian people for his mis-spoken words.

Mr. President: your foot, your mouth. Enough said.
As always,
BB

Obama risks embarrassing loss in Congress
By Anita Kumar and Lesley Clark | McClatchy Washington Bureau
Excerpt:
“Ultimately, I think he felt he was going to be a target from both the left and the right if he did it alone, and with few significant allies overseas, I don’t think he wanted to be isolated,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion at Marist College in New York. “This puts the ball in Congress’s court and they either join and he gets policy and political cover or they oppose.”

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Just days ago, British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered a stunning defeat when Parliament rejected participating in any attack on Syria. Obama believes Congress will approve the resolution, though the White House has not counted votes, according to senior administration officials speaking on the condition of anonymity as a matter of White House policy.

Read more at:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/31/200963/obama-risks-embarrassing-loss.html#.UiT8iT85trc

Debunking Obama’s Chemical Weapons Case Against the Syrian Government
by ERIC DRAITSER
Excerpt:
The document entitled “U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013”, released in tandem with public statements made by Secretary of State John Kerry, is merely a summary of a manufactured narrative designed to lead the US into yet another criminal and disastrous war in the Middle East.

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The “U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013” is a poorly constructed attempt to justify the politically, militarily, and morally unjustifiable war against Syria.
Read more at:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/02/debunking-obamas-assessment-of-the-syrian-governments-use-of-chemical-weapons/